Still, the extent to which the «mass tort» approach will compete
with product liability class actions or other types of class actions in Canada, remains to be seen.
Not exact matches
Mr. Leopold specializes in consumer justice litigation
with a focus on complex
products liability, managed care, catastrophic injury and
class action litigation.
Managing Partner Theodore J. Leopold specializes in consumer justice litigation
with a focus on complex
products liability, managed care, catastrophic injury and
class action litigation.
With deep experience in
product liability matters and
class action litigation, including catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, as well as consumer fraud, he represents national and international companies, including manufacturers of motor vehicles, power tools, pharmaceuticals, clothing, glass
products, outdoor power equipment, and industrial machinery.
Caterpillar
Product Liability Litigation: Mr. Leopold was co-lead counsel in a
class action lawsuit alleging Caterpillar sold diesel engines
with defective exhaust emissions system that resulted in power losses and shutdowns.
Stories are organized not by publications but by practice areas,
with five main practice areas to start: Appellate, Corporate and Securities, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, and
Class Actions and
Product Liability.
Represented a Korean tire manufacturer in litigation
with its U.S. insurance broker
with respect to acquisition of
product liability insurance and in employment related
class action litigation
Drawing on attorneys from across practice areas and offices, Weil has developed an impressive track record advising
with respect to shareholder claims and demands for litigation, internal whistleblower complaints,
class and collective
actions brought by employees relating to pay, worker classification, and discrimination claims,
product liability issues and recalls, privacy rights, intellectual property disputes (patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets), regulatory investigations commenced by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Justice, and state attorneys general, and major disputes
with suppliers and competitors.
The firm, which has grown to 80 attorneys
with offices in Long Beach, San Francisco, Seattle, Anchorage, and Hong Kong, has developed expertise in many specialties of civil litigation including
class and mass
actions, securities and banking litigation, mortgage litigation, employment, energy, environmental, admiralty and maritime, bankruptcy, business litigation,
products liability, real estate, toxic tort, professional malpractice defense, professional design & construction, all types of civil appeals, mortgage banking, real estate, corporate / transactional and other commercial matters.
During his more than 30 - year career, he has represented a variety of major debtors in high - profile Chapter 11 cases, numerous
class -
action product liability settlements and statutory creditor representation
with an assortment of major financial institutions and restructurings.
Whether acting on the defence of large
class action proceedings, the pursuit of subrogated recovery in highly technical matters, or resolving claims within modest deductibles, lawyers within our
Products Liability Group are committed to working closely
with our clients to implement cost - efficient, innovative, and proactive solutions.
He has experience in a wide variety of matters, including
product - related
class actions,
product liability prevention and litigation, supply chain disputes (including
with long - term agreements (LTAs) that range from hundreds of thousands of dollars to several billion dollars), intellectual property disputes, and environmental matters.
He has also served as National Coordinating
Liability Counsel for a major international insurance company with reference to the defense of products liability claims involving thousands of individual claimants and several class actions consolidated in Federal Multi District Li
Liability Counsel for a major international insurance company
with reference to the defense of
products liability claims involving thousands of individual claimants and several class actions consolidated in Federal Multi District Li
liability claims involving thousands of individual claimants and several
class actions consolidated in Federal Multi District Litigation.
Healy, along
with two others, will complement Shook's
Product Liability Litigation, Business Litigation and
Class Action teams.
Julie is committed to helping her clients fight back against big corporations and pharmaceutical companies, and focuses on medical malpractice,
product liability and personal injury, though she also has experience
with commercial litigation and
class actions.
Javier F. Flores is a partner and practiced litigator
with significant experience defending a wide variety of civil matters, including
products liability, food - borne illness, mass tort, premises
liability, and
class action claims.
Hernán is a widely - recognized civil litigator
with over twenty years of broad experience in
class actions,
product liability, financial services and intellectual property.
This year's survey found that labor and employment (particularly, wage and hour litigation), consumer fraud,
product liability, and antitrust matters collectively accounted for two - thirds of
class action spending by respondents,
with data privacy and security matters lurking as a potential next wave in 2018.
Blackwell Burke P.A. has been included on the 2016 list
with a ranking of Metropolitan Tier 1 for
Products Liability Litigation — Defendant, and a Tier 2 ranking under Mass Tort Litigation /
Class Actions — Defendants.
He focuses his practice on defending
class action lawsuits and dealing
with large - scale
product liability claims.»
He has represented some of America's largest manufacturing companies and financial institutions in their
class action litigation throughout Florida and in Multi-District Litigation throughout the country, he advises companies and their Officers and Directors in company investigations and in corporate governance disputes, he represents businesses in disputes
with their insurance carriers, and he has represented manufacturers and distributors in hundreds of toxic tort and
products liability cases.
In part 2 of our interview
with product liability lawyer, Scott Maidment, we discuss developing cases which are restricting
class action certification.
Andrew often manages
class action products liability and environmental litigation
with teams of
Javier is a partner at Manion Gaynor & Manning LLP
with significant experience defending
products liability,
class action, mass tort, and food - borne illness matters.
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