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Welcome to "Who Got the Work?℠," a regular column that highlights the law firms and lawyers around the country who are being brought in to handle key cases and close major deals for their clients.
August 23, 2022 at 04:10 PM
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Welcome to "Who Got the Work?℠," a regular column that highlights the law firms and lawyers around the country who are being brought in to handle key cases and close major deals for their clients.
Consumer Class Action/Mass Tort Defense
Matthew Eisenstein, Robert J. Katerberg and Sharon D. Mayo of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have stepped in as defense counsel to mattress manufacturer Zinus Inc. in a pending product liability class action. The complaint, filed July 7 in California Eastern District Court by Environmental Litigation Group and the Law Office of Christopher Cueto, claims that Zinus sells mattresses with defective fire-retardant sleeves which are prone to losing their protective capabilities and to dispersing broken fiberglass into the environment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller, is 2:22-cv-01172, Gutierrez et al v. Zinus, Inc. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar
Latham & Watkins partner Melanie M. Blunschi, vice chair of the firm's retail and consumer products group, has entered an appearance for Abbott Laboratories in a pending class action over the company's labeling of Similac infant formulas. The suit, brought by Fitzgerald Joseph LLP, claims that Abbott overstates how many bottles a container of the formula will make once prepped. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White, is 3:22-cv-03930, Green v. Abbott Laboratories. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Katten Muchin Rosenman
- Baker McKenzie
- Arnold & Porter
- Perkins Coie
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Fisher Phillips
- Debevoise & Plimpton
- Latham & Watkins
- Milbank LLP
- Cooley
- Robins Kaplan LLP
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
- Vinson & Elkins
- Gordon & Rees
- Fox Rothschild
- Goodwin Procter
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison
- Fish & Richardson
- DLA Piper
- Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.
- Burns White
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
- Burr & Forman
- Cozen O'Connor
- Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
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Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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