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November 08, 2022 at 12:00 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

Chava Brandriss and Patrick J. Curran Jr. of Davis Wright Tremaine have stepped in to represent Navy Federal Credit Union in a pending class action over alleged breaches of consumer credit or privacy laws. The complaint was filed Sept. 9 in Georgia Northern District Court by the law offices of Shimshon Wexler. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown, is 1:22-cv-03744, Brown v. Navy Federal Credit Union. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar'

South Korean automaker Kia Motors has retained attorney J. Randolph Bibb Jr. of Lewis, Thomason, King, Krieg & Waldrop as defense counsel in a pending consumer class action. The complaint, filed Sept. 9 in Tennessee Middle District Court by Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Baron & Budd, alleges that certain Kia vehicles have defective airbag inflators which can cause severe and sometimes fatal injuries. ARC Automotive Inc. is backed by Bass, Berry & Sims. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell Jr., is 3:22-cv-00725, Lovett et al v. Arc Automotive, Inc. et al. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar'

Michael K. Grimaldi, Jon P. Kardassakis and Daniel Segal from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith have entered appearances for ColourPop Cosmetics in a pending consumer class action. The complaint, filed Sept. 9 in California Northern District Court by Bursor & Fisher, alleges that ColourPop's eyeshadow palettes and eyeliner products contain unsafe color additives. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Kandis A. Westmore, is 4:22-cv-05198, Wilson v. ColourPop Cosmetics, LLC. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar'

Corporate Transactions

VillageMD has agreed to acquire primary, specialty and urgent care provider Summit Health-CityMD for approximately $8.9 billion, including investments from Walgreens Boots Alliance and an affiliate of Evernorth, a subsidiary of Cigna Corp. The transaction, announced Nov. 7, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023. Chicago-based VillageMD is advised by Sheppard Mullin and Latham & Watkins. Summit Health-CityMD, based in New York, is represented by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and McDermott Will & Emery. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is counseling an affiliate of Bloomfield, Connecticut-based Evernorth. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar.

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