Phil Goldberg

April 05, 2024 | Law.com

Some lawyers have found that they can gain an advantage in an MDL by stockpiling claims, regardless of their individual merits. In recent years, this gamesmanship has become a huge problem.

By Phil Goldberg

7 minute read

January 25, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Consumer protection laws, though, are not public policy tools of any kind. Their purpose is clear and limited: to ensure consumers are not misled into purchasing a product or service. And, in looking at these cases, it quickly becomes clear that these lawsuits have nothing to do with protecting consumers at all.

By Phil Goldberg

5 minute read

June 13, 2022 | National Law Journal

None of the pending lawsuits against energy companies will help in the fight against climate change. There is no suing our way to the future, and pricing gas and electricity out of the reach of many Americans is not viable.

By Phil Goldberg

5 minute read

October 14, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Simply put, categorically eliminating state antitrust actions from ever being consolidated in MDLs does not facilitate justice; it facilitates excessive and burdensome litigation at the expense of justice.

By Phil Goldberg and Tom Stebbins

3 minute read

October 09, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided a case that could go a long way toward determining whether people and their communities can sue American energy producers over harms allegedly caused by global climate change.

By Victor E. Schwartz, Phil Goldberg and Chris Appel

9 minute read

September 12, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

The N.J. Supreme Court acted in the best interest of pets when it rejected broad, emotion-based damages in pet-injury suits.

By Phil Goldberg and Nancy Halpern

4 minute read

October 04, 2012 | The Recorder

Recent attempts to hold energy companies liable for damages from GHGs have been unsuccessful, but unresolved issues remain, explain Shook, Hardy & Bacon attorneys.

By Victor E. Schwartz, Phil Goldberg and Chris Appel

9 minute read

January 25, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Jack Sabatino`s decision to lift the protective order over thousands of pages of proprietary Goodyear documents in Frankl v. Goodyear sets a dangerous precedent that easily could be misused by plaintiffs and newspapers.

By Phil Goldberg

5 minute read