By Amanda Bronstad | February 10, 2023
David Lira, 62, who is Tom Girardi's son-in-law, appeared virtually at a hearing in Chicago, where federal prosecutors indicted him Feb. 1 on charges of stealing $3 million from the families of airplane crash victims.
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By Dan Roe | February 10, 2023
Jones Day partner Gregory Gordon employed the tactic in four large Chapter 11s prior to a late January ruling against Johnson & Johnson affiliate LTL Management.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 10, 2023
Despite losing several appeals, Bayer petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday to reverse a Roundup ruling on federal preemption.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 9, 2023
Christopher Kamon, who was Girardi Keese's CFO from 2004 to 2020, appeared virtually in a federal court in Chicago on Thursday for his arraignment.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 8, 2023
At a Tuesday hearing in Los Angeles, Larry Gabriel, an attorney for Girardi Keese bankruptcy trustee Elissa Miller, implored U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell to allow him to amend his complaint against the firm's lender. "This is too big of a case to be given one shot," he said.
By Ross Todd | February 8, 2023
Jeffrey Lamken of MoloLamken, Jonathan Massey of Massey & Gail and Michael Winograd of Brown Rudnick co-led the appellate team for the official committee of talc claimants. Lamken argued at the Third Circuit alongside David Frederick of Kellogg Hansen, representing plaintiffs firm Arnold & Itkin, and DOJ attorney Sean Janda, representing the U.S. Trustee.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 6, 2023
Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Stevenson entered the plea at an arraignment hearing in downtown Los Angeles and granted a request from Tom Girardi's lawyers to file documents under seal about his "medical and mental health exam."
By Amanda Bronstad | February 3, 2023
Lawyers suing 3M over its combat earplugs moved on Friday to dismiss the Chapter 11 case of its subsidiary, Aearo Technologies, citing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's ruling on Monday dismissing Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy.
By Ross Todd | February 3, 2023
Jeffrey Lamken of MoloLamken, Jonathan Massey of Massey & Gail and Michael Winograd of Brown Rudnick co-led the appellate team for the official committee of talc claimants. Lamken argued at the Third Circuit alongside David Frederick of Kellogg Hansen, representing plaintiffs firm Arnold & Itkin, and DOJ attorney Sean Janda, representing the U.S. Trustee.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 1, 2023
On Wednesday, prosecutors in Los Angeles and Chicago announced indictments against Girardi, formerly of now defunct Girardi Keese, alleging he embezzled $18 million in settlements from his own clients.
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