New York-based plaintiffs firm Milberg Phillips Grossman says it's merging with three other law firms to create an 85-lawyer practice that will handle a variety of litigation, including pharmaceutical, class actions and European securities cases, as well as corporate matters.

The new arrangement partners 20-lawyer Milberg with New York pharmaceutical plaintiffs firm Sanders Phillips Grossman and two Southeastern plaintiffs firms, Greg Coleman Law of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Whitfield Bryson of Raleigh, North Carolina, the firms announced this week.