LA Firms Obtain $11 Million Wrongful Death Settlement for Student’s Family
Last week a significant settlement was reached on behalf of the family of a 13-year-old Murrieta middle school student who tragically drowned while under the supervision of Murrieta Valley Unified School District (MVUSD) staff and personnel. The family of Alex Pierce...
Branson Secures $242M Verdict in Toyota Product Defect Trial
The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson brought justice to a Dallas-area family in an injury trial stemming from defective automobile seats in the owner’s Lexus. During the two-week trial, which ended last week, Branson and his trial team proved that defects to the front...
Baron & Budd Secures $90 Million Settlement from AstraZeneca
Last week, Baron & Budd’s lawyers secured $90 million from AstraZeneca in a resolution that the pharmaceutical company targeted the Texas Medicaid system with a fraudulent marketing scheme for its expensive and powerful atypical antipsychotic drugs Seroquel IR and...
Goldberg Segalla Grows in Orange County, Welcomes Team of ‘Major League’ Litigators
Goldberg Segalla’s national growth continues on the west coast with the addition of four attorneys based in the firm’s newest office — its 22nd — in Orange County, California. Partner Joshua J. Roberts will lead the office, along with partner Joshua A. Mauras,...
First Monsanto Verdict Awards Groundskeeper $289.2 Million in Damages
A team of lawyers from three law firms secured a major verdict against Monsanto Company on behalf of the plaintiff, a groundskeeper, for the agrochemical giant’s failure to warn consumers that exposure to its product, Roundup weed killer, causes cancer. The plaintiff...
Texas Firms Secure $20 Million in Pharma Whistleblower Settlement
A notable settlement with big pharma was reached last week. Joel M. Androphy and Sarah M. Frazier of Berg & Androphy, along with the State of Texas and other law firms, reached settlements in Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act litigation against AstraZeneca. This...
Pryor Cashman Reps Latin Music Co. in Large Catalog Sale
Pryor Cashman represented Miami-based Codigo Entertainment in the sale of Fania Records and Publishing, a famed independent Latin music company, to Concord Music. The sale, which closed July 27, included approximately 19,000 master recordings and 8,000 compositions by...
Baron & Budd Settles Major Whistleblower Suit Against Endo Pharmaceuticals
Last week, Dallas-based Baron & Budd secured a major settlement with Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Endo”), which agreed to pay $13.25 million for fraudulently marketing Lidoderm for unapproved use. This, the suit claimed, was an alleged violation of federal and...
McKool Smith Wins $145M Patent Infringement Verdict for WiLAN Against Apple
Apple, Inc. may have been worth $1 trillion briefly last week, but that didn’t stop McKool Smith, a leading trial firm from Los Angeles, from taking a $145 million bite out of the global tech giant. The firm won a patent infringement verdict on behalf of Ottawa,...
Sanford Heisler Sharp Wins $1.25M Harassment Suit for Columbia U. Professor
Sanford Heisler Sharp won a notable civil suit in New York last week on behalf of a Columbia University business school professor. Led by chairman David Sanford, the firm convinced jurors in the Ravina v. Columbia University that former Columbia University Business...
Texas Lawyers Win $1M Harassment Case for Former Oilfield Employee
In June, two practitioners from Midland, Texas, won a $1 million verdict for a Texas woman who brought a sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination action against Odessa-based oilfield services company Brinkerhoff Inspection, doing business as SMOB. The plaintiff,...
Dallas Litigation Firm Secures $45 Million Arbitration for Navajos
Last week, Dallas-based Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon LLP negotiated a major settlement on behalf of Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC), a company owned by the Navajo Nation. The boutique litigation firm secured $45 million from a group of large public...