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On February 3, 2011, Seeger Weiss LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of eight former union employees of the Entemann’s Bakery in Bay Shore, New York, against the Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund. The eight had been employed by Entemann’s as members of the company’s unionized workforce, putting in […]
From Bloomberg: Six plaintiffs’ lawyers will lead federal litigation against Johnson & Johnson over recalled devices used in hip-replacement surgeries. U.S. District Judge David A. Katz in Toledo, Ohio, appointed the plaintiffs’ executive committee on Jan. 26 after dozens of lawyers vied for the positions. The group will make major decisions on the litigation, which […]
Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce that founding partner Christopher A. Seeger has been named to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee (PEC) in the In Re: Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc ASR Hip Implant Products (MDL No. 2197) by Judge David A. Katz, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio. More than a hundred lawsuits have been […]
Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce that co-founding partner, Stephen A. Weiss, has been named to the Plaintiff Executive Committee in the In re Polyurethane Foam Antitrust multidistrict litigation by Judge Jack Zouhary, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio. The suit accuses eleven polyurethane foam manufacturers and their co-conspirators of engaging in a conspiracy to […]
From the American Lawyer: [Fallon] heaped praise on the plaintiffs lawyers who led the Vioxx litigation, noting that in 31 months the parties were able to reach a global settlement and provide benefits to 32,886 claimants, out of a pool of 49,893 eligible and enrolled claimants. “[That] efficiency is unprecedented in mass tort settlements of […]
From the Washington Post’s Federal Eye: BP has reimbursed the federal government $518 million for clean-up costs for the April oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a sum that has hit $581 million and keeps growing, congressional auditors said. Auditors said there was about $1.6 billion in the fund as of the end of […]