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April 26, 2024

Seeger Weiss Secures Final Approval of Philips CPAP Economic Loss Class Action Settlement

On April 25, 2024, Judge Joy Flowers Conti of the Western District of Pennsylvania granted final approval to the economic loss class action settlement negotiated by Seeger Weiss partner Chris Seeger and his fellow co-lead plaintiffs’ counsel in the Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level Pap, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Litigation. The uncapped settlement provides more than […]

April 5, 2024

Lawdragon Names Four Seeger Weiss Partners to 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers

Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce that Lawdragon has recognized four of the firm’s partners, including co-founders Chris Seeger and Stephen Weiss, as well as partners David Buchanan and Jennifer Scullion, on the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers. According to Lawdragon, this year’s honorees “stand tall as a global movement bringing justice across borders. […]

March 13, 2024

The Legal 500 recognizes Seeger Weiss as a Top Firm and Inducts Co-Founder Chris Seeger into the Hall of Fame

Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce that the firm was named one of The Legal 500 Top Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action Firms. Co-founder Chris Seeger was also named to The Legal 500 Plaintiff Hall of Fame. These esteemed recognitions showcase Seeger Weiss’ and Chris Seeger’s unwavering dedication to ensuring corporate responsibility and […]

February 29, 2024

Seeger Weiss' Founding Partner Chris Seeger and Senior Partner Dave Buchanan discussed the 3M settlement and other key wins with Law360

Seeger Weiss was recently recognized as Law360’s 2023 Product Liability Group of the Year, after the firm secured multiple litigation victories, including a groundbreaking $6 billion deal to settle the massive litigation brought by veterans and service members, who claimed that 3M’s combat earplugs caused harm to their hearing. Between 1999 and 2015, 3M knowingly […]

February 23, 2024

Thirteen Seeger Weiss Partners Selected for Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers List

Seeger Weiss is proud to announce that Lawdragon recognized 13 partners — Chris Seeger, Stephen Weiss, David Buchanan, Parvin Aminolroaya, Shauna Itri, Matt Pawa, Jennifer Scullion, Chris Ayers, Jeffrey Grand, Scott Alan George, Diogenes Kekatos, Michael Rosenberg, and Caleb Seeley — on the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers list. The Lawdragon 500 Leading […]

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January 31, 2011

J&J Hip Replacement Plaintiff Lawyers Named by Judge

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 […]

January 26, 2011

Christopher A. Seeger Appointed to Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in Multidistrict Depuy Hip Implant Litigation

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 […]

January 20, 2011

Stephen A. Weiss Named to Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in In re Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Multidistrict Litigation

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 […]

January 11, 2011

Letters to Santa 2010

For the past last 3 years, Seeger Weiss and 5 other law firms have become “Santa’s Helpers” for an elementary school in Brooklyn. The children write letters to Santa and Seeger Weiss staff each take a letter and fulfill that child’s wish. The requests range from sneakers and clothing to Barbie dolls and trucks. Seeger […]

November 16, 2010

Efficiency in Vioxx litigation unprecedented

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 […]

November 15, 2010

BP pays $518 million for oil-spill cleanup

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 […]