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ALBANY — Beginning in August, people with decades-old claims of childhood sex abuse will have the rare chance to sue their alleged abusers and the institutions who they say ignored the crime. The Child Victims Act, which passed the Legislature in January, lifts the statute of limitations for reporting childhood abuse and also creates a one-year “look […]
Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce the promotion of Parvin K. Aminolroaya to partner and Asim M. Badaruzzaman to counsel. About Parvin Parvin focuses on class action, mass tort and complex commercial litigation involving consumer protection, investment fraud, and antitrust and pharmaceutical injury. Parvin joined the firm as an associate in the fall of 2008 […]
Today, U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum granted final approval to the $1.51 billion nationwide class action settlement between Syngenta AG and various of its affiliates and Plaintiffs representing 650,000 corn producers, grain handlers, and ethanol plants over the agricultural giant’s aggressive commercialization of Agrisure Viptera and Agrisure Duracade GMO seeds. It is the largest […]
Seeger Weiss LLP announced today that Stephan J. Mallenbaum has joined the firm as its new Executive Director. Stephan is an experienced law firm leader, with a track record of innovation in legal services and a deep knowledge of law firm operations. Stephan has served in senior management and practice leadership roles at some of […]
“We support the Court’s approval of the Special Masters’ request as they believe it will assist with ‘the prompt payment of all valid claims.’ As we previously told the Court, a Special Investigator will free up valuable resources so that other claims can be processed more efficiently.” “In less than 18 months, 582 claims totaling […]
Philadelphia, PA – The NFL concussion settlement has surpassed its ten-year monetary award projections, with 521 claims totaling more than $502 million now approved since the process opened in March 2017, according to the latest report released today by the Court-appointed Claims Administrator. The NFL, in a report submitted to the court as part of the settlement […]