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On June 7, 2012, the Honorable Vincent L. Briccetti of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an opinion in In re Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund Pension Plan, granting Seeger Weiss LLP’s motion for partial judgment on the pleadings and denied the Defendants’ cross-motion for […]

Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce that founding partner Christopher A. Seeger has recently been appointed as Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel in the litigation pending in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The litigation, styled as In Re: National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation, MDL No. 2323, is pending before the Honorable Anita B. Brody. This […]

The Honorable Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the U.S. Eastern District Court, New Orleans, Louisiana, announced on Friday that Seeger Weiss LLP and the other members of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, along with defendant Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin (KPT) had proposed a settlement in the toxic Chinese-manufactured drywall case affecting thousands of American families. The victims in […]

At the beginning of this month, yet another wrinkle was added to the recent news coverage on DePuy Orthaepedics’ controversial Artificial Surface Replacement (ASR), a hip implant for patients suffering from severe arthritis. In this story, the United Kingdom Press Association reports that retired gymnast Penny Brown, who appeared in ads for the product after she received a hip […]

In a landmark decision, the New York Court of Appeals has decided to apply New York law in determining the damages attributed to Joseph French, J&J Hauling and Verdelli Farms, Inc., the owners and operators of the tractor-trailer from Pennsylvania involved in the catastrophic 2005 Windsor Wildcats bus accident. This is a significant victory, overturning […]

This is a great documentary about how corporations spend millions to alter the U.S. Civil Justice System, and the uphill battle plaintiffs’ bar and consumers face to get their day in court.