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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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October 25, 2010
Seeger Weiss Sues VW Over Alleged Headlight Defect

Law 360: Marie Rita Kennedy-Lebar said in a suit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey that VW and its affiliates have known about but failed to fix headlights that sporadically shut off, exposing drivers to significant danger. The problem occurs in Audi vehicles equipped with an optional high […]

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October 25, 2010
Lawyer Chris Seeger Takes His Case Ringside

NY Observer: Of these, only Wayne “Hurricane” Hargrove, fighting for the super-middleweight title, had a trial lawyer in his corner. Chris Seeger, whose firm Seeger Weiss has won billions in settlements against the scoundrels behind Vioxx, Accutane and other medications, was there to help his friend punch people in the face. Mr. Seeger talks about […]

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