October 23, 2024
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Shareholder Paul Bland will co-host a free webinar on November 1, 2024 at 4pm ET / 1pm PT titled “The Latest Developments in Mandatory Arbitration.” The webinar is hosted by The Civil Justice Research Initiative’s Richard Jolly and offered through Berkeley Law’s “Berkeley Boosts” webinar series. The webinar will examine […]
October 22, 2024
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Senior Counsel Mark DeSanto will speak on a panel on complex litigation at the 2024 Everlaw Summit. The panel, which will be held on October 23, is titled “A 360-Degree View of Complex Litigation: Mass Torts, MDLs, and More.” The session will examine mass torts, MDLs, and other types of […]
October 17, 2024
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Executive Shareholder, E. Michelle Drake, a Harvard Law School graduate herself, will speak at the Harvard Plaintiffs’ Law Association (HPLA) as a co-chair in the Consumer Protection practice at Berger Montague. HPLA is a student organization at Harvard Law School that exists to support law students looking to become plaintiffs […]
October 15, 2024
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PHILADELPHIA, PA– Berger Montague obtained an $18.75 million settlement with a natural gas and oil company, Rice Energy Inc., acting as lead Class Counsel on behalf of a class of certain of the company’s convertible debenture investors. The settlement arises from a securities class action brought in Pennsylvania state court […]
October 13, 2024
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Berger Montague Canada sponsored the Young Advocates Fall Social, hosted by the Young Advocates Standing Committee (YASC). The event, which was held on September 18, 2024 at the University Club of Toronto, had 170 lawyers and students in attendance. Senior Associate Vincent DeMarco, a member of the Young Advocates Standing […]
October 11, 2024
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On October 2, 2024, Berger Montague filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court for the securities fraud case NVIDIA Corp v. E. Ohman J. The case centers on whether or not plaintiffs alleging knowledge of wrongdoing under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) must plead with detailed […]
October 9, 2024
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The online seminar “Demystifying Disney’s Legal Shield: Mandatory Arbitration Agreements,” hosted by the the National Business Institute, is now available for on-demand purchase. The seminar was led by Berger Montague Shareholder Paul Bland and Associates Julie Pollock and Matthew Summers. The seminar covers when arbitration agreements are not enforceable, unconscionability […]
October 8, 2024
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Minneapolis – Berger Montague, the national plaintiffs’ law firm, has been named co-lead counsel representing health care providers in the Change Healthcare, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation. “We are pleased to represent health care providers and help them obtain justice,” remarked Berger Montague’s attorney E. Michelle Drake. “Providers struggled […]
October 8, 2024
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Class counsel and each of the fearless class representatives in this long-running case are extremely proud of the $375 million settlement we achieved after ten years of hard-fought litigation on behalf of the class of 1,100 former UFC fighters we represent in the Le v. Zuffa matter. The settlement amount […]
October 4, 2024
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Shareholder Paul Bland is among the recipients of the 2024 Award for Excellence in Complex Litigation, which will be presented at the Complex Litigation Ethics Conference in San Francisco, October 17-18. Other award recipients this year include Judge Claudia Wilken of the Northern District of California, Christopher Hockett of Berkeley […]
October 2, 2024
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Executive Shareholder Sherrie Savett and Shareholders William Ellerbe, Joy Clairmont, and Michael Fantini received The Anti-Fraud Coalition’s Whistleblower Lawyers of the Year Award at the 2024 Anti-Fraud Coalition Conference. The event took place in Washington, D.C. September 25-27. The lawyers were recognized “For Outstanding Advocacy and Success in Pursuing a […]
September 30, 2024
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Shareholder Paul Bland and Associates Julie Pollock and Matthew Summers will lead a seminar titled “Demystifying Disney’s Legal Shield: Mandatory Arbitration Agreements” on October 9 from 1-2 PM EST. The online seminar, which will also be available for purchase after the event, is hosted by the National Business Institute. CLE […]