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Thursday, January 1, 2015, Vol. 17, No. 1
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* Major Court Rulings in Class Action Lawsuits - 2014
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* Major Court Rulings in Class Action Lawsuits - 2014
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The Class Action Reporter is pleased to provide our subscribers
the following list of court decisions in class action lawsuits
that we have identified as major rulings during 2014.
This list is the product of and copyrighted by Beard Group, Inc.,
and no reproduction or further use of this list is permitted
without the prior written consent of Beard Group, Inc., P.O. Box
40915, Washington, D.C. 20016
Carlene M. Craig, Leo Rittenhouse, Jeff Bramlage, Lawrence
Liable, and Kent Whistler, Appellants, v. FedEx Ground Package
System, Incorporated, No. 108,526 (Kan.).
FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. misclassified its
delivery truck drivers as independent contractors, the
Supreme Court of the State of Kansas said, holding
that FedEx drivers are employees as a matter of law
under the Kansas Wage Payment Act, K.S.A. 44-313 et
seq., and a plaintiff driver does not lose his or her
employee status by acquiring another route for which
that plaintiff is not the driver. Given that the
certified class only includes full-time drivers, the
Kansas Supreme Court declined to opine on a driver's
status with respect to any assigned service area for
which he or she is not a full-time driver.
Delivered: October 3, 2014
Counsel to Appellants Carlene M. Craig et al.:
Steve Six, Esq.
STUEVE SIEGEL HANSON LLP
460 Nichols Road, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64112
Tel: (816) 714-7190
E-mail: six@stuevesiegel.com
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Beth A. Ross, Esq.
Sandy N. Nathan, Esq.
LEONARD CARDER, LLP
1330 Broadway, Suite 1450
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: (510) 272-0169
Fax: (510) 272-0174
E-mail: bross@leonardcarder.com
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Robert I. Harwood, Esq.
Matthew M. Houston, Esq.
HARWOOD FEFFER, LLP
488 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 935-7400
E-mail: rharwood@hfesq.com
mhouston@hfesq.com
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Susan E. Ellingstad, Esq.
LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P.
100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 2200
Minneapolis, MN 55401-2159
Tel: (612) 339-6900
Fax: (612) 339-0981
E-mail: seellingstad@locklaw.com
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George A. Barton, Esq.
Stacy A. Burrows, Esq.
LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE A. BARTON, P.C.
4435 Main Street, Suite 920
One Main Plaza
Kansas City, MO 64111
Tel: (816) 300-6250
Fax: (816) 300-6259
Counsel to Appellee FedEx Ground Package System:
James D. Oliver, Esq.
FOULSTON SIEFKIN LLP
9225 Indian Creek Parkway, Suite 600
Overland Park, KS 66210-2000
Tel: 913-253-2145
Fax: 913-498-2101
E-mail: joliver@foulston.com
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Jonathan D. Hacker, Esq.
O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 383-5285
Fax: (202) 383-5414
E-mail: jhacker@omm.com
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Robert M. Schwartz, Esq.
O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Tel: (310) 246-6835
Fax: (310) 246-6779
E-mail: rschwartz@omm.com
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J. Timothy Eaton, Esq.
SHEFSKY & FROELICH LTD.
111 East Wacker, Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: (312) 527-4000
Fax: (312) 527-4011
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Counsel to amici curiae American Trucking Associations,
Inc. and Kansas Motor Carrier Association:
Greg L. Musil, Esq.
Amy E. Morgan, Esq.
POLSINELLI PC
6201 College Boulevard, Suite 500
Overland Park, KS 66211
Tel: (913) 451-8788
Fax: (913) 451-6205
E-mail: gmusil@polsinelli.com
amorgan@polsinelli.com
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James C. Sullivan, Esq.
POLSINELLI PC
900 W. 48th Place, Suite 900
Kansas City, MO 64112
Tel: (816) 753-1000
Fax: (816) 753-1536
E-mail: jsullivan@polsinelli.com
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Richard Pianka
ATA Litigation Center
950 N Glebe Rd Ste 210
Arlington, VA 22203-4181
Counsel to amicus curiae Lana Gordon, State of Kansas
Secretary of Labor:
Justin McFarland
Deputy General Counsel
Kansas Department of Labor
Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Company, LLC, et al., Petitioners,
v. Brandon W. Owens, No. 13-719 (U.S.)
The U.S. Supreme Court decided, 5-4, that when a
plaintiff's complaint does not state the amount in
controversy, the defendant's notice of removal may do
so, and the defendant need not incorporate into the
removal notice any evidentiary support. The Supreme
Court reversed the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Tenth Circuit.
Brandon W. Owens filed a putative class action in Kansas
state court alleging that Dart Cherokee Basin Operating
Company, LLC, and Cherokee Basin Pipeline, LLC underpaid
royalties owed to putative class members under certain
oil and gas leases. The plaintiffs did not seek a
specific damage amount, but Dart Cherokee claimed it
would far exceed $5 million.
Decided: December 15, 2014
Hon. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion,
in which the Hon. Chief Justice John Roberts and the
Hon. Justices Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, and Sonia
Sotomayor joined. The Hon. Justice Antonin Scalia
filed a dissenting opinion, in which the Hon. Justices
Anthony Kennedy and Elena Kagan joined, and in which
the Hon. Justice Clarence Thomas joined as to all but
the final sentence. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting
opinion.
Counsel to Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Company, LLC,
et al.:
Nowell D. Berreth, Esq.
ALSTON & BIRD LLP
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
Tel: (404) 881-4481
E-mail: nowell.berreth@alston.com
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Matthew Joseph Salzman, Esq.
STINSON LEONARD STREET LLP
1201 Walnut, Suite 2900
Kansas City, MO 64106
Tel: (816) 691-2495
E-mail: matt.salzman@stinsonleonard.com
Counsel to Brandon W. Owens:
Rex A. Sharp, Esq.
GUNDERSON SHARP, LLP
5301 W. 75th Street
Prairie Village, KS 66208
Tel: (913) 901-0505
E-mail: rsharp@midwest-law.com
Counsel to Chamber of Commerce of the United States
of America:
John H. Beisner, Esq.
SKADDEN ARPS SLATE MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
Tel: (202) 371-7410
1440 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
E-mail: John.Beisner@skadden.com
Counsel to Public Citizen, Inc.:
Scott L. Nelson, Esq.
PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: (202) 588-1000
E-mail: snelson@citizen.org
Counsel to Washington Legal Foundation, et al.:
Richard A. Samp, Esq.
WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 588-0302
E-mail: rsamp@wlf.org
Counsel to DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar:
J. Michael Weston
President
DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar
55 West Monroe
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel: (312) 795-1101
E-mail: mweston@wclawyers.com
Halliburton Co., et al., Petitioners v. Erica P. John Fund,
Inc., fka Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund, Inc., No.
13-317 (U.S.).
The U.S. Supreme Court agrees with Halliburton that
defendants should at least be allowed to defeat the
presumption at the class certification stage through
evidence that the misrepresentation did not in fact
affect stock price. In doing so, the Supreme Court
overturned the presumption of reliance in Basic Inc.
v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 224, 108 S.Ct. 978, 99 L.Ed.2d
194 (1988).
Erica P. John Fund is the lead plaintiff in a putative
class action against Halliburton and one of its
executives alleging violations of section 10(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 48 Stat. 891, 15 U.S.C.
Sec. 78j(b), and Securities and Exchange Commission Rule
10b-5, 17 CFR Sec. 240.10b-5 (2013).
Decided: June 23, 2014
Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the opinion.
Counsel to Halliburton Co., et al.:
Aaron M. Streett, Esq.
BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
One Shell Plaza
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002-4995
Tel: (713) 229-1234
E-mail: aaron.streett@bakerbotts.com
Counsel to Party name: Erica P. John Fund, Inc., fka
Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund, Inc.:
David Boies, Esq.
BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER, LLP
333 Main Street
Armonk, NY 10504
Tel: (914) 749-8200
E-mail: dboies@bsfllp.com
Counsel to Council of Institutional Investors, et al.:
Ryan P. Bates, Esq.
BATES PLLC
3300 Harris Park Avenue
Austin, TX 78705
Tel: (512) 694-5268
E-mail: rbates@batespllc.com
Counsel to Chamber of Commerce of the United States of
America, et al.:
Steven G. Bradbury, Esq.
DECHERT LLP
1900 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 261-3483
E-mail: steven.bradbury@dechert.com
Counsel to American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants:
Paul D. Clement, Esq.
BANCROFT PLLC
Tel: (202) 234-0090
1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 470
Washington, DC 20036
E-mail: pclement@bancroftpllc.com
Counsel to Former SEC Commissioners and Officials, and
Law Professors:
George T. Conway III, Esq.
WACHTEL LIPTON ROSEN & KATZ
Tel: (212) 403-1000
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
E-mail: GTConway@WLRK.com
Counsel to Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association:
Charles E. Davidow, Esq.
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
Tel: (202) 223-7300
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
E-mail: cdavidow@paulweiss.com
Counsel to the Law Professors:
John P. Elwood, Esq.
VINSON & ELKINS LLP
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 500 West
Washington, DC 20037
Tel: (202) 639-6500
E-mail: jelwood@velaw.com
Counsel to Former SEC Chairmen William H. Donaldson
and Arthur Levitt, Jr.:
James A. Feldman
5335 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 440
Washington, DC 20015
Tel: (202) 730-1267
E-mail: wexfeld@gmail.com
Counsel to Securities Law Scholars:
Jill E. Fisch, Esq.
University of Pennsylvania School of Law
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: (215) 746-3454
E-mail: jfisch@law.upenn.edu
Counsel to Legal Scholars:
Charles Fried
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 495-4636
E-mail: fried@law.harvard.edu
Counsel to Testifying Economists:
Erik S. Jaffe, Esq.
ERIK S. JAFFE, P.C.
5101 34th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: (202) 237-8165
E-mail: jaffe@esjpc.com
Counsel to States of Oregon, et al.:
Anna M. Joyce
Solicitor General
Oregon Department of Justice
1162 Court Street
Salem, OR 97301-4096
Tel: (503) 378-4402
E-mail: anna.joyce@doj.state.or.us
Counsel to Institutional Investors:
Brian Stuart Koukoutchos
28 Eagle Trace
Tel: (985) 626-5052
Mandeville, LA 70471
E-mail: bkoukoutchos@gmail.com
Counsel to Committee on Capital Markets Regulation:
Lewis J. Liman, Esq.
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
Tel: (212) 225-2000
E-mail: llimon@cgsh.com
Counsel to Civil Procedure Scholars:
Jonathan S. Massey, Esq.
MASSEY & GAIL, LLP
1325 G Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 652-4511
E-mail: jmassey@masseygail.com
Counsel to Current and Former Members of Congress
and Staff:
David E. Mills, Esq.
THE MILLS LAW OFFICE LLC
1300 West Ninth Street, Suite 636
Cleveland, OH 44113
Tel: (216) 929-4747
E-mail: dm@MillsFederalAppeals.com
Counsel to Washington Legal Foundation:
Lyle Roberts, Esq.
COOLEY LLP
1299 Pennsylvania Ave., Ste. 700
Washington, DC 20004
Tel: (202) 842-7855
E-mail: lroberts@cooley.com
Counsel to DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar:
Mary Massaron Ross
President of DRI
DRI- The Voice of the Defense Bar
55 West Monroe, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 6063
Tel: (312) 795-1101
E-mail: mmassaron@plunkettcooney.com
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J. Michael Weston, Esq.
LEDERER WESTON CRAIG PLLC
118 Third Avenue SE, Suite 700
Cedar Rapids, IA 52406
Tel: (319) 365-1184
E-mail: mweston@lwclawyers.com
Counsel to Vivendi, S.A.:
Gregory Silbert, Esq.
WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
Tel: (212) 212-8846
E-mail: gregory.silbert@weil.com
Counsel to the United States:
Malcolm L. Stewart
Deputy Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
Tel: (202) 514-2201
E-mail: malcolm.l.stewart@usdoj.gov
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Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Tel: (202) 514-2217
E-mail: SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Counsel to AARP, et al.:
Jay E. Sushelsky
AARP Foundation Litigation
601 E Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20049
Tel: (202) 434-2060
E-mail: jsushelsky@aarp.org
Counsel to Former Members of Congress, et al., in
support of neither party:
Jeffrey B. Wall
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP
Tel: (202) 956-7500
1700 New York Ave., N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006
E-mail: wallj@sullcrom.com
Counsel to Amgen Inc.:
Seth P. Waxman, Esq.
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 663-6000
E-mail: seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Counsel to Financial Economists:
Ernest A. Young
203 Strolling Way
Durham, NC 27707
Tel: (919) 360-7718
E-mail: young@law.duke.edu
In Re: Nvidia Corporation Securities Litigation, Roberto
Cohen; New Jersey Carpenters Pension and Annuity Funds, on
behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nvidia Corp.; Jen-Hsun Hunag; Marvin
D. Burkett, Defendants-Appellees, No. 11-17708 (9th Cir.).
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
affirmed the dismissal of a securities fraud class
action, holding that a company's duty to disclose under
Item 303 of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. Sec. 229.303, is
not actionable under Section 10(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or Securities Exchange Commission
Rule 10b-5.
Decided: October 2, 2014
Three-judge panel consists of Hon. Circuit Judges
Richard C. Tallman and Sandra S. Ikuta, and Hon.
Beverly Reid O'Connell, U.S. District Judge for the
Central District of California, sitting by designation.
Judge O'Connell delivered the opinion.
Counsel to Plaintiff - Appellants Roberto Cohen; and
New Jersey Carpenters Pension and Annuity Funds, on
behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated:
Kim Miller, Esq.
KAHN SWICK & FOTI LLC
250 Park Avenue, Suite 2040
New York, NY 10177
Tel: 212-696-3732
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Lewis S. Kahn, Esq.
KAHN SWICK & FOTI, LLC
206 Covington St.
Madisonville, LA 70447
Tel: 504-455-1400
504-455-1400
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Albert G. Kroll, Esq.
KROLL HEINEMAN
99 Wood Avenue South, Suite 307
Iselin, NJ 08830
Tel: 732-491-2100
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David A.P. Brower, Esq.
BROWER PIVEN
488 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel: 212-501-9000
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Michiyo Michelle Burkart, Esq.
MILBERG LLP
300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3900
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3149
Tel: 213-617-1200
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Leigh Smith, Esq.
Barry A. Weprin, Esq.
MILBERG LLP
One Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, NY 10019-0165
Tel: 212-594-5300
Counsel to Defendant - Appellees Nvidia Corp.; Jen-Hsun
Hunag, and Marvin D. Burkett:
James N. Kramer, Esq.
Justin M. Lichterman, Esq.
Alexander Talarides, Esq.
James Elliot Thompson, Esq.
Michael D. Torpey, Esq.
ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
405 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: 415-773-5700
In Re: Urethane Antitrust Litigation. Dow Chemical Company,
Appellant, v. Seegott Holdings, Inc.; Industrial Polymers, Inc.;
Quabaug Corporation, (Class Plaintiffs), Appellees, and Chamber
of Commerce of the United States and American Independent
Business Alliance, Amici Curiae, No. 13-3215 (10th Cir.)
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Tenth Circuit upheld a $1,060,847,117 trial court
judgment against Dow Chemical Company in an antitrust
class action. The lawsuit stems from an allegation
that Dow conspired with competitors to fix prices for
polyurethane chemical products.
Decided: September 29, 2014
Circuit Judges Carlos F. Lucero, Michael R. Murphy,
and Robert E. Bacharach
Dow Chemical Company is represented by:
Carter G. Phillips, Esq.
Joseph R. Guerra, Esq.
C. Frederick Beckner III, Esq.
Kathleen Moriarty Mueller, Esq.
Jeffrey S. Beelaert, Esq.
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
One South Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60603
Telephone: (202) 736-8270
Facsimile: (312) 853-3587
E-mail: cphillips@sidley.com
jguerra@sidley.com
rbeckner@sidley.com
kmueller@sidley.com
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Charles J. Kalil, Esq., General Counsel
Duncan A. Stuart, Esq., Associate General Counsel
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
Midland, MI
Plaintiffs-Appellees Seegott Holdings, Inc.; Industrial
Polymers, Inc.; Quabaug Corporation are represented by:
Paul D. Clement, Esq.
Zachary D. Tripp, Esq.
Candice Chiu, Esq.
William R. Levi, Esq.
BANCROFT PLLC
1919 M. Street, NW, Suite 470
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 234-0090
Facsimile: (202) 234-2806
E-mail: pclement@bancroftpllc.com
ztripp@bancroftpllc.com
cchiu@bancroftpllc.com
wlevi@bancroftpllc.com
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Roberta D. Liebenberg, Esq.
Donald L. Perelman, Esq.
Gerard A. Dever, Esq.
Matthew Duncan, Esq.
FINE, KAPLAN AND BLACK, RPC
One South Broad Street, Suite 2300
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: (215) 567-6565
Facsimile: (215) 568-5872
E-mail: rliebenberg@finekaplan.com
dperelman@finekaplan.com
gdever@finekaplan.com
mduncan@finekaplan.com
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Richard A. Koffman, Esq.
Kit A. Pierson, Esq.
Christopher J. Cormier, Esq.
Sharon K. Robertson, Esq.
Laura A. Alexander, Esq.
COHEN, MILSTEIN, SELLERS & TOLL, PLLC
West Tower, Suite 500
1100 New York Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3934
Telephone: (202) 408-4600
Facsimile: (202) 408-4699
E-mail: rkoffman@cohenmilstein.com
kpierson@cohenmilstein.com
ccormier@cohenmilstein.com
srobertson@cohenmilstein.com
lalexander@cohenmilstein.com
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Joseph Goldberg, Esq.
FREEDMAN BOYD HOLLANDER GOLDBERG URIAS & WARD, P.A.
20 First Plaza, Suite 700
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Telephone: (505) 842-9960
Facsimile: (505) 842-0761
E-mail: jg@fbdlaw.com
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Michael J. Guzman, Esq.
Rebecca A. Beynon, Esq.
Michael N. Nemelka, Esq.
KELLOGG, HUBER, HANSEN, TODD, EVANS & FIGEL, PLLC
1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036-3209
Telephone: (202) 326-7900
Facsimile: (202) 326-7999
E-mail: mguzman@khhte.com
rbeynon@khhte.com
mnemelka@khhte.com
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Robert W. Coykendall, Esq.
Roger N. Walter, Esq.
MORRIS, LAING, EVANS, BROCK & KENNEDY, CHTD.
300 N. Mead Street, Suite 200
Wichita, KS 67202-2745
Telephone: (316) 262-2671
Facsimile: (316) 262-6226
E-mail: rcoykendall@morrislaing.com
rwalter@morrislaing.com
Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States
is represented by:
Kathryn Comerford Todd, Esq.
Tyler R. Green, Esq.
U.S. CHAMBER LITIGATION CENTER
1615 H St., NW
Washington, DC 20062
Telephone: (202) 463-5337
Facsimile: (202) 463-5346
E-mail: KTodd@USChamber.com
tgreen@USChamber.com
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Jeffrey L. Kessler, Esq.
George E. Mastoris, Esq.
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166-4193
Telephone: (212) 294-6700
Facsimile: (212) 294-4700
E-mail: jkessler@winston.com
gmastoris@winston.com
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Gene C. Schaerr, Esq.
Robert F. Ruyak, Esq.
William A. Roach, Jr., Esq.
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
1700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006-3817
Telephone: (202) 282-5000
Facsimile: (202) 282-5100
E-mail: rruyak@winston.com
wroach@winston.com
Amicus Curiae American Independent Business Alliance
is represented by:
Jonathan D. Selbin, Esq.
Jason L. Lichtman, Esq.
LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Telephone: (212) 355-9500
Facsimile: (212) 355-9592
E-mail: jselbin@lchb.com
jlichtman@lchb.com
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Jordan Elias, Esq.
LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
San Francisco, CA
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: (415) 956-1000
Facsimile: (415) 956-1008
E-mail: jelias@lchb.com
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Ian J. McLoughlin, Esq.
Rachel M. Brown, Esq.
SHAPIRO HABER & URMY, LLP
Seaport East
Two Seaport Lane
Boston MA, 02210
Telephone: (617) 439-3939
Facsimile: (617) 439-0134
E-mail: imcloughlin@shulaw.com
rbrown@shulaw.com
Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc., Petitioner v. Jesse Busk et
al., No. 13-433 (U.S.).
In reversing a judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court said
employees' time spent waiting to undergo and undergoing
security screenings is not compensable under the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201
et seq., as amended by the Portalto-Portal Act of 1947,
Sec. 251 et seq.
Decided: December 9, 2014
Hon. Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion for
a unanimous Court. Hon. Justice Sonia Sotomayor filed a
concurring opinion, in which Hon. Justice Elena Kagan
joined.
Counsel to Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc.:
Paul D. Clement, Esq.
BANCROFT PLLC
1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 470
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 234-0090
E-mail: pclement@bancroftpllc.com
Counsel to Jesse Busk, and Laurie Castro, et al.:
Mark R. Thierman, Esq.
THIERMAN LAW FIRM
7287 Lakeside Drive
Reno, NV 89511
Tel: (775) 284-1500
E-mail: mark@thiermanlaw.com
Counsel to Retail Litigation Center, Inc., et al.:
Edward A. Brill, Esq.
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
Eleven Times Square
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 969-3000
E-mail: ebrill@proskauer.com
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Ronald E. Meisburg, Esq.
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004
Tel: (202) 416-6800
E-mail: rmeisburg@proskauer.com
Counsel to National Retail Federation:
Max Gordon Brittain Jr., Esq.
SCHIFF HARDIN
233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 6600
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: (312) 258-5500
E-mail: mbrittain@schiffhardin.com
Counsel to the United States:
Curtis Gannon
Assistant to the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
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Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Tel: (202) 514-2217
E-mail: SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Counsel to American Federation of Labor and Congress
of Industrial Organizations:
Matthew J. Ginsburg
815 Sixteenth Street, NW
Tel: (202)-637-5397
Washington, DC 20006
Counsel to National League of Cities, et al.:
James C. Ho, Esq.
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75201-6912
Tel: (214) 698-3100
E-mail: JHo@gibsondunn.com
Counsel to National Employment Lawyers Association:
Paul W. Mollica, Esq.
203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: (312) 924-4888
E-mail: pwmollica@outtengolden.com
Mississippi, ex rel. Jim Hood, Attorney General, Petitioner
v. AU Optronics Corporation, et al., No. 12-1036 (U.S.)
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision,
reversed a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit, holding that the "mass action" provision
under the Class Action Fairness Act did not provide for
jurisdiction over a parens patriae suit filed by the
attorney general of Mississippi. Because the State of
Mississippi is the only named plaintiff in the action,
the case must be remanded to state court.
The State of Mississippi sued manufacturers of liquid
crystal displays in state court, alleging they had
formed an international cartel to restrict competition
and raise prices in the LCD market.
Decided: January 14, 2014
Hon. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion.
Counsel to Mississippi, ex rel. Jim Hood, Attorney
General:
Jim Hood
Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General of Mississippi
P. O. Box 220
Jackson, MS 39205-0220
Tel: (601) 359-3680
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Geoffrey Morgan, Esq.
George W. Neville, Esq.
Office of the Attorney General of Mississippi
P. O. Box 220
Jackson, MS 39205-0220
Tel: (601) 359-3680
E-mail: gnevi@ago.state.ms.us
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Jonathan S. Massey, Esq.
MASSEY & GAIL, LLP
1325 G Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 652-4511
E-mail: jmassey@masseygail.com
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A. Lee Abraham, Jr.
Preston Rideout, Esq.
ABRAHAM & RIDEOUT
203 Walthall St.
Greenwood, MS 38930
Tel: (662) 455-9999
(855) 825-2222 (Toll Free)
E-mail: bo@borideout.com
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Carolyn G. Anderson, Esq.
David M. Cialkowski, Esq.
Patricia A. Bloodgood, Esq.
June P. Hoidal, Esq.
ZIMMERMAN REED PLLP
1100 IDS Center
80 South 8th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Tel: 612-341-0400
E-mail: Carolyn.Anderson@zimmreed.com
David.Cialkowski@zimmreed.com
Patricia.Bloodgood@zimmreed.com
June.Hoidal@zimmreed.com
Counsel to the Toshiba Respondents, Toshiba Corporation,
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Toshiba
America Electronic Components, Inc., and Toshiba Mobile
Display Co., Ltd.:
Martin M. Toto, Esq.
John H. Chung, Esq.
Ross E. Elfand, Esq.
WHITE & CASE LLP
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-2787
Tel: 212-819-8852
Fax: 212-354-8113
E-mail: mtoto@whitecase.com
jchung@whitecase.com
relfand@whitecase.com
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Christopher M. Curran, Esq.
Eric Grannon, Esq.
Kristen J. McAhren, Esq.
WHITE & CASE LLP
701 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 626-3600
E-mail: ccurran@whitecase.com
egrannon@whitecase.com
kmcahren@whitecase.com
Additional Counsel for the Toshiba Respondents:
Charles E. Ross, Esq.
Michael B. Wallace, Esq.
Rebecca Hawkins, Esq.
WISE CARTER CHILD & CARAWAY, P.A.
401 East Capitol Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Tel: (601) 968-5562
Fax: (601) 968-5593
E-mail: cer@wisecarter.com
mbw@wisecarter.com
rwh@wisecarter.com
Counsel to AU Optronics Corporation and AU Optronics
Corporation America:
Christopher A. Nedeau, Esq.
Carl L. Blumenstein, Esq.
NOSSAMAN, LLP
50 California Street, 34th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: (415) 438-7219
Fax: (415) 398-2438
E-mail: cnedeau@nossaman.com
cblumenstein@nossaman.com
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James W. Shelson, Esq.
PHELPS DUNBAR LLP
4270 I-55 North
Jackson, MS 39211-6391
Tel: (601) 360-9724
E-mail: jim.shelson@phelps.com
Counsel for HannStar Display Corporation:
Robert E. Freitas, Esq.
Jason S. Angell, Esq.
Jessica N. Leal, Esq.
FREITAS TSENG & KAUFMAN LLP
100 Marine Parkway
Redwood City, CA 94065
Tel: (650) 593-6300
Counsel to Chi Mei Corporation, Chimei Innolux
Corporation, Chi Mei Optoelectronics USA, Inc., and
CMO Japan Co., Ltd.:
Christopher B. Hockett, Esq.
Neal A. Potischman, Esq.
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP
1600 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel: 650-752-2009
Fax: 650-752-3649
E-mail: chris.hockett@davispolk.com
neal.potischman@davispolk.com
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Stephen L. Thomas, Esq.
BRADLEY ARANT BOULT, CUMMINGS LLP
One Jackson Place
188 E. Capitol Street, Suite 400
Jackson, MS 39201
Tel: 601-592-9912
Fax: 601-592-1412
E-mail: sthomas@babc.com
Counsel to LG Display Co., Ltd. and LG Display
America, Inc.:
Stephen B. Kinnaird, Esq.
Kevin C. McCann, Esq.
Lee F. Berger, Esq.
Sean D. Unger, Esq.
PAUL HASTINGS LLP,
875 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: (202) 551-1842
Fax: (202) 551-0242
E-mail: stephenkinnaird@paulhastings.com
kevinmccann@paulhastings.com
leeberger@paulhastings.com
seanunger@paulhastings.com
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Robert A. Miller,
P. Ryan Beckett,
BUTLER, SNOW, O'MARA, STEVENS AND CANNADA, PLLC
Renaissance at Colony Park
1020 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 1400
Ridgeland, MS 39157
Tel: (601) 985-4575
E-mail: bobby.miller@butlersnow.com
ryan.beckett@butlersnow.com
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Henry L. Parr, Jr., Esq.
WYCHE, P.A.
44 East Camperdown Way
Greenville, SC 29601
Tel: (864) 242-8209
Fax: (864) 235-8900
E-mail: hparr@wyche.com
Counsel to Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung
Electronics Co., Ltd., and Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.:
Robert A. Long, Esq.
Robert D. Wick, Esq.
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
One CityCenter
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4956
Tel: (202) 662-5612
E-mail: rlong@cov.com
rwick@cov.com
Counsel to Sharp Corporation and Sharp Electronics
Corporation:
John M. Grenfell, Esq.
Jacob R. Sorensen, Esq.
PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-5998
Tel: 415-983-1000
Fax: 415-983-1200
E-mail: john.grenfell@pillsburylaw.com
jake.sorensen@pillsburylaw.com
Counsel to Washington Legal Foundation:
Cory L. Andrews
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202)-588-0302
E-mail: candrews@wlf.org
Counsel to Access to Courts Initiative, Inc., et al.:
Charles J. Cooper, Esq.
COOPER & KIRK, PLLC
1523 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 220-9600
E-mail: ccooper@cooperkirk.com
Counsel to Allstate Insurance Company:
Richard L. Fenton, Esq.
DENTONS US LLP
233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 7800
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: (312) 876-8000
E-mail: richard.fenton@dentons.com
Counsel to Center for State Enforcement of Antitrust
and Consumer Protection Laws, Inc.:
Stephen D. Houck, Esq.
MENAKER & HERRMANN LLP
10 East 40th Street, 27th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 545-1900
E-mail: shouck@mhjur.com
Counsel to Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America, et al.:
Noah A. Levine, Esq.
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
Tel: (212)-230-8875
E-mail: noah.levine@wilmerhale.com
Counsel to Public Citizen, Inc.:
Scott L. Nelson, Esq.
PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: (202) 588-1000
E-mail: snelson@citizen.org
Counsel to AARP:
Julie Nepveu
AARP FOUNDATION LITIGATION
601 E. Street, NW
Washington, DC 20049
Tel: (202)-434-2075
E-mail: jnepveu@aarp.org
Counsel to DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar:
Mary Massaron Ross
President
DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar
PLUNKETT CLOONEY
38505 Woodward Ave., Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
Tel: (313) 983-4801
E-mail: mmassaron@plunkettcooney.com
Counsel to Illinois and 45 Other States:
Michael A. Scodro
Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General
100 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60601
E-mail: mscodro@atg.state.il.us
Tel: (312) 814-3312
Pamela Harris et al., Petitioners v. Pat Quinn, Governor
of Illinois, et al., No. 11-681 (U.S.)
The case presents the question whether the First
Amendment permits a State to compel personal care
providers to subsidize speech on matters of public
concern by a union that they do not wish to join or
support. The U.S. Supreme Court holds that it does
not, and reversed the judgment of the Court of Appeals.
Decided: June 30, 2014
Hon. Justice Samuel Alito delivered the opinion, in
which Hon. Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices
Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kenney, and Clarence joined.
Hon. Justice Elena Kagan filed a dissenting opinion,
in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer,
and Sonia Sotomayor joined.
Counsel to United States as amicus curiae, by special
leave of the Court, supporting the Respondents:
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Tel: (202) 514-2217
Counsel to Petitioners Pamela Harris et al.:
Catherine E. Stetson, Esq.
Neal Kumar Katyal, Esq.
Dominic F. Perella, Esq.
Mary Helen Wimberly, Esq.
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
Columbia Square
555 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Tel: (202) 637-5600
Fax: (202) 637-5910
E-mail: cate.stetson@hoganlovells.com
neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com
dominic.perella@hoganlovells.com
maryhelen.wimberly@hoganlovells.com
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William L. Messenger, Esq.
National Right to Work Legal Defense
Foundation, Inc.
Springfield, VA
8001 Braddock Road
Springfield, VA 22160
Tel: (703) 321-8510
(800) 336-3600
Fax: (703) 321-9613
(703) 321-9319
Counsel to Respondent SEIU Healthcare Illinois &
Indiana:
Judith A. Scott, Esq.
Walter Kamiat, Esq.
Nicole G. Berner, Esq.
SEIU
1800 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
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Robert E. Bloch, Esq.
DOWD, BLOCH & BENNETT
8 S. Michigan Ave., 19th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel: (312) 372-1361
Fax: (312) 372-6599
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Stephen P. Berzon, Esq.
Scott A. Kronland, Esq.
Stacey M. Leyton, Esq.
P. Casey Pitts, Esq.
Matthew J. Murray, Esq.
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
177 Post Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel: (415) 421-7151
Fax: (415) 362-8064
E-mail: sberzon@altshulerberzon.com
skronland@altshulerberzon.com
sleyton@altshulerberzon.com
cpitts@altshulerberzon.com
mmurray@altshulerberzon.com
Counsel to Respondents SEIU Local 73 and AFSCME
Council 31:
Joel D'Alba, Esq.
Margaret Angelucci, Esq.
ASHER, GITTLER & D'ALBA LTD.
Two North LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60602
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John M. West, Esq.
BREDHOFF & KAISER
Southern Building
805 15th Street Northwest #1000
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 842-2600
Counsel to Respondent Pat Quinn: Lisa Madigan, Attorney
General of Illinois, Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor
General, Jane Elinor Notz, Counsel of Record, Deputy
Solicitor General, Brett E. Legner, Nadine Jean
Wichern, Eldad Malamuth, Clifford W. Berlow, Assistant
Attorneys General, Chicago, IL
Vivendi Canada Inc. v. Dell'Aniello, 2014 SCC 1, [2014] 1
S.C.R. 3
The Supreme Court of Canada addresses the scope of the
criteria for the authorization of class actions, in
particular the criterion of identical questions of
fact and law set out by article 1003(a) of the Code of
Civil Procedure (CCP). According to the Supreme Court,
the fact that members of the group live in different
Canadian provinces should not prevent the court from
authorizing the class action, given that it can accept
proof of the law applicable in the common law provinces
or take judicial notice of that law. Only substantial
differences between the applicable legal schemes would
cause the action to lose its collective nature.
Decided: January 16, 2014
Judges: The Hon. LeBel, Louis; Abella, Rosalie
Silberman; Rothstein, Marshall; Cromwell, Thomas Albert;
Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; and
Wagner, Richard
Counsel to Dell'Aniello, Michel:
Claude Tardif, Esq.
Catherine Masse-Lacoste, Esq.
RIVEST, SCHMIDT
7712, rue St-Hubert
Montreal, Quebec
H2R 2N8
Tel: (514) 948-1888 Ext: 229
Fax: (514) 948-0772
E-mail: claudetardif@rivestschmidt.qc.ca
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Sylvie L'Abbe, Esq.
NOEL & ASSOCIES
111 rue Champlain
Gatineau, Quebec
J8X 3R1
Tel: (819) 771-7393
Fax: (819) 771-5397
E-mail: s.labbe@noelassocies.com
Counsel to Vivendi Canada Inc.:
Michel Benoit, Esq.
Sylvain Lussier, Esq.
Julien Ranger-Musiol, Esq.
OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP
Bureau 2100
1000, rue de la Gauchetiere Ouest
Montreal, Quebec
H3B 4W5
Tel: (514) 904-8110
Fax: (514) 904-8101
E-mail: mbenoit@osler.com
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Patricia J. Wilson, Esq.
OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP
340 Albert Street, Suite 1900
Ottawa, Ontario
K1R 7Y6
Tel: (613) 787-1009
Fax: (613) 235-2867
E-mail: pwilson@osler.com
Counsel to Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters of
Canada, carrying on business as Canadian Manufacturers
& Exporters and Canadian Chamber of Commerce:
Michael A. Feder, Esq.
Pierre-Jerome Bouchard, Esq.
Steven I. Sofer, Esq.
MCCARTHY TETRAULT LLP
Suite 1300, 777 Dunsmuir Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V7Y 1K2
Tel: (604) 643-5983
Fax: (604) 622-5614
E-mail: mfeder@mccarthy.ca
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Henry S. Brown, Q.C.
GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP
2600 - 160 Elgin St
P.O. Box 466, Stn "D"
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Tel: (613) 233-1781
Fax: (613) 788-3433
E-mail: henry.brown@gowlings.com
Whirlpool Corporation, petitioner, v. Gina Glazer and Trim
Allison, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly
Situated, No. 13-431 (U.S.); Sears, Roebuck and Company
petitioner, v. Larry Butler, et al. Individually and on Behalf
of All Others Similarly Situated, No. 13-430 (U.S.); and BSH
Home Appliances Corporation, petitioner, v. Sharon Cobb,
et al., No. 13-138 (U.S.)
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear appeals in three
lawsuits over the sale of allegedly defective front-load
washers from 2001 to 2008, thus allowing claims against
Whirlpool Corp., Sears Holdings Corp. and BSH Home
Appliances Corp., a unit of Germany's BSH Bosch und
Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, to move forward as class
actions in lower courts.
Decided: February 24, 2014
Counsel to Plaintiffs in the Whirlpool Litigation:
Brian G. Ruschel, Esq.
925 Euclid Avenue, Ste. 660
Cleveland, OH 44115
Tel: (216) 621-3370
Fax: (216) 621-3371
E-mail: bruschel@aol.com
Lead Attorney
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Jason L. Lichtman, Esq.
Jonathan D. Selbin, Esq.
LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN
250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (212) 355-9500
Fax: (212) 355-9592
E-mail: jlichtman@lchb.com
jselbin@lchb.com
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Jordan Elias, Esq.
Richard M. Heimann, Esq.
LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN
3000 Embarcadero Center West
275 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: (415) 956-1000
Fax: (415) 956-1008
E-mail: jelias@lchb.com
rheimann@lchb.com
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Mark P. Chalos, Esq.
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN
150 Fourth Avenue, Ste. 1650
Nashville, TN 37219
Tel: (615) 313-9000
Fax: (615) 313-9965
E-mail: mchalos@lchb.com
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Sudarsana Srinivasan, Esq.
LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN
250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (212) 355-9500
Fax: (212) 355-9592
E-mail: dsrinivasan@gmail.com
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Robert T. Glickman, Esq.
MCCARTHY, LEBIT, CRYSTAL & LIFFMAN
1800 Midland Bldg.
101 Prospect Avenue, W
Cleveland, OH 44115
Tel: (216) 696-1422
Fax: (216) 696-1210
E-mail: rtg@mccarthylebit.com
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Alison G. Gushue, Esq.
CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS
361 West Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
Tel: (610) 642-8500
Fax: (610) 649-3633
E-mail: alisongushue@chimicles.com
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Stuart M. Eppsteiner, Esq.
EPPSTEINER & FIORICA
12555 High Bluff Drive, Ste. 155
San Diego, CA 92130
Tel: (858) 350-1500
Fax: (858) 350-1501
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Steven A. Schwartz, Esq.
CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS
One Haverford Centre
361 West Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
Tel: (610) 642-8500
Fax: (610) 649-3633
E-mail: sas@chimicles.com
Counsel to Defendant Whirlpool Corporation:
David R. Kott, Esq.
MCCARTER & ENGLISH
Four Gateway Center
PO Box 652
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07101-0652
Tel: (973) 622-4444
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Galen D. Bellamy, Esq.
Joel S. Neckers, Esq.
Michael Timothy Williams, Esq.
Scott S. Barker, Esq.
Theresa R. Wardon, Esq.
WHEELER TRIGG O'DONNELL
370 Seventeenth Street, Ste. 4500
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: (303) 244-1846
Fax: (303) 244-1879
E-mail: bellamy@wtotrial.com
neckers@wtotrial.com
williams@wtotrial.com
barker@wtotrial.com
wardon@wtotrial.com
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Heather M. Lutz, Esq.
Anthony J. O'Malley, Esq.
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE
200 Public Square, Ste. 1400
Cleveland, OH 44114
Tel: (216) 479-6138
Fax: (216) 937-3744
E-mail: hmlutz@vorys.com
ajomalley@vssp.com
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F. Daniel Balmert, Esq.
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE
106 South Main Street, Ste. 1100
Akron, OH 44308
Tel: (330) 208-1000
Fax: (216) 479-6060
E-mail: fdbalmert@vorys.com
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James T. Irvin, III, Esq.
NELSON, MULLINS, RILEY & SCARBOROUGH
1320 Main Street, 17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
Tel: (803) 255-9450
Fax: (803) 799-2000
E-mail: jim.irvin@nelsonmullins.com
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Robert H. Brunson, Esq.
NELSON, MULLINS, RILEY & SCARBOROUGH
151 Meeting Street, 6th Floor
Charleston, SC 29401
Tel: (803) 255-9450
Fax: (803) 255-9057
E-mail: robert.brunson@nelsonmullins.com
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John C. Fitzpatrick, Esq.
Philip S. Beck, Esq.
Rebecca Weinstein Bacon, Esq.
BARTLIT, BECK, HERMAN, PALENCHAR & SCOTT
54 West Hubbard Street, Ste. 300
Chicago, IL 60654
Tel: (312) 494-4400
Fax: (312) 494-4440
E-mail: rweinstein.bacon@bartlit-beck.com
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Alison G. Wheeler, Esq.
Eric R. Olson, Esq.
BARTLIT, BECK, HERMAN, PALENCHAR & SCOTT
1899 Wynkoop Street, Ste. 800
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: (303) 592-3186
Fax: (303) 592-3140
E-mail: alison.wheeler@bartlit-beck.com
eric.olson@bartlit-beck.com
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Brad E. Rago, Esq.
BARNES & THORNBURG
1 North Upper Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: (312) 214-8326
E-mail: brago@btlaw.com
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Charles Philip Flick, Esq.
SEIPP & FLICK LLP
Two Alhambra Plaza, Suite 800
Miami, FL 33134
Tel: (305) 995-5604
Fax: (305) 995-6100
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James K. Leader, Esq.
LEADER & BERKON
630 Third Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 436-2400
Fax: (212) 486-3099
E-mail: jkleader@leaderberkon.com
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Scott T. Baker, Esq.
JACKSON, LEWIS, SCHNITZLER & KRUPMAN
101 Park Avenue, 37th Floor
New York, NY 10178-3898
Tel: (212) 697-8200
Counsel to Defendant Maytag Corporation:
Charles Philip Flick, Esq.
SEIPP & FLICK LLP
Two Alhambra Plaza, Suite 800
Miami, FL 33134
Tel: (305) 995-5604
Fax: (305) 995-6100
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Michael Timothy Williams, Esq.
WHEELER TRIGG O'DONNELL
370 Seventeenth Street, Ste. 4500
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: (303) 244-1846
Fax: (303) 244-1879
E-mail: williams@wtotrial.com
Counsel to movant The Procter & Gamble Company:
Amanda P. Lenhart, Esq.
Elizabeth M. Shaffer, Esq.
Eric K. Combs, Esq.
DINSMORE & SHOHL
1900 Chemed Center
255 East Fifth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Tel: (513) 977-8200
Fax: (513) 977-8141
E-mail: amanda.lenhart@dinsmore.com
elizabeth.shaffer@dinslaw.com
eric.combs@dinsmore.com
Counsel to Special Master David Rosenblum Cohen:
David Rosenblum Cohen, Esq.
LAW OFFICE OF DAVID R. COHEN
24400 Chagrin Blvd., Ste. 300
Cleveland, OH 44122
Tel: (216) 831-0001
Fax: (866) 357-3535
E-mail: david@davidrcohen.com
Counsel to Plaintiffs in the Sears Litigation:
Jason L. Lichtman, Esq.
Jonathan D. Selbin, Esq.
LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN
250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (212) 355-9500
Fax: (212) 355-9592
E-mail: jlichtman@lchb.com
jselbin@lchb.com
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Richard J. Burke, Esq.
COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP LLC,
1010 Market Street, Suite 1310
St. Louis, MO 63101
Telephone: (847) 433-4500
Facsimile: (847) 433-2500
E-mail: richard@complexlitgroup.com
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Paul M. Weiss, Esq.
Jamie E. Weiss, Esq.
COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP, LLC
513 Central Avenue, Suite 300
Highland Park, IL 60035
Tel: (847) 433-4500
Fax: (847) 433-2500
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Jonathan D. Shub, Esq.
SEEGER WEISS LLP
1515 Market Street, Suite 1380
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel: (215) 564-2300
Fax: (215) 851-8029
E-mail: jshub@seegerweiss.com
Counsel to Sears, Roebuck and Co.:
Joel S. Neckers, Esq.
Michael Timothy Williams, Esq.
WHEELER TRIGG O'DONNELL
370 Seventeenth Street, Ste. 4500
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: (303) 244-1846
Fax: (303) 244-1879
Counsel to Plaintiffs in the BSH Litigation:
Samuel Issacharoff
New York University School of Law
40 Washington Square South, 411J
New York, NY 10012
Telephone: (212) 998-6580
Facsimile: (212) 995-4590
E-mail: samuel.issacharoff@nyu.edu
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Jonathan D. Selbin, Esq.
Jason L. Lichtman, Esq.
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Telephone: (212) 355-9500
Facsimile: (212) 355-9592
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Stuart Eppsteiner, Esq.
Andrew Kubik, Esq.
EPPSTEINER & FIORICA
12555 High Bluff Drive, Ste. 155
San Diego, CA 92130
Tel: (858) 350-1500
Fax: (858) 350-1501
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Richard J. Burke, Esq.
COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP LLC,
1010 Market Street, Suite 1310
St. Louis, MO 63101
Telephone: (847) 433-4500
Facsimile: (847) 433-2500
Counsel to BSH Home Appliances:
Elwood Lui, Esq.
Erik K. Swanholt, Esq.
Peter E. Davids, Esq.
JONES DAY
555 S. Flower St., 50th Fl.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
E-mail: elui@jonesday.com
eswanholt@jonesday.com
pdavids@jonesday.com
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Brian J. Murray, Esq.
Jeffrey A. Mandell, Esq.
JONES DAY
77 West Wacker
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: (312) 782-3939
E-mail: bjmurray@jonesday.com
jmandell@jonesday.com
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