Adam Levitt

Dec 2, 2024 | law.com | Adam Levitt

Who Got The Work Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct.

Nov 4, 2024 | law.com | Adam Levitt

In class action and complex cases, the discovery process is essential for getting documents to support the case, survive summary judgment, and, ultimately, prosecute the case. The documents, key witnesses, and information needed are largely in defendants' possession, custody, or control, and, without the ability to access them, plaintiffs' claims face dismissal.

Oct 7, 2024 | law.com | Adam Levitt

Before 1966, Rule 23 was silent on how to determine which class members would be bound by a judgment before it was entered. , 414 U.S. 538, 545–46 (1974). Instead, some took Rule 23 as an open invitation for potential class members to join the lawsuit without any commitments, allowing them to sit and wait until a trial was over to determine whether to definitively accept the invitation to join.

Sep 9, 2024 | law.com | Adam Levitt |Steve Lash

Last year, U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes of the Western District of Missouri approved a $500 million settlement in the T-Mobile data breach litigation, finding that the “historic” settlement extended “extraordinary” relief to the class. , Case No. 21-MD-3019 (W.D. Mo. June 29, 2023). On appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit agreed—and the appellant objectors did not even dispute—that class counsel had “represented the class well” and “obtained a significant result.” , Nos.

Aug 5, 2024 | law.com | Adam Levitt |Steve Lash

Multidistrict litigations are usually complex and often very expensive. A “typical” MDL progresses as follows: cases alleging similar misconduct by the same defendant (or defendants) are filed in various courts across the United States. Following motion practice, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decides whether to transfer and centralize those cases for all pretrial purposes, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407.