Facebook User Plaintiffs and Defendant Facebook have agreed to resolve In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litig., No. 3:18-md-02843-VC, the class action arising out of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, for $725 million—the largest settlement ever of a privacy class action in the United States.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to announce that on December 15, 2022, Monsanto Company has agreed to pay $698 million to the State of Oregon to resolve the State’s claims against the giant multinational chemical company for PCB contamination throughout Oregon. Monsanto, the sole manufacturer of PCBs in the United States, made and sold over 1.4 billion pounds of PCBs despite knowing they are toxic, bioaccumulate, and last effectively forever. This resolution follows four years of litigation in Multnomah County Circuit Court before the Honorable Benjamin Souede.
Keller Rohrback is honored to have been included in the 2023 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s– Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" publication receiving multiple tiered rankings in various recognized practice areas and locations. Achieving a tiered ranking in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
Keller Rohrback partner, Derek Loeser has recently been featured in the popular Lawdragon.com Lawyer Limelight interview series. In his interview, Derek discusses his early career working for the US Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division, and what drives him to take on large corporations who abuse their power, and where he sees the future of complex litigation going, among other topics.
Congratulations to Keller Rohrback partner Jeff Liang, on being selected to receive the National Asian Pacific Bar Association (NAPABA) 2022 Pro Bono Service Award! This award recognizes an attorney or team of attorneys for outstanding achievements in pro bono service that involved impact litigation to advance or protect civil rights or provide direct legal services to individuals in the furtherance of the administration of justice.
Keller Rohrback is honored to have been recognized by the American Antitrust Institute (AAI) for its work on the In re EpiPen Marketing, Sales Practices, and Antitrust Litigation. The Keller Rohrback team of Lynn Sarko, Gretchen Freeman Cappio, Alison Chase and Felicia Craick will be recognized, alongside co-counsel from Burn Charest LLP, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Pritzker Levine LLP, Sharp Law LLP, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, on November 9th at the 2022 AAI Awards Night in the category of Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice.
On September 20, Federal District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez granted final approval of a combined $230 million class action settlement arising out of Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Refugio Oil Spill on the Santa Barbara coast.
On Friday, August 26, 2022, Facebook User Plaintiffs and Defendant Facebook informed the court that they have reached a settlement in principle in the action In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litig., No. 3:18-md-02843-VC.
