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CGL’s JD Scholten, who is also an Iowa state representative, organized a letter from all 36 Iowa Democratic state lawmakers to the FTC and DOJ asking for a review of Koch Industries’ plans to purchase a fertilizer plant in the state.

Lawmakers are highlighting potential harm to workers from Koch Industries Inc.‘s $3.6 billion acquisition of a fertilizer plant, and calling upon the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department, and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird (R) to examine how the purchase could further entrench Koch’s market power, posing the risk of not only higher fertilizer prices but also job losses.

Consolidation in agriculture is “squeezing farmers, it’s suppressing workers, and consumers are having to pay the most they ever have for groceries,” said Iowa State Rep. J.D. Scholten (D), who spearheaded a letter to the agencies on Feb. 5. “We as a society need to start judging some of these mergers.”

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California Court of Appeals Rejects Gilead’s Mischaracterization of Plaintiffs’ Negligence Claim

An important decision was reached on January 9, 2024 by the California Court of Appeal in Gilead Tenofovir Cases, in which Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP, along with its partner firms and other plaintiff firm groups, represent thousands of clients suing Gilead Life Sciences, Inc. for marketing HIV medication it had to know was more dangerous than medication it had simultaneously developed.  The Court upheld the trial court’s ruling that Gilead could be taken to trial on a theory of negligence, a claim which Gilead sought to remove from the case via summary judgement.

The Court carefully and repeatedly rejected Gilead’s mischaracterization of plaintiffs’ negligence claim and specifically rejected the notion that liability associated with the use of a product requires said product to be defective.  It ruled that “although moral blame ‘can be difficult to assess in the absence of a factual record,’ we conclude based on the considerations above that negligence in a decision that deprives people of a safer drug and leaves them reliant on a more dangerous drug is morally blameworthy.”  (Internal cites omitted).  It added that manufacturers are “simply [required] to act with reasonable care for the users of the existing drug when the manufacturer has developed an alternative that it knows is safer and at least equally efficacious.”

As the Gilead Tenofovir Cases move forward, CGL is exited to continue the fight to get justice for our clients.

We are a group of 20 plus lawyers who together have over 300 years of experience going to court to win by persuasion.

TRIAL AND APPELLATE

Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca attorneys are experienced advocates

Between them our attorneys have

  • conducted approximately 200 trials;
  • conducted approximately 500 quasi-adjudicative, administrative or arbitral proceedings resulting in a final adjudication;
  • argued appeals in ten federal circuit court of appeals including two en banc arguments;
  • argued appeals in at least seven states
  • testified before Congress, state legislatures or federal or state administrative bodies at least 60 times; and
  • appeared in many cases before the United States Supreme Court

GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Our attorneys have held positions of trust in state or federal government

  • One was Solicitor to the House of Representatives and Assistant Counsel to the Senate;
  • One was the Executive Director of a Federal agency, the highest staff position;
  • Two were Section Chiefs of the United States Department of Justice;
  • Two were Assistant US attorneys and one was a public defender; and
  • Two were Counsel to Congressional Committees

Our firm has brought together highly skilled lawyers with a diversity of experience matched by few other law firms of our size.

What unites all of us is an uncompromising commitment to excellence.

Our firm has brought together highly skilled lawyers with a diversity of experience matched by few other law firms of our size.

What unites all of us is an uncompromising commitment to excellence.

WE SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE

Among our attorneys and staff we speak:

  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Russian
  • Arabic

COMMUNITY AND CHARITY

We support many charities in our community, both in the United States and abroad.

CGL has contributed to organizations supporting equal justice, centers for human rights, groups combatting hunger, medical centers and universities in Israel, cancer research efforts, cancer survivor support, legal programs, law schools, juvenile justice initiatives, better government, and wounded veterans of the Iraqi and Afghanistan wars.

CGL has also made a major financial commitment to help indigent clients seek representation in the District of Columbia through the “Raising the Bar” campaign of the D.C. Access to Justice Project.

LATEST NEWS

February 12th, 2024|

CGL’s JD Scholten, who is also an Iowa state representative, organized a letter from all 36 Iowa Democratic state lawmakers to the FTC and DOJ asking for a review of Koch Industries’ plans to purchase a fertilizer plant in the state. Lawmakers are highlighting potential harm to workers from Koch [...]

January 12th, 2024|

California Court of Appeals Rejects Gilead's Mischaracterization of Plaintiffs’ Negligence Claim An important decision was reached on January 9, 2024 by the California Court of Appeal in Gilead Tenofovir Cases, in which Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP, along with its partner firms and other plaintiff firm groups, represent thousands of clients [...]

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CGL is currently engaged in dozens of cases from product defect class actions to antitrust litigation to civil rights advocacy.

If you feel we could represent you in any of our current cases or in a new case, we would love to hear from you.