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Ameren Union Electric Co.

We were part of a team representing AmerenUE in In the Matter of Union Electric Co., the largest electric utility in Missouri, in a major rate case. We dealt with a broad range of regulatory and constitutional issues, including the relationship between federal and state regulatory jurisdiction, the protection of contract rights, and the taking [...]

2018-01-14T19:52:27+00:00August 18th, 2014|Accomplishments, Cases For and Against Governments, Complex Litigation|

Prudential Insurance

Our firm acted in the role of claimants' representative as part of the massive settlement involving sales practices of life insurance policies sold by Prudential Insurance Company. Under the terms of the over $4 billion settlement, individual policyholders were accorded the right to have an individual determination of their remedies. Our firm and one other [...]

2018-01-14T19:52:27+00:00August 18th, 2014|Accomplishments, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection|

Texas Prisons Privacy Case

We served as co-lead counsel in the trail-blazing consumer privacy case Dennis v. Metromail Corp. The complaint charged that Metromail contracted to have maximum security Texas prisoners "key" personal information obtained from shopping questionnaires. As a result, the lead plaintiff received an extremely offensive, sexually explicit letter from a convicted sexual offender. The firm's investigation [...]

2018-05-03T16:05:22+00:00August 18th, 2014|Accomplishments, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection|

“Made in USA” Cases

In Benson v. Kwikset Corp, we led a legal team that won significant injunctive relief for false advertising as “Made in USA” in violation of California “Made in USA” requirements and unfair competition/consumer protection law. Kwikset Corp. moved its manufacturing from Anaheim, California to a facility in Mexico yet continued to market their products as [...]

2018-05-03T15:57:52+00:00August 18th, 2014|Accomplishments, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection|

Guidant Heart Defibrillator

CGL's Charles LaDuca served as class counsel in the Guidant Heart Defibrillator litigation which settled for over $205 million in 2008. On behalf of a nationwide class of patients implanted with the Guidant Ventak Prizm defibrillator, our suit alleged that Guidant Corporation misrepresented the safety of its defibrillators, which are subject to short circuiting and [...]

2018-01-14T19:52:27+00:00August 18th, 2014|Accomplishments, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection|

Joe Camel advertising campaign

Our firm played an important role in the California tobacco cases that ended the "Joe Camel" campaign. The defendant's advertising campaign targeted teens and children. As a key player in the first case challenging the "Joe Camel" campaign as a violation of California's unfair competition/consumer protection law, we helped expose R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's "youth [...]

2018-05-03T16:00:08+00:00August 18th, 2014|Accomplishments, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection|

Mid-western Retail Convenience Store Managers Recover $13.1 million in Overtime

For tens of thousands of employees of a retail convenience store chain operating in the mid-western states, we won a significant amount of overtime compensation due them for their "off-the-clock" work. This $13.1 million settlement is one of the largest ever achieved in a case of this kind in the Midwest.

IIF Data Solutions

Mr. Cynkar was brought in at the eleventh hour as part of a new legal team to help defend a 600-employee government contractor from accusations that it had defrauded the government in its GSA Schedule Contract. With over $100 million claimed in damages, and the threat of debarment from government contracting if found guilty, this [...]

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