CGL represented Hungarian Holocaust survivors whose property found on the "Gold Train" in the final days of World War II was appropriated by the U.S. government. We served as co-lead counsel in this landmark class-action Rosner v. United States which alleged that the plaintiffs' personal property was loaded on a train by the Hungarian Nazi [...]
The House Democratic Leadership retained CGL to represent it in the Supreme Court case Dickerson v. United States, on the constitutionality of Miranda rights. The issue was whether a provision of a bill passed by Congress had overturned the Supreme Court's ruling in Miranda v. Arizona, which established the constitutionality of "Mirandizing" suspects. In an [...]
The counties of Los Angeles and San Bernardino retained CGL to pursue litigation against El Paso Natural Gas Co. and Sempra Natural Gas, suppliers of natural gas in Southern California. We alleged collusion to restrict supply of natural gas, creating subsequent dramatic price increases. Serving as co-counsel for both counties as well as several public [...]
The Attorney General of West Virginia appointed Jonathan Cuneo and Daniel Cohen to prosecute an action against Visa/MasterCard for alleged violations of West Virginia's consumer and antitrust statutes. The case involved a policy maintained by Visa and MasterCard that required merchants to accept Visa/MasterCard debit cards if, as nearly all merchants do, they also accepted [...]
Our firm was part of a team that recovered $92 million from Johnson and Johnson for consumers in this case against collusion in the disposable contact lens industry. Major manufacturers of disposable contact lenses conspired with the American Optometric Association to boycott sales to online and 1-800 contact lens suppliers, who were selling the lenses [...]
CGL is the Washington, DC representative for COSAL, which was established in 1986 to promote and support the enactment, preservation and enforcement of a strong body antitrust laws in the United States. It is the only organization in Washington, DC that is dedicated to lobbying for strong antitrust laws and effective private enforcement. For additional [...]
Gulbankian et al. v. MW Manufacturers, Inc., Case No. No. 1 : 10-CV-10392-RWZ (U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts). Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP, along with several other firms, filed lawsuits against MW Manufacturers, Inc. (“MW”) on behalf of a proposed nationwide class of homeowners who have purchased MW’s Freedom and V-Wood series [...]
Bristol Village, Inc. v. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation et al., Case. No. 1:12-cv-00263, (U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York). We filed actions in North Carolina, Ohio and New York on behalf of persons and entities that own or owned homes, apartments, office buildings, or other structures in which ABTCO composite-wood Trimboard (“Trimboard”) is [...]
In re: Building Material Corporation of America Asphalt Roofing Shingle Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 8:11–mn–02000–JMC (U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina). We served as co-lead counsel in several class actions against GAF concerning its fiberglass shingles. The complaints allege that GAF designed, manufactured, advertised, warranted and sold defective fiberglass shingles that [...]
In re: IKO Roofing Shingle Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2104 (U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois). We are the chair of the executive committee in these nationwide class actions against Canadian shingle manufacture, IKO Manufacturing Inc. (“IKO”). The suits allege that IKO designs, manufactures, advertises and sells various defective roofing shingle [...]