Peter J. Goss Discusses MDL Court’s Reduction of Punitive Award in Actos Bellwether Trial
Peter Goss commented for Law360 on the MDL court’s post-trial reduction of a $9 billion punitive jury verdict awarded in the first bellwether case to be tried in the Actos litigation. Goss noted that the reduced award of $37 million still represented a 25:1 ratio of punitive to compensatory damages, which could be found on […]
Blackwell Burke P.A. Wins Dismissal of Hebrew National Putative Nationwide Class Action – This Time in State Court
On October 6, 2014, a Minnesota state court dismissed with prejudice a putative nationwide class action brought against firm client, ConAgra Foods, Inc. This is the third victory for the Blackwell Burke defense team (following published decisions in federal court and the Eighth Circuit) in litigation in which the plaintiffs alleged that ConAgra’s Hebrew National […]
Brendan M. Kenny Presents on Ethics at Ediscovery Certification Workshop
On Thursday, October 2, 2014, Blackwell Burke P.A. attorney Brendan M. Kenny presented on ethics in e-discovery at the Ediscovery Certification Workshop held at the Hilton Minneapolis. He focused on an attorney’s ethical duty to act competently and fairly when working with electronic information, especially given the challenges posed by cloud computing and social networking. […]