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Experienced Bankruptcy & Restructuring Partner Joins Chicago Office

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Chicago, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Stephanie K. Hor-Chen has joined the firm’s Chicago office in the Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group as a partner.

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  • Chicago, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Stephanie K. Hor-Chen has joined the firm’s Chicago office in the Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group as a partner.
  • Stephanie focuses her practice on insolvency and restructuring and has extensive transactional and bankruptcy court experience.
  • Stephanie rejoins her former partners Kenneth J. Ottaviano , Karin H. Berg , Paige Barr Tinkham , and William J. Dorsey , who opened Blank Rome’s Chicago office in June 2019.
  • We have experienced steady and strategic growth in our Chicago office since opening in 2019.

Winston & Strawn Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Former Northwestern University Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald Against Northwestern and University President Michael Schill

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that a Winston team led by litigation partners Dan K. Webb and Matthew R. Carter filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern University’s former head football coach.

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  • Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that a Winston team led by litigation partners Dan K. Webb and Matthew R. Carter filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern University’s former head football coach.
  • Northwestern and university president Michael Schill are the named defendants.
  • The suit seeks in excess of $130 million in compensatory damages and as-yet unspecified damages for emotional distress and punitive damages.
  • None of the players interviewed was able to point to a specific instance of misconduct by a Northwestern football player or coach.

SCHOCHOR, STATON, GOLDBERG AND CARDEA, P.A. AND JANET, JANET & SUGGS, LLC FILE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON

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Monday, October 2, 2023

BALTIMORE, Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Schochor, Staton, Goldberg and Cardea, P.A. and Janet, Janet & Suggs, LLC, two leading Maryland-based medical malpractice, personal injury, and civil litigation law firms, are partnering in a class action lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Washington on behalf of sex abuse victims who have come forward seeking justice. These law firms previously partnered in a class action against Johns Hopkins Hospital arising from sexual abuse committed by one of its doctors. That case settled for $190 million, which has been reported to be the largest sexual abuse settlement in Maryland history.

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  • and Janet, Janet & Suggs, LLC, two leading Maryland-based medical malpractice, personal injury, and civil litigation law firms, are partnering in a class action lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Washington on behalf of sex abuse victims who have come forward seeking justice.
  • These law firms previously partnered in a class action against Johns Hopkins Hospital arising from sexual abuse committed by one of its doctors.
  • That case settled for $190 million, which has been reported to be the largest sexual abuse settlement in Maryland history.
  • Three class representatives who were sexually abused by Archdiocese of Washington clergy as minors are identified via pseudonyms in the complaint's allegations.

Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard trial team honored as 2023 'Trial Lawyer of the Year' award finalist

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Friday, July 21, 2023

PHILADELPHIA, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard attorneys Patrick A. Salvi II, Lance D. Northcutt and Jennifer M. Cascio were recently honored as finalists for Public Justice's 2023 "Trial Lawyer of the Year" award. The team was one of only three legal teams throughout the country honored for their work in obtaining a $363 million jury verdict in the first trial against medical device sterilization company Sterigenics.

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  • PHILADELPHIA, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard attorneys Patrick A. Salvi II, Lance D. Northcutt and Jennifer M. Cascio were recently honored as finalists for Public Justice's 2023 "Trial Lawyer of the Year" award.
  • The team was one of only three legal teams throughout the country honored for their work in obtaining a $363 million jury verdict in the first trial against medical device sterilization company Sterigenics.
  • Plaintiff Sue Kamuda was an active, healthy woman when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007.
  • The Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard team was assisted at trial by Shawn Collins of the Collins Law Firm, Scott Entin and Deanna Pihos of Miner Barnhill Galland.

Sotera Health Finalizes Settlement of Ethylene Oxide Litigation in Illinois

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

879 of the 882 claimants eligible to participate in the settlement program have opted in.

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  • 879 of the 882 claimants eligible to participate in the settlement program have opted in.
  • The settling claimants and Sterigenics will now request that the Circuit Court enter an order confirming that these are good-faith settlements under the Illinois Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors Act.
  • The Company issued the following statement regarding the settlement agreement:
    “We are pleased that 99.7 percent of the eligible claimants are participating in the settlements.
  • For additional information on the settlement agreements and ethylene oxide lawsuits, please refer to the Company’s Form 8-K disclosing the settlement terms, the Company’s other SEC filings and its website.

Lifeway Foods® Announces Annual Meeting Results and Provides Update to Shareholders

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Friday, June 16, 2023

MORTON GROVE, Ill., June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Lifeway Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: LWAY) ("Lifeway" or the "Company"), a leading U.S. supplier of kefir and fermented probiotic products to support the microbiome, today announced the results of its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") and provided other updates to shareholders.

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  • At the Annual Meeting held on June 15, 2023, shareholders supported Proposal 1, electing the Company's eight nominees to the Board.
  • Notably, a leading independent shareholder advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., recommended that shareholders vote for the Company's eight director nominees.
  • In connection with this engagement, the independent members of the Board stated:
    "We are always open to considering all available avenues to maximize shareholder value.
  • Chief Executive Officer Julie Smolyansky and the entire leadership team are successfully executing our Lifeway 2.0 strategy to optimize growth, productivity and profitability.

Labaton Sucharow LLP Announces Proposed Settlement in the Fifth Third Bancorp Securities Litigation

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

(All terms not defined herein have the definitions assigned to them in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, dated May 9, 2023 ("Stipulation").)

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  • (All terms not defined herein have the definitions assigned to them in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, dated May 9, 2023 ("Stipulation").)
  • The Court may change the date or location of the Settlement Hearing without providing another notice.
  • You do NOT need to attend the Settlement Hearing to receive a distribution from the Net Settlement Fund.
  • IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE SETTLEMENT CLASS, YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A MONETARY PAYMENT.

Arkansas AG Retains Lanier Law Firm to Prosecute Claims Against Social Media Giant Meta

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders have announced that The Lanier Law Firm will join a distinguished legal team in pursuing litigation by the state against one of the nation's largest social media platforms.

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  • Sarah Huckabee Sanders have announced that The Lanier Law Firm will join a distinguished legal team in pursuing litigation by the state against one of the nation's largest social media platforms.
  • This is why I am eager to join the efforts of the Arkansas Attorney General in this important mission to hold social media giants responsible for the harm they have caused to the young people of Arkansas," says firm founder Mark Lanier.
  • Attorneys for The Lanier Law Firm have been involved in several significant trial wins and settlements on behalf of governmental entities in recent years.
  • Other firms on the Attorney General's legal team in this matter include Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP of Boca Raton, Florida, and Reddick Law, PLLC of Little Rock.

Sotera Health Announces Settlement of Ethylene Oxide Litigation in Illinois

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Monday, January 9, 2023

The administration and completion of the settlement agreements is expected to require up to 90 – 120 days.

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  • The administration and completion of the settlement agreements is expected to require up to 90 – 120 days.
  • Sotera Health Company issued the following statement:
    The agreements provide a pathway to comprehensively resolve the claims pending against Sterigenics and Sotera Health LLC in Illinois and thereby enable the Company to focus its full attention on operating the business, serving our customers and delivering on our mission of Safeguarding Global Health®.
  • The plaintiffs will have 30 days upon receipt of their proposed settlement allocations to consult with their lawyers and to opt into the settlement.
  • Sterigenics and Sotera Health LLC have the right to waive the participation requirement and elect to proceed with the settlement, in which case the settlement would be binding only on those plaintiffs who opted into the settlement.

Arbitration Panel Awards Divorced Spouse Nearly $2 Million for Being Refused Loss Mitigation

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Friday, October 21, 2022

CHICAGO, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer lawyers Nick Wooten, Rusty A. Payton, and Adam J. Feuer, have obtained a substantial verdict for their client in a consumer fraud case against PHH Mortgage Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ocwen Financial Corporation. Ocwen denied the consumer loss mitigation and refused to follow Freddie Mac guidelines to assist homeowners going through a divorce.

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  • Ocwen denied the consumer loss mitigation and refused to follow Freddie Mac guidelines to assist homeowners going through a divorce.
  • "Our client was mistreated for nearly five years because Ocwen simply refuses to follow the law.
  • "Ocwen then dangled an offer of help and received payments intended for loss mitigation only to later snatch the offer away.
  • Divorcing couples have a right to loss mitigation and loan modifications in the name of the borrower retaining the home.