October 17, 2008: Pfizer announces $894M settlement of Bextra and Celebrex litigation, including nearly 200 Hanly Conroy cases.
On October 17, 2008, drug giant Pfizer announced the settlement of substantially all of the personal injury lawsuits brought against it by patients alleging injuries from ingestion of the prescription medications Bextra and Celebrex. Hanly Conroy represented nearly 200 of the individuals whose cases are being settled. “This is a great day for all persons who claimed injury from taking Bextra, and we are pleased that we were able to achieve these settlements for our clients,” said Hanly Conroy founding partner Jayne Conroy, who was one of the three lead negotiators of the terms of the landmark settlement.
September 2008: Hanly Conroy files copyright action involving films “Rear Window” and “Disturbia.”
Hanly Conroy has been retained to represent the owner of the story rights from which the renowned Hitchcock film “Rear Window” was made in a copyright infringement lawsuit against director Steven Spielberg, Dreamworks LLC, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and others involving the film “Disturbia.” The action alleges that the Spielberg film is substantially similar to and infringes upon the “Rear Window” story, and was filed in the Southern District of New York in September.
September 2008: Hanly Conroy partners Paul Hanly, Andrea Bierstein and Steven Hayes named to “best lawyers” lists.
The 2008 edition of New York Super Lawyers, published in September in both The New York Times Magazine and as a free-standing magazine, names three of the six Hanly Conroy partners: Paul Hanly, Andrea Bierstein and Steven M. Hayes. “We are delighted that fully 50% of our partners have been named to this list,” said Andrea Bierstein. “That is a testament to the extraordinary abilities of our firm and the reputation it has garnered,” she added. Partners Hanly and Hayes have been on the list in the past, while Bierstein joins for the first time. Separately, Hayes has been named to the 2009 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his stellar work in the area of entertainment law.
August 2008: Hanly Conroy files patent infringement action against Google.
Hanly Conroy is acting as counsel to Web Tracking Solutions LLC and Daniel Wexler in a patent infringement lawsuit against Google which alleges that the method used by Google to track the number of people who click on advertising publishers’ ads infringes a patent issued to Mr. Wexler as inventor and licensed to Web Tracking. The action was filed in the Eastern District of New York in August.
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August 28, 2008: Hanly Conroy files RICO actions on behalf of mutual fund investors.
Suing on behalf of mutual fund investors, Hanly Conroy filed derivative and class action lawsuits against mutual fund managers and advisors who unlawfully invested and lost tens of millions of dollars in illegal offshore gambling entities. Until 2006, a number of foreign companies took bets over the Internet from gamblers in the United States, which the suits claim is a violation of federal and state law. The suits allege that the mutual fund managers knew or should have known of the illegality. For example, the prospectus of one of the gambling companies acknowledged that its “activities are considered to be illegal by relevant authorities” in the US. The value of the shares of the gambling businesses tumbled when authorities in the US began a crackdown in 2006. The complaints also allege that, in addition to violating RICO, the managers were negligent, breached their fiduciary duties to the funds and their investors, and wasted fund assets. The actions are the first of their kind and are filed in federal court in New York. Click here to learn more.
April 2008: Jayne Conroy named to Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in gadolinium litigation.
United States District Court Judge Dan A. Pollster has named Jayne Conroy to the prestigious Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the multi-district federal litigation pending in Cleveland, Ohio involving personal injuries suffered by patients administered gadolinium-based contrast agents in connection with magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiogram scans. This litigation, encompassing both federal and state claims, targets giants General Electric, Bayer and Mallinckrodt, and involves complex issues of science and medicine and horrific, often fatal injuries.
The attorneys of Hanly Conroy Bierstein Sheridan Fisher & Hayes LLP have been featured or quoted in the news media and have been involved in high-profile cases numerous times over many years. If you are interested in reading prior stories about the attorneys they are easily found by a Google search or a search of law-related databases.
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