Austin Tighe spoke at the Texas Trial Lawyers Annual Convention in San Antonio on class actions. His presentation focused on how class actions, despite what the Chamber of Commerce and Texans for Lawsuit Reform would have you belief, are alive and well. Four of the last five class action decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court
News Year: 2017
NPR & Whitten Burrage Defeat Motions to Dismiss in Oklahoma Opioid Litigation
As previously reported, NPR and co-counsel, Whitten Burrage, represent the State of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter in litigation against several manufacturers of opioid based pain killers in a lawsuit filed in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, entitled State of Oklahoma v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al. The defendant drug manufacturers filed motions to dismiss all
NPR Assists in Amicus Brief by Legal Scholars in Support of The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe
Nix, Patterson & Roach assisted in the drafting and filing of a first-ever Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) amicus brief. The brief is filed in support of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and it’s assertion that sovereign immunity bars the PTAB from proceeding with an inter partes review (IPR) of patents owned by the
NPR Wins Class Certification for Investors and Appointed Co-Class Counsel in SeaWorld Securities Litigation
On November 29, 2017, Judge Michael M. Anello of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California granted Lead Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, appointed the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (“APERS”) and Pensionskassen For Børne-Og Ungdomspædagoger (“PBU”), as the Class Representatives, and appointed NPR as Co-Class Counsel. NPR filed a motion for
GranuFlo Claims Submission Process Closes
The claims submission process for all qualifying GranuFlo and NaturaLyte claims on file against Fresenius Medical Care officially ended on November 10, 2017. The Settlement Administrator, Epiq, continues processing all claims submitted by counsel for Plaintiffs. Epiq anticipates the claims will be processed sometime in January 2018. Upon determination by Epiq as to whether a
NPR Files Lawsuit for Veterans Against International Banks for Funding Terrorism
NPR, along with attorneys from six other law firms across the nation, filed suit in the Southern District of New York against 17 banks, including Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Commerzbank, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered, Royal Bank of Scotland, Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole, and Bank Saderat. The lawsuit, O’Sullivan, et al. v. Deutsche Bank, AG, et
NPR Wins Order Unsealing Damning Evidence in SeaWorld Securities Litigation
On November 3, 2017, Judge Michael M. Anello of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California issued an order granting in substantial part a motion filed by NPR and its co-Lead Counsel, which sought to unseal certain evidence SeaWorld produced in the litigation and improperly marked “confidential” and which NPR sought to
Yerington Paiute Tribe Hits Back at BP Bid to Get Out of Tribal Court Suit
The Yerington Paiute Tribe, its chair and its tribal court pushed back in Nevada federal court Friday against a bid by two BP units to bar the tribe from suing them in the tribal court over environmental damage at an abandoned copper mine. In their own opposition filing, the tribe and Chairman Laurie A. Thom
Yerington Paiute Tribe Says Sovereignty Protects it From BP’s Suit
The Yerington Paiute Tribe urged a Nevada federal judge Thursday to toss a suit that seeks to bar the tribe from bringing claims against BP America, Inc. and Atlantic Richfield Co. in tribal court over environmental damage at an abandoned copper mine. “Both the tribe and the chairman have sovereign immunity from suit in federal
NPR Welcomes New Associate Attorney Ty Wilson
NPR is excited to announce that Ty Wilson has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Ty graduated from Baylor Law School in 2017 with high honors and served the Baylor Law Review as a Senior Executive Editor. Ty was also a member of Baylor’s moot court competition team. Ty’s practice will initially focus on