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Month: February 2022
Hueston Hennigan Earns Top Verdicts Spot
Three of the most populous counties in California and the City of Oakland brought suit against opioid manufacturers alleging false advertising, unfair competition and public nuisance. The jurisdictions claimed that manufacturers’ alleged false and misleading marketing caused a $50 billion public nuisance.
After a four-month bench trial, Judge Peter J. Wilson found no actionable public nuisance or false or misleading claims by the defendants.
“We convinced the judge that to find nuisance you have to find an underlying bad act, and that proved the plaintiff’s downfall. It’s not enough to show there’s an opioid crisis,” said John Hueston to the Daily Journal.
The win was hailed as “giv[ing] drug companies their first major victory in the litigation brought by cities and counties across the country over the opioid crisis,” American Lawyer.
Hueston Hennigan Shortlisted for Benchmark Litigation US Awards
California – Trial Firm of the Year
California – Trial Lawyer of the Year – John Hueston
Los Angeles Firm of the Year
Los Angeles Litigator of the Year – John Hueston
California – Entertainment Litigation Firm of the Year
California – White Collar Crime Firm of the Year
California – White Collar Crime Litigator of the Year – John Hueston
These awards recognize the country’s most distinguished litigators and their firms for their exemplary work over the past twelve months. After months of peer review-based research and submission reviews, the Benchmark team set out to uncover the most impactful cases, the lawyers and law firms behind them, and the litigators who have paved the way.
The awards ceremony will take place on April 7 in San Francisco.
USEPA’s Contractors Cannot Escape Trial
“The Court’s thoughtful Order ensures that the USEPA’s contractors who triggered the toxic Gold King Mine spill in August 2015, along with the USEPA, will not escape before trial by claiming refuge under their status as government contractors,” said partner Andrew Walsh.
The Hueston Hennigan team includes John Hueston, Moez Kaba, Andrew Walsh, Shannon Coit, Joseph Crusham, Spencer Schmider, and Kelsey Dayton.
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