News

September 2011

LGN Partners Joseph Bruckner, Heidi Silton and Co-Counsel Obtain Initial Settlements in Price-fixing Suit Against Freight Forwarders.(9/22/2011)
 

The combined settlements with three of the 63 defendants total $28.9 million. Joseph Bruckner and Heidi Silton are among the lead attorneys for the class. Read more about this case.
LGN Partners Gregg Fishbein and Karen Riebel Win Class Certification Decision in BioErgonomics, Inc. Shareholder Litigation.(9/13/2011)
 

On September 9, 2011, Judge Lloyd Zimmerman issued an order certifying a class of persons and entities who held common or preferred stock in BioErgonomics on November 9, 2009.

In the opinion, Judge Zimmerman commended LGN and co-counsel Zimmerman Reed for their outstanding work as class counsel. "Finally, Defendants have not disputed the experience of Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P. and Zimmerman Reed, PLLP to serve as class counsel. The reputation and experience of counsel to conduct class litigation of this nature is outstanding, and the record reflects that both law firms have successfully prosecuted numerous class actions in Minnesota courts and throughout the United States. The quality of representation in this case has been excellent, and the two firms are eminently qualified to serve as class counsel."
Read full opinion.
LGN Partner Heidi Silton and Associate Craig Davis Publish "Pfleiderer AG v. Bundkeskartellamt: A Step Forward in Efforts to Obtain Discovery From European Commission Antitrust Proceedings" in the West Antitrust Journal.(9/12/2011)
 
LGN Hosts Delegation of Supreme Court Judges from Ukraine as Part of the Open World Program.(9/12/2011)
 

On Monday, September 12, 2011, LGN hosted a luncheon for five Supreme Court judges from the Ukraine. The judges were given the opportunity to meet and talk with LGN attorneys about the workings of a private law firm in the United States and ask questions about our state and federal court system. Two members of the federal bench also attended. The Open World Program is a congressionally sponsored program which "brings emerging leaders from Russia, Ukraine, and other Eurasian countries to the United States in order to give them firsthand exposure to the American system of participatory democracy and free enterprise."
Learn more about the Open World Program.