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In Re: Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Alien Tort Statute and Shareholders Derivative Litigation
Case Number:
0:08-md-01916
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Derivative Litigation, Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Arnold & Porter
- Berger Singerman
- Blank Rome
- Boies Schiller
- Brown Raysman
- Buckley LLP
- Cadwalader Wickersham
- Cavanagh & O'Hara
- Cohen Milstein
- Cohen Placitella
- Conrad & Scherer
- Covington & Burling
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Day Pitney
- Dinsmore & Shohl
- DLA Piper
- Engstrom Lipscomb
- Fowler White Burnett
- Fox Rothschild
- Frevola Law Firm
- Fried Frank
- George Gesten
- Goede DeBoest
- Hagens Berman
- Heise Suarez
- Hodgson Russ
- Jonathan C. Reiter Law Firm
- Jones Foster
- Karon LLC
- Kenny Nachwalter
- Kessler Topaz
- K&L Gates
- Kohn Swift
- Lite DePalma
- Marcus Neiman
- McCarter & English
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Milberg Coleman
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Orrick Herrington
- Osen LLC
- Pashman Stein
- Pierce Law Group
- Podhurst Orseck
- Porter & Korvick
- Preti Flaherty
- Reid Burman
- Rigrodsky Law
- Robbins Geller
- Robbins Kelly
- Rosenbaum PLLC
- Sanford Heisler
- Searcy Denney
- Squire Patton
- Strauss Troy
- von Briesen & Roper
- Weil Gotshal
- Willkie Farr
Companies
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April 23, 2020
'Life Is Too Short' So Atty Cedes Clients In Chiquita DQ Fight
The lead attorney representing families of banana farmers accusing Chiquita Brands International Inc. of funding terrorist groups in South America voluntarily stepped away from clients he shared with a lawyer calling for his disqualification, telling a Florida federal court Thursday that the COVID-19 pandemic "has sharply emphasized that life is too short."
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November 06, 2019
Fla. Judge Won't Break Up Chiquita Terror-Funding MDL
A Florida federal judge refused a request to send more than 2,000 claims over purported Chiquita-funded terrorism back to Washington, D.C., reasoning late Tuesday that the allegations would be more efficiently litigated with similar suits currently grouped in the Sunshine State.
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October 17, 2019
Chiquita Urges Fla. Court Not To Rethink Terror-Funding MDL
Chiquita urged a Florida federal court Thursday to reject a plaintiff's bid to revive his claims in multidistrict litigation that the fruit grower illegally funded Colombian paramilitary soldiers who allegedly carried out violent killings, saying his newly presented evidence doesn't qualify as new.
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September 06, 2019
Fla. Judge Ends 12 Bellwether Cases In Chiquita Murder MDL
A Florida federal judge ruled Thursday there is insufficient evidence to hold Chiquita Brands International responsible for any of 12 bellwether cases over violent killings allegedly perpetrated by paramilitary soldiers the banana giant illegally funded in the 1990s and 2000s.
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May 31, 2019
NJ Plaintiffs Denied Cert. In Chiquita Terror-Funding Case
A Florida federal judge on Thursday refused to certify a class of New Jersey plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation who claim that Chiquita Brands International funneled $1.7 million to Colombian paramilitaries, ruling the plaintiffs failed to prove a feasible way to accurately define the class.
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April 17, 2019
Atty Posted Confidential Info In Face Of DQ Bid, Rival Says
An attorney representing families of banana farmers accusing Chiquita Brands International Inc. of funding murderous South American paramilitaries is blasting the class' lead counsel for allegedly posting confidential material in response to his attempts at disqualifying the counsel.
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March 25, 2019
Chiquita Terror Victims Say They Can Prove Murder Claims
The families of banana farmers allegedly murdered by South American paramilitaries funded by Chiquita Brands International Inc. shot back at the food powerhouse's bid to toss the multidistrict litigation, telling a Florida federal judge Saturday that the suits offer ample evidence that it was the terrorists who killed their relatives.
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March 15, 2019
Chiquita Fights Class Cert. In Terror-Funding MDL
Chiquita Brands International Inc. urged a Florida federal judge to reject a class certification bid by New Jersey litigants alleging the company funded Colombian paramilitaries who murdered banana plantation workers, arguing Friday in multidistrict litigation that the claims are individual in nature.
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February 21, 2019
Banana Workers Fight Cert. In Chiquita Terror-Funding MDL
An attorney representing families of banana plantation workers allegedly murdered by Colombian paramilitaries funded by Chiquita International Brands Inc. urged a Florida federal judge to reject a class certification bid by New Jersey litigants lodging the same allegations, arguing Thursday that the claims are individual in nature.
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February 19, 2019
NJ Plaintiffs Seek Cert. In Chiquita Terror-Funding MDL
New Jersey plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation against Chiquita Brands International Inc. have urged a Florida federal court to certify a class of victims who they say were "brutalized" by Colombian paramilitaries that allegedly received more than $1.7 million from the business, citing that financing as the common thread running through individual claims.