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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
Sectors & Industries:
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June 06, 2018
Conrad & Scherer Says Atty Perjured Himself In Chiquita MDL
Conrad & Scherer LLP slammed an independent attorney's effort to get the firm thrown from multidistrict litigation alleging Chiquita funded Colombian paramilitaries, telling a Florida federal court Wednesday that the solo practitioner doesn't have the ability to represent the clients and had committed perjury.
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May 29, 2018
Atty Wants Conrad & Scherer Barred From Chiquita MDL
An attorney representing Colombian nationals in multidistrict litigation alleging Chiquita funded Colombian paramilitaries urged a Florida federal court on Saturday to bar Conrad & Scherer LLP from representing some of the individuals, arguing the firm does not have the power to represent them.
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May 14, 2018
Attys Clash Over Plaintiffs In Chiquita Terrorism Suit
Attorneys representing Colombian nationals in multidistrict litigation alleging Chiquita funded Colombian paramilitaries clashed Monday, with three lawyers seeking sanctions against one other for wrongly asserting they have never met anyone from a group of 144 plaintiffs they represent, but the targeted attorney decried the motion as an intimidation tactic.
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May 08, 2018
Chiquita Can't Escape Claims Under Anti-Terrorism Act
A Florida federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation alleging Chiquita funded right-wing Colombian paramilitaries on Tuesday denied the company's bid to escape Anti-Terrorism Act claims from the family of a man who was kidnapped for ransom and eventually killed by a paramilitary group.
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March 28, 2018
Chiquita MDL Plaintiffs Can Depose Colombian Witnesses
A Florida federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation alleging Chiquita funded right-wing Colombian paramilitaries granted the plaintiffs’ request to depose 13 people in Colombia, including former paramilitary leaders and banana company executives.
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February 05, 2018
Chiquita Settles With Families Before Terrorism Trial
Ahead of trial on claims that it supported a Colombian terrorist organization that kidnapped and killed six Americans in the 1990s, Chiquita Brands International Inc. informed a Florida federal judge at a hearing Monday that the company reached settlements with the victims' families.
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January 03, 2018
Chiquita Loses Bid To Escape Trial In Terrorism MDL
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday largely denied an attempt by Chiquita Brands International Inc. to escape sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging the company supported a Colombian terrorist organization that kidnapped and killed six Americans in the 1990s, paving the way for a trial next month.
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September 22, 2017
Chiquita Can't Escape New Complaint In MDL, Judge Told
Relatives of banana workers and others who were attacked and in some cases killed by a right-wing Colombian paramilitary group funded by Chiquita urged a Florida federal court Friday in sprawling multidistrict litigation to deny the company's bid to dismiss their newest complaint, filed in Ohio in March, arguing it doesn't duplicate their Florida suit's claims.
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September 06, 2017
Chiquita Must Show DOJ Docs In Colombia MDL Probes
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday ordered Chiquita to turn over documents it previously gave to the U.S. government to plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation accusing the banana company of funding right-wing Colombian paramilitaries.
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September 01, 2017
Chiquita Plaintiffs Can't Get Evidence From Colombia Probes
A Florida federal judge denied a request Friday to collect information regarding ongoing war crimes trials in Colombia, ruling the request from families of people murdered by right-wing Colombian paramilitaries was overbroad and not crucial to their lawsuit against Chiquita.