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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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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.
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August 09, 2017
7 Drop Paramilitary Funding Claims In Chiquita MDL
The claims brought by seven relatives of murdered hostages who accused Chiquita of being complicit in their deaths by routinely paying off the right-wing Colombian paramilitary group that killed them are being voluntarily dismissed from a sprawling multidistrict litigation, according to Wednesday filings in Florida federal court.
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August 08, 2017
Ex-Chiquita Atty Looks To Dodge Claims Against Him In MDL
A former Chiquita attorney asked a Florida federal court on Monday to dismiss him from a suit brought by relatives of murdered hostages who claim the company was complicit by routinely paying off a right-wing Colombian paramilitary group, saying he was the employee who actually alerted the company that Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia was a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization.
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June 09, 2017
Atty Beats Muzzling Motion In Chiquita MDL
A Florida federal judge has refused to impose confidentiality requirements on one attorney representing relatives of murdered hostages who allege that Chiquita Brands International Inc. paid off armed factions in Colombia, saying the identities of some unnamed plaintiffs, which the attorney disclosed to the fruit distributor, were not privileged.
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May 24, 2017
Atty Hits Back At Muzzling Motion In Chiquita MDL
An attorney accused of improperly copying Chiquita Brands International Inc. on privileged communications in a suit claiming the company paid off a paramilitary group responded to the allegations Wednesday in Florida federal court, saying the issue arises from his attempts to sort out duplicate claims and retainer agreements.
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May 23, 2017
Class Makes Emergency Bid To Muzzle Atty In Chiquita MDL
Counsel representing relatives of torture victims who allege that Chiquita Brands International Inc. paid off a Colombian paramilitary group sought an order on Monday in Florida federal court to stop a colleague from allegedly copying the company's attorneys on privileged communications concerning unnamed clients.
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May 11, 2017
Florida Judge Consolidates 4 More Suits In Chiquita MDL
A Florida federal court on Wednesday consolidated four additional suits from Ohio in sprawling multidistrict litigation that has relatives of people allegedly tortured and killed by a Colombian paramilitary group saying Chiquita Brands International Inc. paid off the terrorist group.
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May 02, 2017
Another Chiquita Case Gets Moved To Growing Florida MDL
Another suit against Chiquita Brands International Inc. was moved Monday to Florida federal court in sprawling multidistrict litigation that has relatives of people allegedly tortured and killed by a Colombian paramilitary group saying Chiquita paid off the terrorist group.
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April 03, 2017
Families Attack Chiquita Defenses In Colombia Torture Suit
Relatives of people allegedly tortured and killed by a Colombian paramilitary group urged a Florida court on Friday to toss Chiquita Brands International Inc.'s defenses that it paid off the terrorist group under duress and that the payments were made by its former Colombian subsidiary and not the parent firm.