On May 9, 2022, Lockridge Grindal Nauen partners Brian D. Clark and Kate Baxter-Kauf participated in a panel presented by the Mass Tort, Multi-District Litigation, and Class Action Practice Group of the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association entitled Discovery in Complex Cases: Best Practices on Cutting-Edge E-Discovery Issues and Tips for the Meet and Confer Process.
LGN Attorneys Kate Baxter-Kauf and Rachel Kitze Collins attended the 2022 FBA Annual Federal Judges’ Dinner Dance at the Minikahda Club, held May 7, 2022. This annual event, sponsored by the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, brings together judges and practitioners from across the District of Minnesota.
Read moreLGN Attorneys Kate Baxter-Kauf and Rachel Kitze Collins attended the 2022 FBA Annual Federal Judges’ Dinner Dance at the Minikahda Club, held May 7, 2022. This annual event, sponsored by the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, brings together judges and practitioners from across the District of Minnesota.
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LGN Attorneys Brian Clark, Cate Crowe, Simeon Morbey, and Steve Serdikoff participated in the Complex Litigation e-Discovery Forum (CLEF) Spring Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Brian serves as President of the CLEF Board, which hosted over 75 plaintiffs-side attorneys at the conference.
LGN Summer Associate Eura Chang joined Judge Juan Hoyos, and University of Minnesota Professor Carol Chomsky to discuss why now is the time to re-examine the bar exam as the exclusive way for students and newer attorneys to become licensed in Minnesota. The moderated discussion was part of the Hennepin County Bar Association’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s CLE Series on Racial Equity and Justice.
On April 28, 2022, Lockridge Grindal Nauen partner Kate Baxter-Kauf helped coordinate and acted as the webinar moderator for a panel presented by the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association entitled Pre-Trial and Early Case Coordination: Multidistrict Litigation vs. Coordinated and Consolidated Class and Mass Actions.
Read moreOn April 28, 2022, Lockridge Grindal Nauen partner Kate Baxter-Kauf helped coordinate and acted as the webinar moderator for a panel presented by the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association entitled Pre-Trial and Early Case Coordination: Multidistrict Litigation vs. Coordinated and Consolidated Class and Mass Actions.
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LGN Attorneys Jessica Servais and Joe Bourne participated in a panel discussion regarding recent court decisions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, focusing on class certification decisions in antitrust cases, including the relevant facts and legal analysis in those decisions. Panelists also discussed the effect non-antitrust class certification decisions may have on antitrust litigation in the future.
On April 26 and 27, 2022, LGN partner Kate Baxter-Kauf participated as a dialogue leader and panel leader on two panels for the Sedona Conference Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability’s Annual Meeting, which was held in Phoenix, Arizona.
Read moreOn April 26 and 27, 2022, LGN partner Kate Baxter-Kauf participated as a dialogue leader and panel leader on two panels for the Sedona Conference Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability’s Annual Meeting, which was held in Phoenix, Arizona.
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LGN Partner Rebecca Peterson participated in the Minnesota State Bar Association’s 2022 FDA Forum – Current Developments in Food, Drug and Device Law. Rebecca participated in the Food Law Panel and discussed litigation trends.
On April 8, 2022, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative, Inc. v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC affirmed the district court’s order certifying three classes of plaintiffs. A team at Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P. led by partner Heidi M. Silton and assisted by associate Craig S. Davis and senior counsel Joseph C. Bourne represents the End Payer Plaintiff class. The court held that the plaintiffs had met their burden of showing by a preponderance of the evidence that their claims that they were injured by the defendants’ alleged price-fixing conspiracy were capable of class-wide resolution. The court of appeals further held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that common issues, including antitrust impact, would predominate over any individualized issues at trial.
LGN Partner Susan Ellingstad was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article discussing the steps companies are taking to loosen COVID-19 protocols.
Read moreLGN Partner Susan Ellingstad was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article discussing the steps companies are taking to loosen COVID-19 protocols.
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