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Since Milberg’s founding in 1965, the firm has recovered more than $50 billion for our clients while prompting meaningful changes in corporate governance.
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$400+ Million Settlement – Chantix (Varenicline) Products Liability Litigation
In re Chantix (Varenicline) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2092 (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division)Milberg attorneys served as Co-Lead Counsel in the Chantix Coordination in New York State Court and court-appointed member of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee in the MDL in Alabama. -
$500 Million Settlement – Managed Care Litigation
In re Managed Care Litigation, MDL 1334 (S.D. Fla.)This litigation involved a series of lawsuits by physicians and medical associations alleging that the defendant insurers engaged in a scheme to obstruct, reduce, delay, and deny payments and reimbursements to health care providers. The court approved a similar settlement between a nationwide class of physicians and defendant CIGNA Healthcare valued in excess of $500 million. The settlements produced sweeping changes in the health care industry. -
$1.14 Billion Settlement – Nortel Networks Corp. Securities Litigation
In re Nortel Networks Corp. Securities Litigation, No. 01-1855 (S.D.N.Y.)Milberg served as Lead Counsel for the class and the court-appointed lead plaintiff, the Trustees of the Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union Pension Plan Trust Fund, in this federal securities class action. In January 2007, the court approved a settlement valued at more than $1.14 billion. -
$85 Million Settlement – Mason v. Medline
Mason v. Medline, No. 07-05615 (N.D. Ill.)Milberg successfully represented a healthcare worker in a False Claims Act case against his former employer, Medline Industries, Inc., one of the nation’s largest suppliers of medical and surgical products, along with its charitable arm, The Medline Foundation. The suit alleged that Medline engaged in a widespread illegal kickback scheme targeting hospitals and other healthcare providers that purchase medical products paid for by federal healthcare programs. Milberg pursued the case on a non-intervened basis and recovered $85 million on behalf of the federal government — one of the largest settlements of a False Claims Act case in which the government declined to intervene. -
$586 Million Settlement – Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation
In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, No. 21-92 (S.D.N.Y.)Milberg represented investors in 310 securities class actions alleging a market manipulation scheme involving hundreds of initial public offerings and approximately 55 defendant investment banks. This scheme, plaintiffs alleged, significantly contributed to the high-tech “bubble” of the late 1990s and early 2000. In approving a $586 million settlement in 2009, the court described the law firms on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee as the “cream of the crop.”