ProfilesinJustice
SpotlightingSuccessesin
2025andALookAhead
Wechampionthecausesofrealpeople—workers,consumers,small businessowners,investors,andwhistleblowers—workingtodeliver corporatereforms,fairmarkets,andthereturnoffraudulentlyobtained taxpayerfundsforthecommongoodwhilestrivingtomakevictims whole.
Ourfirmhasearnedaninternationalreputationbywinningcomplex cases,manyofwhichhaveresultedinlandmarkdecisionsonpreviously untriedissuesinvolvingantitrust,securities,environmentaltoxictorts, masstorts,consumerrights,civilrights,andotherfar-reachingmatters.
Wetakeimmenseprideinwhatwehaveachievedforourclientsthis pastyear.Belowarehighlightsofsomeoftheimportantwinsourfirm securedin2025,alongwithalookaheadtowardthecontinuedpursuit ofjustice.
Successes in Antitrust Litigation
MixedMartialArts(MMA)AntitrustLitigation(D.Nev.)
InLe,etal.v.Zuffa,LLC,werepresentedcurrentandformerMMAfightersinanantitrustlawsuitallegingthat UltimateFightingChampionship(UFC)unlawfullymonopolizedthemarketforMMApromotionby,amongother things,lockingfightersintoexclusivecontractsandacquiringitsrivalpromoters,leadingtosuppressed compensationforfighters.
OnFebruary6,2025,U.S.DistrictJudgeRichardF.Boulware,IIgrantedfinalapprovalofa$375millionsettlement, callingit“lifechanging”moneyforthefighters.Duetothishistoricresult,theAmericanAntitrustInstitute awardedLev.Zuffaits2025AntitrustEnforcementAwardforOutstandingAntitrustLitigationAchievementin PrivateLawPractice.LitigationinJohnson,etal.v.UFC,arelatedclassaction,isongoing.
Jien,etal.v.PerdueFarms,Inc.,etal.(D.Md.)
CohenMilsteinservesasCo-LeadCounselinthisputativeantitrustclassactionagainstthenation’slargest chickenandturkeyproducers,includingPerdueFarms,Inc.,andTysonFoods,Inc.,forconspiringtosuppressthe compensationofpoultryplantworkers.OnJune5,2025,thecourtgrantedfinalapprovalofsettlementstotaling $398.05millionagainstthepoultrydefendants.OnOctober14,2025,thecourtgrantedpreliminaryapprovalof aninjunctivereliefsettlementagainstthelastremainingdefendant,AgriStats,adataaggregatorforthe agriculturalindustrythatallegedlysharedcompensationdatabetweenthepoultrydefendants.
Successes in Consumer Protection
InreMGMResortsInternationalDataBreachLitigation(D.Nev.)
CohenMilsteinservedasCo-LeadClassCounselinthisconsumerprotectionclassactionagainst MGMResortsInternationalforallegedlyfailingtoimplementreasonabledatasecuritypractices, therebyallowingthepersonalinformationoftens-of-millionsofMGMResortshotelguestsand customerstobestolenintwomassivedatabreachesinJuly2019andSeptember2023.OnJune18, 2025,thecourtgrantedfinalapprovalofa$45millionglobalsettlementagainstMGMResorts.
Brooks,etal.v.ThomsonReuters(N.D.Cal.)
WerepresentedacertifiedclassofconsumerswhoclaimedthatThomsonReuters’sCLEARplatform surreptitiouslycollectedvastquantitiesofCalifornians’personaldata,andsoldittothirdparties, includingcommercialandgovernmententities,inviolationofCalifornia’sUnfairCompetitionLawand California’scommonlawofprivacy.OnFebruary21,2025,thecourtgrantedfinalapprovalofa $27.5millionsettlement,alongwithinjunctiverelief.
Successes in Securities Litigation
InreEQTCorporationSecuritiesLitigation(W.D.Pa.)
CohenMilsteinwasCo-LeadCounselinthissecuritiesclassaction,inwhichplaintiffsallegedthat EQT,amajorproducerofnaturalgasthatdrillswellsthroughhydraulicfracturing(“fracking”), misrepresentedthe“substantialsynergies”thatwereexpectedtoarisefromits$6.7billionmerger withrivalnaturalgasproducerRiceEnergy.OnNovember4,2025,thecourtgrantedfinalapprovalof a$167.5millionall-cashsettlement,thelargestsecuritiesclassactionrecoveryinthedistrict.
BayerSecuritiesLitigation(N.D.Cal.)
CohenMilsteinwasthesoleLeadCounselinthiscertifiedsecuritiesfraudclassactioninwhich plaintiffsallegedthatBayerAGmisrepresentedtherigorandresultsofitsduediligenceon Monsanto’slitigationrisksrelatingtoitstop-sellingRoundupherbicideproductbeforeBayer’s2018 mergerwiththecompany.Thelitigationproducedalandmarkrulingholdingthatpurchasersof sponsoredADRstradedoverthecounterhavethesamerightstopursuesecuritiesfraudclaimsas domesticinvestors.OnOctober30,2025,thecourtgrantedfinalapprovalofa$38millionsettlement.
2026 + Beyond
EdenvilleandSanfordDamFailureLitigation(Mich.Crt.ofClaims)
CohenMilstein’sTedLeopoldandLeslieMitchellKroegerrepresent residentsandbusinessesinpropertydamagelawsuitsagainstMichigan stateagencies,includingtheMichiganDepartmentofEnvironment,Great Lakes,andEnergy,andtheMichiganDepartmentofNaturalResources, allegingtheStateblatantlymismanagedandfailedtoproperlymaintain theEdenvilleandSandforddams,whichcatastrophicallyfailedonMay19, 2020.
TedLeopold,PooradRazavi,andDianaMartinrepresenttheplaintiffrelatorinawhistleblowerlawsuitagainstJanssenBiotechforalleged violationsofthefederalAnti-KickbackStatuteandFalseClaimsAct.The plaintiffallegesthemanufacturerofrheumatoidarthritisdrugsRemicade andSimponiARIAviolatedthesefederallawsbyengaginginascheme throughwhichitprovidedphysicianskickbacksintheformoffreepractice managementandinfusionbusinessconsultingservicestoinducethe physicianstopurchaseandadministerthesedrugstopatients,including Medicarebeneficiaries,viainfusionsperformedintheiroffices.Trialisset forOctober2026.
Reed,etal.vU.S.A(E.D.Tenn.)
LeslieMitchellKroeger,DianaMartin,andTakishaRichardsonrepresent plaintiffsinawrongfuldeathandpropertydamagemassactionagainstthe UnitedStatesDepartmentofInteriorandNationalParkServicefortheirnegligent failuretoprovidewarningsaboutTheChimneyTops2FireinGatlinburg, Tennessee.Thefire,whichoriginatedonNovember23,2016intheGreatSmoky MountainsNationalPark,burnedwithintheparkforseveraldaysbefore escapingintosurroundingareaswhereitdamagedordestroyednearly2,500 homesandbuildings,andkilledmorethanadozenpeople.
CapeFearRiverContaminatedWaterLitigation(E.D.N.C.)
AsCo-LeadClassCounsel,TedLeopoldrepresentsmorethan770,000North Carolinaresidentsinacertifiedenvironmentaltoxictortclassactionalleging thatE.I.DuPontdeNemoursCompanyandTheChemoursCompanyknowingly dischargedPFAS,suchasGenXandother“foreverchemicals,”intotheCape FearRiver,oneofNorthCarolina’sprincipaldrinkingwatersources.Atrialdateis expectedasthiscasecontinuestomovethroughpre‑trialproceedings.
MiramarWaterLitigation(Cir.Crt.,BrowardCnty.)
CohenMilstein’sLeslieMitchellKroeger,DianaMartin,andRachaelFlanagan representresidentsinMiramar,Florida,inapropertydamageclassaction allegingthat,duetothenegligenceoftheCityandthemalpracticeofits consultant,KimleyHorn,Inc.,theirwatersupplywasnotproperlytreated, causingirreversibleandcostlydamagetothecopperpipingintheirhomes. Thiscaseisongoing.
TedLeopoldandLeslieMitchellKroegerrepresentadvertiserswhoallegethatMeta Platforms’s“potentialreach”metricforFacebookandInstagramisfalseandmisleading becauseMetasystematicallyinflatedthemetric,causingadvertiserstopurchasemore, andmoreexpensive,advertisementsthattheyotherwisewouldhave.Thecourt’sorder grantingclasscertificationwasupheldbytheNinthCircuitCourtofAppealsinMarch 2024.OnJanuary13,2025,theU.S.SupremeCourtdeclinedMeta’spetitionforcertiorari review,leavingtheNinthCircuit’sdecisionintact.
SocialMediaAddiction(Sup.Crt.Cal.)
OnNovember14,2025,LeslieMitchellKroegerandGeoffGraberfiledapersonalinjury, wrongfuldeath,andsurvivalactionagainstMeta(Facebook,Instagram),Snap (Snapchat),ByteDance(TikTok),andGoogle(YouTube)forknowinglyandrecklessly designingandmarketingaddictiveanddefectiveproductsthathavecontributed directlytothenation’syouthmentalhealthcrisis.
GenerativeAILitigation
LeslieMitchellKroegerandPooradRazaviareinvestigatingwhethercompaniesbehind generativeAItools,suchasOpenAI,failedtoimplementadequatesafeguardsto preventharmfuloutputsthatmaycontributetoself-harmorsuicideamong adolescentsandothervulnerableusers.
Ultra-ProcessedFoods
LeslieMitchellKroegerandTakishaRichardsonareinvestigatingonbehalfoffamilies andchildreninpersonalinjury,productliability,anddeceptivemarketinglawsuits againstmajorfoodcompanies,includingGeneralMills,Inc.,NestleUSA,Inc.,andothers forknowinglyengineeringandmarketingaddictiveandharmfulproductstochildren, contributingtoseriouslong-termhealthcomplicationslikeType2diabetes,fattyliver disease,andobesity.
