Past Successes

LDGR has achieved many successful results for clients. In the class action area, the firm has won billions of dollars for clients. Some of LDGR's more notable successes in federal court class actions include:

Varacallo v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co., 226 F.R.D. 207 (D.N.J. 2005) ($768 million settlement for nationwide insurance sales practices class) (Co-Lead Counsel);

In re Tenet Healthcare Corp. Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. CV-02-8462-RSWL (Rzx) (C.D. Cal.) ($216.5 million settlement with certain defendants; case is ongoing) (Co-Lead Counsel);

In re Prudential Ins. Co. of America Sales Practices Litigation, 148 F.3d 283 (3d Cir. 1998) (over $4 billion paid out in largest insurance sales practices settlement ever) (Liaison Counsel);

In re Bristol-Myers Squibb Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. 00-1990(SRC) (D.N.J.) ($185 million settlement) (Liaison Counsel);

In re Nazi Era Cases Against German Defendants Litigation, Civil Action No. 98-4104(WGB) (D.N.J.) (litigation resulted in creation of settlement fund of over $5 billion US for class of European slave laborers) (Liaison Counsel);

P. Schoenfeld Asset Management, LLC v. Cendant Corp.,, Civil Action No. 98-4734(WHW) ($26 million settlement after precedent-setting decision in same case, Semerenko v. Cendant Corp., 223 F.3d 165 (3d Cir. 2000));

In re Royal Dutch/Shell Transport Litigation, Civil Action No. 04-1398(JWB) ($90 million ERISA settlement, the largest settlement ever under ERISA) (Liaison Counsel);

Weiss v. Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc., 899 F. Supp. 1297 (D.N.J.), aff'd, 66 F.3d 314 (3d Cir. 1995) ($75 million nationwide consumer class action settlement) (Liaison Counsel);

Galanti v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Civil Action No. 03-209(SRC) ($300 million product liability settlement) (Liaison Counsel);

In re Aremissoft Corp. Securities Litigation, 210 F.R.D. 109 (D.N.J. 2002) (over $250 million already recovered in settlement; case is ongoing) (Liaison Counsel).

LDGR has an equally outstanding record in state court class actions. Some of its successful state court cases include:

Princeton Economics Group v. AT&T, Docket No. MER-L-3221-91 (Superior Court of New Jersey, Mercer Cty.) ($85 million nationwide consumer class action settlement) (Co-Lead Counsel);

Delaney v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co., Docket No. OCN-L-1160-01 (Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean Cty.) (settlement worth over $7 million to New Jersey class of consumers) (Co-Lead Counsel);

DeLima v. Exxon, Docket No. HUD-L-8969-96 (Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson Cty.) ($4.5 million settlement for class of New Jersey consumers) (Co-Lead Counsel);

Barrood v. IBM, Docket No. MER-L-843-98 (Superior Court of New Jersey, Mercer Cty.) (Co-Lead Counsel) (nationwide consumer class settlement, in which Class Members received 100% compensation for their losses).

Friedman v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Docket No. BER-L-7250-01 (Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen Cty.) (nationwide consumer class action settlement worth over $100 million) (Liaison Counsel);

Summer v. Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc., Docket No. BER-L-7248-01 (Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen Cty.) (nationwide consumer class action settlement worth over $100 million) (Liaison Counsel);

LDGR has also achieved outstanding results for clients in other areas of its practice. For example, in 2006 alone, the firm's attorneys collected over $2 million for healthcare clients. Other notable successes in LDGR's sophisticated litigation practice include:

Obtaining summary judgment in a protracted commercial lease dispute, including sanctions and injunctive relief against the opposing party;

Winning a judgment against a trademark infringer on behalf of one of the world's largest maker of high-fashion Indian silks and garments;

Winning a large condemnation settlement for a client that was displaced from its location to make way for the New Jersey Devils arena in Newark;

Forcing a trademark infringer to enter a consent judgment to cease its infringement and deceptive marketing practices;

Winning a defense verdict after a jury trial on behalf of a municipal client in a civil rights act case;

Participating on a team that won summary judgment of non-infringement in a major multi-district pharmaceutical patent infringement litigation;

Obtaining a substantial settlement in securities arbitration for a client whose securities broker improperly handled her account;

Winning a land use lawsuit that blocked construction of a proposed housing project that would have irreparably damaged the area around the Paterson Great Falls, a National Historic Landmark site;

Participating on a team that won a substantial settlement of a fraudulent transfer case on behalf of a large Japanese insurance company;

Winning a large settlement for a condominium association in a lengthy construction defect litigation.