Nearly 200 survivors of child sex abuse, represented by Levy Konigsberg Attorneys Jerome Block, Jacob Jordan and Co-Counsel have filed juvenile detention sexual abuse lawsuits against Cook County and the State of Illinois. Find out more in our blog.
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Six Survivors Have Filed a Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Essex County, NJ, Represented by Levy Konigsberg
Six Survivors Have Filed a Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Essex County, NJ, Represented by Levy Konigsberg. Find out more in our blog.
Three Survivors Have Filed a Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Monmouth County, NJ, Represented by Levy Konigsberg
Three Survivors Have Filed a Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Monmouth County, NJ, Represented by Levy Konigsberg. Find out more in our blog.
Over 250 Survivors Have Filed New York City Juvenile Detention Sex Abuse Lawsuits, Represented by Levy Konigsberg
Over 250 survivors of child sexual abuse, represented by Levy Konigsberg Partner Jerome Block, have filed juvenile detention abuse lawsuits against New York City. Learn more in our blog.
Twelve Survivors Have Filed a Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Abuse at St. Gabriel’s Hall, Represented by Levy Konigsberg
Twelve survivors of child sex abuse, represented by Levy Konigsberg Attorneys John Guinan and Christopher Ganz, have filed a juvenile detention sexual abuse lawsuit against St. Gabriel’s Hall. Find out more in our blog.
Eight Survivors Represented by Levy Konigsberg Have Filed a Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against the State of New Jersey
Eight Survivors Represented by Levy Konigsberg Have Filed a Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against the State of New Jersey. Find out more in our blog.
Over 200 Survivors Have Filed Illinois Juvenile Detention Sex Abuse Lawsuits, Represented by Levy Konigsberg and Co-Counsel
Over 200 survivors of child sex abuse, represented by Levy Konigsberg Attorneys Jerome Block, Jacob Jordan and Co-Counsel have filed juvenile detention sexual abuse lawsuits against the State of Illinois. Find out more in our blog.
LK Investigating Sexual Abuse Claims Against USA Bobsled Chiropractor Jonathan Wilhelm
Levy Konigsberg is investigating potential claims from victims who were sexually abused by Jonathan Wilhem, a Montana-based chiropractor who worked on the medical staff for Team USA’s bobsled team....
J&J Can’t Use Bankruptcy to Resolve Talc Lawsuits, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court has rejected Johnson & Johnson’s attempts to move thousands of lawsuits filed over injuries caused by its talc-based products into bankruptcy proceedings. The ruling,...
Sterigenics Pays $408 Million Over Willowbrook Sterilization Plant Cancer Claims
Earlier this month, Sterigenics announced that it would pay $408 million to settle hundreds of claims from victims who were diagnosed with cancer and other illnesses caused by ethylene oxide...
Levy Konigsberg Wins Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson on Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint Based on Out-of-state Exposure
Levy Konigsberg successfully opposed Johnson & Johnson’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff Karlene Holleman’s claim that the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder caused her to develop...
Lawsuits Against Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
In February 2021, North Texas experienced some of the coldest and most extreme weather it has seen in decades. As arctic air devastated the state, the operator of Texas’s electrical grid, the...
Lithium-Ion Battery Explosions
Lithium-ion batteries provide many conveniences to consumers. They are used widely for portable devices because they are lightweight and do not require frequent re-charging. In many devices,...
Michigan Federal Court Rules EPA Must Defend Lawsuit in the Flint Water Crisis
Flint, Michigan – On Wednesday, April 26, 2020, Levy Konigsberg attorneys Corey Stern and Renner Walker defeated a motion to dismiss filed by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The federal...
Levy Konigsberg Wins Landmark Appeal in Asbestos-containing Talcum Powder Case
New York, New York, April 10, 2020—Yesterday, a panel for the First Department of New York’s Supreme Court, Appellate Division handed down a landmark ruling affirming a jury verdict in an...
COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Lawsuits
How Does Business Interruption Insurance Work? Business interruption insurance policies are designed to protect businesses in the event of circumstances that disrupt normal functioning. Interruption...
My Cases Are Battles for Public Health
I consider fighting for public health to be my professional calling. I am not a medical doctor and not a cancer researcher. But, as a trial lawyer, I consider my cases to be battles for public...
Cast Iron Pipes Lawsuit
Most homes built before 1975 use cast iron pipes for their sewage and water systems. Cast iron pipes can corrode internally and externally over time and cause severe damage. Policyholders are...
Asbestos Covered Steam Pipe Bursts under the Streets of Manhattan
LK Partner Robert Komitor Is Interviewed and Appears on NBC New York Affiliate WNBC to Discuss the Impacts During the Height of the Disaster. Asbestos dangers lurk everywhere and may emerge at any...
Catastrophic Railway Accidents Raise Questions about Safety Standards
A series of catastrophic railway accidents have made news headlines in the past few years, including four fatal accidents involving Amtrak trains since December 2017. The causes of these collisions...
Victims Seek Legal Options Following New York City Terrorist Attacks
Families of victims of the terrorist attack on October 31, 2017 on the West Side Highway in Manhattan intend to sue the city and the state for maintaining an unsafe environment that contributed to...
2017 False Claims Act Year in Review: Government Recovers $3.7 Billion
Settlements and verdicts in fraud claims brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) amounted to a $3.7 billion payout to the Department of Justice in 2017. Since the FCA was amended in 1986 to enhance...
J&J Can’t Use Bankruptcy to Resolve Talc Lawsuits, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court has rejected Johnson & Johnson’s attempts to move thousands of lawsuits filed over injuries caused by its talc-based products into bankruptcy proceedings. The ruling,...
Sterigenics Pays $408 Million Over Willowbrook Sterilization Plant Cancer Claims
Earlier this month, Sterigenics announced that it would pay $408 million to settle hundreds of claims from victims who were diagnosed with cancer and other illnesses caused by ethylene oxide...
Levy Konigsberg Wins Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson on Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint Based on Out-of-state Exposure
Levy Konigsberg successfully opposed Johnson & Johnson’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff Karlene Holleman’s claim that the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder caused her to develop...
Lawsuits Against Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
In February 2021, North Texas experienced some of the coldest and most extreme weather it has seen in decades. As arctic air devastated the state, the operator of Texas’s electrical grid, the...
Lithium-Ion Battery Explosions
Lithium-ion batteries provide many conveniences to consumers. They are used widely for portable devices because they are lightweight and do not require frequent re-charging. In many devices,...
Michigan Federal Court Rules EPA Must Defend Lawsuit in the Flint Water Crisis
Flint, Michigan – On Wednesday, April 26, 2020, Levy Konigsberg attorneys Corey Stern and Renner Walker defeated a motion to dismiss filed by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The federal...
Levy Konigsberg Wins Landmark Appeal in Asbestos-containing Talcum Powder Case
New York, New York, April 10, 2020—Yesterday, a panel for the First Department of New York’s Supreme Court, Appellate Division handed down a landmark ruling affirming a jury verdict in an...
COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Lawsuits
How Does Business Interruption Insurance Work? Business interruption insurance policies are designed to protect businesses in the event of circumstances that disrupt normal functioning. Interruption...
My Cases Are Battles for Public Health
I consider fighting for public health to be my professional calling. I am not a medical doctor and not a cancer researcher. But, as a trial lawyer, I consider my cases to be battles for public...
Cast Iron Pipes Lawsuit
Most homes built before 1975 use cast iron pipes for their sewage and water systems. Cast iron pipes can corrode internally and externally over time and cause severe damage. Policyholders are...
Asbestos Covered Steam Pipe Bursts under the Streets of Manhattan
LK Partner Robert Komitor Is Interviewed and Appears on NBC New York Affiliate WNBC to Discuss the Impacts During the Height of the Disaster. Asbestos dangers lurk everywhere and may emerge at any...
Catastrophic Railway Accidents Raise Questions about Safety Standards
A series of catastrophic railway accidents have made news headlines in the past few years, including four fatal accidents involving Amtrak trains since December 2017. The causes of these collisions...
Victims Seek Legal Options Following New York City Terrorist Attacks
Families of victims of the terrorist attack on October 31, 2017 on the West Side Highway in Manhattan intend to sue the city and the state for maintaining an unsafe environment that contributed to...
2017 False Claims Act Year in Review: Government Recovers $3.7 Billion
Settlements and verdicts in fraud claims brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) amounted to a $3.7 billion payout to the Department of Justice in 2017. Since the FCA was amended in 1986 to enhance...
LK Wins $16.5 Million Verdict in New York’s First Cosmetic Talc Trial Involving a Woman with Peritoneal Mesothelioma
New York, NY, April 7, 2017 – Levy Konigsberg achieved a $16.5 million verdict against a cosmetic talc distributor in the first-of-its-kind trial on behalf of a Long Island peritoneal mesothelioma...
LK Attorney Comments on Lead Crisis in East Chicago, Indiana
There is an emerging soil crisis in East Chicago, Indiana, which has a population of about 30,000 people and sits less than 25 miles east of Chicago, Illinois. As early as 2009 city, state, and...
Did Your Employer Actually Qualify For That Government Set-Aside It Received? Did Your Competition Win A Contract It Didn’t Dese
CHECK OUT THE REQUIREMENTS BELOW TO SEE IF THE WINNING CONTRACTOR MET THE CRITERIA TO BE ELIGIBLE. IF IT WASN’T, YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REWARD FOR REPORTING THIS FRAUD. The set-aside and sole...
Aware of Banks and Mortgage Lenders Defrauding the Government Through FHA or VA Insured Loans? Don’t “short” the Market, Contact
IF YOU HAVE EVIDENCE THAT A BANK OR MORTGAGE LENDER HAS DEFRAUDED THE GOVERNMENT BY FRAUDULENTLY REPRESENTING THAT LOANS QUALIFY FOR GOVERNMENT INSURANCE OR INFLATING THE APPRAISAL OF HOMES THAT HAS...
False Claims Act Update: Top Recoveries & Enforcement Trends from 2014
According to data released by the Department of Justice, whistleblowers helped return over $3 billion to the government through the False Claims Act in fiscal year 2014 and were awarded over $435...
Asbestos Lawyers Win Historic Verdict Against Upstate NY Talc Company
Upstate NY asbestos lawyers from Levy Konigsberg LLP win a $10.55 million verdict for the family of a man who died from mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure from talc mined and sold by R. T....
NY Personal Injury Attorney Comments on Metro-North Railroad Accident
NY personal injury attorney from the prominent NYC and Westchester law firm of Levy Konigsberg LLP comments on Metro-North railroad accident that caused multiple deaths and injuries on February 3rd,...
Career Education Corporation Agrees to $10.5 Million Settlement over Inflated Employment Rates
August 21, 2013 – New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, in a press release issued Monday, announced that Career Education Corporation, a for-profit education company, has agreed to pay...
Trucker Stricken with Mesothelioma Takes Asbestos Companies to Court
A New Jersey man who worked as a trucker, transporting asbestos-containing products for fifty years, files a personal injury lawsuit against several asbestos companies after a diagnosis of...
Medicare Fraud Responsible for $23 Million Paid to the Dead in 2011?
November 4, 2013 – Medicare fraud continues to be a growing problem, especially when the program reimburses providers for services rendered after a beneficiary has died. An OIG Report...
Two Hawaii Healthcare Fraud Lawsuits Settled for $451k
September 19, 2013 – On August 30th, the Department of Justice announced a $451,428 settlement of two healthcare fraud billing lawsuits against Wahiawa General Hospital (“WGH”) of Honolulu, Hawaii....
Retirement Plan Provider is ERISA Fiduciary per Fed Court’s Decision
FEDERAL JUDGE IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY, RULES THAT A RETIREMENT PLAN PROVIDER CAN BE DEEMED AN ERISA FIDUCIARY WITH RESPECT TO THE TERMS OF ITS OWN COMPENSATION, EVEN IF...
Hospice Fraud on the Rise Nationwide
August 12, 2013 – Fraudsters nationwide are taking advantage of our tax dollars by submitting false claims for Medicare’s hospice care benefit. The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) is fighting back,...
Upcoding Fraud Becoming a Problem at Hospitals That Have Implemented Electronic Health Records
July 22, 2013 – The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide incentive payments to eligible professionals and...
Pharmaceutical Company Pays $3.5 Million Fine for Illegal Inducements to Doctors
July 19, 2013 – The Department of Justice announced yesterday that St.-Louis based drug manufacturer, Mallinckrodt LLC will pay the government $3.5 million to settle allegations that it paid doctors...
Schenectady Mesothelioma Lawyers Open Offices in NY’s Capital District
July 3, 2013 – Schenectady mesothelioma lawyers from the nationally-renowned asbestos law firm of Levy Konigsberg LLP open offices in Albany, NY. The firm shares a map of common asbestos exposure...
