IN RE SIMON II LITIGATION

Nos. 00-CV-5332, 98-CV-0675, 98-CV-1492, 98-CV-3287, 99-CV-1988, 99-CV-6142, 00-CV-2340, 00-CV-4442, 00-CV-4632, 02-CV-0599.

212 F.Supp.2d 57 (2002)

In Re SIMON II LITIGATION.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

July 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weitz & Luxenberg, New York City by Perry Weitz, Robert J. Gordon, Jerry Kristal, Richard L. Akel, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, & Bernstein, New York City by Steven E. Fineman, Thomas M. Sobol, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA by Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Robert J. Nelson, Sporwood Wilner Maciejewski & Matthews, P.A., Jacksonville, FL by Norwood Wilner, Wait, Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH by Stanley Chesley, Brown Rudnick Freed & Gesmer, Boston, Mass by Gregory T. Carnold, Wayne F. Dennison, Sheller Ludwig & Badley, Philadelphia, PA by Charles Mangan, for plaintiff in Simon I & Simon II.

Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD by Joshua Kassner, John Angelos, O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, Washington, DC, for plaintiff National Asbestos.

Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, New York City by Melvyn I. Weiss, Beth A. Kaswan, Michael C. Spencer, for plaintiff Bergeron.

Dewey Ballantine, LLP, New York City by Paul J. Bschorr, Vincent R. FitzPatrick, Jr., Michael Hefter, Heather K. McDevitt, Dewey Ballantine, LLP, Washington, DC by Martha J. Talley, for plaintiffs Blue Cross, et al.

The Cuneo Law Group, Washington, DC by Jonathon W. Cuneo, Hutton & Hutton, Wichita, KS by Mark B. Hutton, Derek S. Casey, Chan P. Townsley, Richardson & Ward, Tulsa, OK by Gary Richardson, for plaintiff Mason, et al.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, New York City by Peter A. Bicks, James L. Stengel, Thompson, McNaboe, Ashley & Bull, LLC, P.A., Portland, MA by Thomas R. McNaboe, Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams, Steven Kazan, Oakland, CA, for plaintiff Raymark.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, New York City by Kevin J. Dunne, Eric M. Kraus, Kirkland & Ellis, New York City by Marjorie P. Lindblom, David Bernick, Andrew R. McGaan, Deirdre A. Fox, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, LLP, Boston, MA by U. Gwyn Williams, for defendant Brown & Williamson.

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York City by Harold Keith Gordon, Byron G. Stier, George Kostolampros, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH by Theodore M. Grossman, Hugh R. Witing, Mark A. Belasic, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC by Robert H. Klonoff, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX by Jerome R. Doak, Margaret I. Lyle, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC by Ursula M. Henninger, for defendant R.J. Reynolds.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York City by Alan Mansfield, Robert J. Kirshenberg, Stephen L. Saxl, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO. by William L. Allinder, Lori Connors McGroder, for defendant Lorillard Tobacco.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City by Michael V. Corrigan, Joseph M. McLauglin, Ronald M. Neuman, Adam I. Stein, for defendant BAT Industries, p.l.c.

Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, New York City by Donald J. Strauber, David A. Wallace, Daniel Endick, for defendant BATCO.

Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC by Peter Bleakley, Murray R. Garnick, David S. Eggert, Eric Suter, Dechert Price & Rhoads, New York City by Peter L. Critchell, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, DC by John B. Williams, Thomas W. Mitchell, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Boston, MA by Kenneth J. Parsigian, Paul E. Namser, for defendant Philip Morris.

Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City by Anne E. Cohen, Harry Zirlin, Steven S. Michaels, for defendant Council for Tobacco Research USA, Inc.

Davis & Gilbert, LLP, New York City by Bruce J. Ginsberg, for defendant Hill & Knowlton.

Seward & Kissel, LLP, New York City by Jacob Horowitz, for defendant Tobacco Institute.

Jacob Medinger & Finnegan, New York City by Bryan A. McKenna, for defendant Smokeless Tobacco.

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York City by Arthur H. Aizley, Eric S. Sarner, for defendant U.S. Tobacco.

Kasowtiz Benson Torres & Friedman, New York City by Leonard A. Feiwus, for defendant Liggett.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (BERGERON)

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff, a Massachusetts employees benefit fund, brought suit based on sections 349 and 350 of New York General Business Law. In doubt was whether New York law applied. See Bergeron v. Philip Morris, Inc., 100 F.Supp.2d 164 (E.D.N.Y. 2000). The New York Court of Appeals has now ruled that sections 349 and 350 of the New York Business Law do...

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