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KLEIN v. ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

Civil No. 3:20cv75 (DJN).

525 F.Supp.3d 638 (2021)

Gabby KLEIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ALTRIA GROUP, INC. et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

Signed March 12, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy Alan Lieberman , J. Alexander Hood , J. Alexander Hood, II , Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY, Patrick V. Dahlstrom , Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Gabby Klein.

Steven Jeffrey Toll , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC, David Avi Rosenfeld , Philip Thomas Merenda , Pro Hac Vice, Samuel Howard Rudman , Pro Hac Vice, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP, Melville, NY, Jeremy A. Lieberman , Pro Hac Vice, Michael Jonathan Wernke , Pro Hac Vice, Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff Construction Laborers Pension Trust of Greater St. Louis.

Steven Jeffrey Toll , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC, David Avi Rosenfeld , Pro Hac Vice, Philip Thomas Merenda , Pro Hac Vice, Samuel Howard Rudman , Pro Hac Vice, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP, Melville, NY, Jeremy A. Lieberman , Pro Hac Vice, Jeremy Alan Lieberman , Michael Jonathan Wernke , Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs Donald Sherbondy, Sarah Sherbondy.

Johnathon Earl Schronce , Edward Joseph Fuhr , Eric Harrison Feiler , Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond, VA, Stephen Richard DiPrima , Benjamin D. Klein , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, for Defendants Altria Group Inc., Howard A. Willard, III, William F. Gifford, Jr.

Kevin Ross Powell, II , Warren Neil Eggleston , Joshua Zev Rabinovitz , Pro Hac Vice, Thomas Patrick Weir , Pro Hac Vice, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant Juul Labs, Inc.

Brian Emory Pumphrey , Brian Charles Riopelle , McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA, Eugene Illovsky , Pro Hac Vice, Kevin Calia , Pro Hac Vice, Boersch & Illovsky LLP, Oakland, CA, for Defendant Adam Bowen.

James W. Burke , Elizabeth Anne Marshall , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, Alexander K. Talarides , Pro Hac Vice, James Kramer , Pro Hac Vice, Walter Jr. Brown , Pro Hac Vice, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant James Monsees.

Robert Armistead Angle , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Richmond, VA, Elliot Remsen Peters , Pro Hac Vice, Eric H. MacMichael , Pro Rae Vice, Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant Kevin Burns.

James Christian Word , Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrew Clubok , Pro Hac Vice, Matthew J. Peters , Pro Hac Vice, Susan E. Engel , Pro Hac Vice, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant K.C. Crosthwaite.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This action arises out of Defendant Altria Group, Inc.'s ("Altria") $12.8 billion investment in JUUL Labs, Inc. ("JUUL"). The investment proved unwise, and now investors in Altria allege that the two companies defrauded them by not disclosing the risks created by JUUL's illegal...

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