Blackwell Burke P.A. Partner Corey L. Gordon to Speak on Diacetyl at Grocery Manufacturers Association Conference
Blackwell Burke P.A. partner Corey L. Gordon will present at the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) 2013 Litigation Conference. The GMA Conference is being held February 19-21, 2013 in Miami, Florida. Mr. Gordon’s presentation will take place on Wednesday, February 20. The GMA is the main trade group of the food industry. Its members include the […]
Peter J. Goss Discusses How Bankruptcy May Affect Consolidation of Meningitis Claims in Law 360
Law360 interviewed Blackwell Burke P.A. partner Peter J. Goss for an article about the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation’s (JDML) upcoming hearing on whether to centralize over 100 cases filed against the New England Compounding Center (NECC). These lawsuits arise from the NECC’s distribution of allegedly tainted steroids that resulted in meningitis. The decision whether […]
Law 360 Quotes Blackwell Burke P.A. Partner Peter J. Goss on Innovator Liability for Generic Drug Injuries
Law360 interviewed Blackwell Burke P.A. partner Peter J. Goss for an article about a recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that branded pharmaceutical manufacturers could be liable for failure to warn in cases where the patient only took a generic version of the drug. This is the first decision to address the issue of “innovator liability” […]
ABA’s LGBT Litigator Publishes Article Written By Blackwell Burke Attorney Emily A. Babcock
The American Bar Association’s LGBT Litigator has published Blackwell Burke P.A. attorney Emily A. Babcock’s article analyzing November’s favorable election results for same-sex marriage. Her article, entitled, “Same-Sex Marriage: Redefining the Movement,” parses the voting results from Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington state and argues that the change in public acceptance of LGBT marriage rights supports a […]
Blackwell Burke P.A. Welcomes Charmaine K. Harris
Blackwell Burke P.A. is pleased to announce that Charmaine K. Harris has joined the firm as an associate. Ms. Harris was previously a senior design engineer in Medtronic, Inc.’s neuromodulation business unit. Her prior career as a medical device engineer gives her a sophisticated understanding of technologically complicated cases. Ms. Harris graduated from William Mitchell […]
Blackwell Burke P.A. Attorney Emily A. Babcock Authors Article on Minnesota’s Marriage Amendment for LGBT Litigator
Blackwell Burke P.A. attorney Emily A. Babcock authored an article for the LGBT Litigator, the American Bar Association’s LGBT section’s national news forum. Ms. Babcock’s article, entitled, “Lawyers United: The Marriage Amendment in Minnesota,” analyzed the role that lawyers played in the debate surrounding Minnesota’s proposed state constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between one […]
Benchmark Litigation Recommends Blackwell Burke P.A. and Honors Four Firm Attorneys with Star Status
Benchmark Litigation, an independent guide to leading litigation firms and attorneys nationwide, has included Blackwell Burke P.A. as a recommended firm in its 2013 Minnesota listing. Recommended firms are those that are consistently acknowledged by clients and competitors during Benchmark Litigation’s six-month research process. Jerry W. Blackwell, Mike Hatch, and Peter J. Goss were each […]
Blackwell Burke P.A. Attorney Brendan M. Kenny Featured in Minnesota Lawyer
Blackwell Burke P.A. attorney Brendan M. Kenny and the Twin Cities E-Discovery Forum that he founded were recently profiled in Minnesota Lawyer. The article described Kenny’s e-discovery group as having “big ambitions,” focusing on making “e-discovery easier, faster and more efficient” during its quarterly meetings of lawyers and IT professionals. Kenny further explained how e-discovery expertise […]
Blackwell Burke P.A. Partner Peter J. Goss Discusses Potential Meningitis Lawsuits in Law360
Law360 recently quoted Blackwell Burke P.A. partner Peter J. Goss in an article discussing the first lawsuit filed against the New England Compounding Center (NECC). That center made the steroids implicated in the current 12-state fungal meningitis outbreak. Mr. Goss described how this first plaintiff’s and future plaintiffs’ ability to collect damages from NECC would […]
Blackwell Burke P.A. Hosts Inaugural Meeting of Twin Cities E-Discovery Forum
Blackwell Burke P.A. will host the inaugural meeting of the Twin Cities E-Discovery Forum. The forum will be a quarterly gathering of local outside counsel, in-house counsel, public-sector attorneys, the judiciary, technologists, and IT professionals dedicated to sharing knowledge and experiences about e-discovery best practices to create a stronger Twin Cities e-discovery community. All are […]