In re Tobacco II Litigation

Counsel for Public Citizen and the Center for Auto Safety as amicus curiae in support of plaintiffs/appellants in appeal challenging order dismissing claims under California’s Unfair Competition Law on grounds that then-recent ballot proposition (Proposition 64) imposed strict new standing and reliance requirements that mandated claims of named plaintiffs to be identical to those of all individuals comprising the proposed class. Plaintiffs prevailed.

Opposing Counsel: Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP; Dechert LLP; DLA Piper LLP; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Loeb & Loeb LLP; Reed Smith LLP; Kaye Scholer LLP; Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP; Morrison | Foerster LLP; Lendrum Law Firm