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National law firm Robins Kaplan LLP announced today that Bill Kolb has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Insurance and Catastrophic Loss Group.

National trial law firm Robins Kaplan LLP announced today that Jason Fair has been named Managing Partner of the firm’s Los Angeles and Silicon Valley offices. He succeeds Michael Geibelson, who has held the position since 2015. Mr. Geibelson will continue to play a key role in the firm’s leadership and focus on servicing clients and handling high-exposure trial work.

National law firm Robins Kaplan LLP announced today that B. Todd Jones has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Minneapolis and New York offices. Jones brings unparalleled experience and leadership to the firm, with a distinguished legal career that spans public service, federal law enforcement, and private practice.

Robins Kaplan LLP announced today that Logan Drew has been named Chair of its National Intellectual Property and Technology (IP&T) Litigation Group. Drew succeeds Christopher Larus, who will now serve as National Trial Chair alongside Roman Silberfeld to lead the firm’s trial practice.

Today, Robins Kaplan LLP filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on behalf of the Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin against entities that include Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms, Inc., Snap Inc., TikTok parent company ByteDance, and Alphabet Inc., which owns YouTube and Google.

Robins Kaplan, a leading national trial law firm, today announced that Anthony Froio has been elected chair of the Executive Board and Managing Partner, unifying two pivotal leadership roles. The co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy practice, Froio has served as Managing Partner of Robins Kaplan’s Boston office for 20 years. In his new roles, he succeeds Ronald Schutz, who has chaired the firm’s Executive Board since 2019, and Steven Schumeister, who has served as Managing Partner of the firm since 1997.

Robins Kaplan partners Roman Silberfeld and Anthony Froio will join leaders from the legal, judicial, political, academic, and media worlds gathering in Boston on March 14 to discuss growing threats to the independence and impartiality of courts in the United States and other democracies, and how to fight back.

National trial law firm Robins Kaplan LLP announced today that partner Brendan Johnson has been named chair of its National Business Litigation Group. Johnson, a longtime Robins Kaplan partner and co-chair of the Government and Internal Investigations Group, replaces Jason Pfeiffer in the role.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office has settled its case against JUUL and Altria for deceptively marketing e-cigarettes. Of the more than a dozen states and hundreds of local governments that have sued JUUL, Minnesota was the first to go to trial. Robins Kaplan and Zimmerman Reed were privileged to partner with the State of Minnesota on this litigation.

On behalf of its clients John Pope and Zoya Code, Robins Kaplan LLP announced today two settlements, totaling $8,875,000, with the City of Minneapolis. John Pope will receive $7,500,000 and Zoya Code will receive $1,375,000 of that settlement total.

Robins Kaplan LLP announced a proposed $77.9 million settlement of the pending national opioid litigation claims by Tribes brought against Wal-Mart.

Today national law firm Robins Kaplan LLP filed two lawsuits against former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) Officer Derek Chauvin, seven additional MPD officers, and the City of Minneapolis, on behalf of Minnesota residents John Pope and Zoya Code. The complaints allege police misconduct, use of excessive force, and racial discrimination from incidents dating back to 2017, three years before Chauvin murdered George Floyd, and using many of the same tactics employed in that deadly encounter. More importantly, Chauvin’s uses of force outlined in today’s complaints were approved by his MPD supervisors and he was not disciplined or sanctioned in any way. As a result, he was able to continue his unchecked use of excessive force when he encountered George Floyd in 2020.

Nearly 40 major figures from the legal, judicial, political, academic and media worlds will gather in Chicago on May 26 to discuss growing threats to the independence and impartiality of courts in the United States and other democracies, and how to fight back.

Robins Kaplan LLP announces a proposed $439 million settlement of the national opioid litigation claims by Tribes brought against AmerisourceBergen Corp., McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health, Inc (“Distributors”) and a proposed $150 million settlement of the national opioid litigation claims by Tribes brought against Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. N/K/A Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., N/K/A Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Janssen”). The proposed settlement, which must be agreed to by the sovereign governments of Tribes, comes at a critical time to address the addiction and prevention needs of residents, as drug overdose deaths in the U.S. rose nearly 30 percent in 2020, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control.

National trial firm Robins Kaplan LLP® announced today that Thomas Schwartz has been named Chief Operating Officer and Dr. Shelley Gilliss has been named Chief Talent and Administrative Officer.