Gilfield Corporation / Hyundai Heavy Industries / CNinsure Inc. / Enron Corporation Securities / Devereax & Wedbush / Con Edison / AOL Time Warner Inc. Securities / Securities Litigation / MF Global / Coughlin & Orol / Baidu / Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP / Altria / Suzuki Motor Corporation / Zhong Tian / GenesisIntermedia Inc. Securities / successfully defending Baidu / representing Hyundai Heavy Industries / /
Country
China / United States / / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Reorganization / M&A / Product Issues / Legal Issues / Person Communication and Meetings / Man-Made Disaster / /
Facility
Gilfield’s headquarters / Columbia University / Brown University / /
IndustryTerm
manufacturing facility / products liability law / hand-held devices / defective products / online site / Internet causing / oil spill litigation / public relations considerations / public relations efforts / information technology departments / social media / local law / oil rig manufacturer / public relations strategies / contacted class action law / defective product / defended product manufacturers / law degree / end-product / oil rig / class action device / manufacturing defect / federal law / public relations challenges / social media sites / component of a product / work-product / public relations campaign / manufacturing personnel / media / handheld devices / social media page / law / /
Organization
Columbia University / U.S. court / United States Supreme Court / Brown University / UN Court / Coughlin & Orol / /
Person
David B. Toscano / Frances E. Bivens / Tian Dan / Marc Lamb / Robert Gilfield / Carl Harding / Ruth Bader Ginsburg / Specializing / / /
Position
single federal judge for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings / single judge / single federal judge / opposing counsel / representative / law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg / still CEO / fireman / investigator / attorney / external counsel / counsel / Local counsel / Product Liability Practice Leader / outside counsel / judge / lawyer / /
Product
Horizon / solar panel part / components / Gilfield / own mistakes / Deepwater Horizon / Zhong Tian / product / home / products / physical ailments / solar panel component / solar panel / installation / component / /
Product Liability and associated litigation By Frances E. Bivens and David B. Toscano, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Background