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United States of America
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Donald
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Strauber
Partner
Practice Description
Donald Strauber has 50 years of experience in complex commercial litigation and heads up matters in courts throughout the United States. He has worked primarily in three areas: health-related litigation, federal securities litigation and shareholder derivative suits. He is in charge of Jim Beam’s defense of alcohol-health cases and litigation relating to the marketing of beverage alcohol, and he is co-national counsel for the Purdue defendants in the OxyContin® litigation.
Representative Matters
- Representing The Purdue companies in the defense of the OxyContin® litigation.
- Represented Jim Beam in connection with Thorp v. Beam relating to the issue of whether a distiller is responsible for a child’s alleged "fetal alcohol syndrome.” The successful defense of this case in Seattle resulted in the voluntary dismissal of similar cases and put an end to the feared onslaught of litigation on that issue.
- Representing Jim Beam in purported class actions throughout the United States dealing with the labeling of products as “All Natural.”
- Represented Rockwell Automation, Inc. (formerly Rockwell International Corporation) in connection with Broad v. Rockwell, a securities class action on behalf of holders of Collins convertible debentures, arising out of the Rockwell-Collins merger, which was successfully tried in Dallas and affirmed en banc by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Represented Rockwell Automation, Inc. in the defense of litigation arising out of defective subway cars.
Honors
The Legal 500 US (2011) lists Mr. Strauber as one of the “leading lawyers” in “Litigation - Product Liability and mass tort defense: consumer products,” describing him as ‘the dean of the US beverage alcohol product liability bar’, who ‘consistently provides pragmatic, balanced advice in the context of risk management and both proactive and defensive advice.’
Activities and Affiliations
Mr. Strauber is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the American Bar Association and The American Law Institute.
Publications
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"Products Liability," Chapter 77, Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, (Robert L. Haig), Thomson Reuters/West, 2012
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"Products Liability," Chapter 77, Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, (Robert L. Haig), Thomson Reuters/West, 2012
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