Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Nextel Communications Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 4, 2015No. Docket No. 14-454PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:
This case arises from a novel approach to aggregate litigation that continues to provoke debate among experts in legal ethics.1 The law firm of Leeds, Morelli & Brown PC (“LMB” or “the firm”), representing 587 employees with discrimination claims against their employer, Nextel Communications, Inc. (“Nextel”), agreed with Nextel to set up a dispute resolution process whereby the employees’ claims would be resolved with Nextel without litigation. After most of the cases were settled through the dispute resolution process, a group of Nextel employees brought this…
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