Emily Shoemaker
Newton

Defense of Six Continents Hotels, Inc. in a nationwide antitrust putative class action filed against Six Continents and other major hotel companies alleging that defendant hotel companies conspired to eliminate competition for branded keyword search advertising against each other, illegally raising consumers’ costs to find and book hotel rooms, and seeking damages and injunctive relief under the Sherman Act.

Defense of a Fortune 100 insurance company in several putative class actions and a RICO action arising out of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.

Defense of SCANA Corporation in seven putative class actions filed by South Carolina ratepayers relating to the abandonment of the construction of two new nuclear plants at the V.C. Summer facility.

Defense of Progressive Casualty Insurance Corp. (and related affiliates) in dozens of antitrust actions and a RICO class action consolidated in an MDL proceeding in Orlando alleging a conspiracy among insurance companies related to labor rates for automobile repairs.

Defense of Kemira Chemicals Inc. in MDL proceeding in Newark, New Jersey, alleging conspiracy to fix prices in sale of liquid aluminum sulfate.

Defense of Kan Am (US) in litigation filed by Simon Property Group affiliates in the Chancery Court in Delaware, involving the interpretation of buy/sell provisions in joint venture agreements regarding major retail shopping malls throughout the United States.

Defense of World Acceptance Corporation and its officers in 10b-5 securities class action in the District of South Carolina.

Defense of trustee of a discretionary trust in an action seeking to declare the assets of the trust as marital property.