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About Zeke DeRose
Zeke DeRose is a member of The Lanier Law Firm’s Business Litigation section. He brings extensive experience to plaintiffs and defendants in a range of disputes before courts and in arbitration, including complex commercial and business litigation, antitrust, licensing disputes, merger disputes, qui tam (under both state and federal False Claims Act), federal securities, and intellectual property. He has represented both large and small clients across the nation in federal court, arbitration, and in state court. Zeke is leading a multistate coalition in an MDL antitrust case against Google for alleged monopoly and deceptive acts in its multi-billion-dollar ad tech business.
Zeke has also led a team in representing a Relator whistleblower in state Medicaid fraud action resulting in a multi-million-dollar settlement. Zeke is also representing the Arkansas Attorney General in cases against Meta Platforms for social media addiction related to kids, as well as an anti-trust action related to agriculture. Zeke was part of Mark Lanier’s trial team for a coalition of sugar farmers and producers in their suit against agribusiness conglomerates for false advertising and Lanham Act violations, resulting in a precedent-setting settlement for the client. Transcript: Zeke DeRose: Hi, my name is Zeke DeRose, and I am a senior attorney in the business litigation section of the Lanier Law Firm.
Proven verdicts and settlements at The Lanier Law Firm
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A St. Louis jury in July 2018 awarded 22 women and their families $4.69 billion, the largest U.S. verdict of that year, finding that asbestos in Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer; a Missouri appellate court upheld $2.11 billion in 2020.
After a six-week federal trial, a jury found three of the nation's largest retail pharmacy chains created a public nuisance by flooding Lake and Trumbull Counties, Ohio with opioid pills, and a judge ordered $650 million to fund a 15-year abatement plan.
A Dallas federal jury awarded $1.04 billion to six California patients harmed by Johnson and Johnson's metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implants, with W. Mark Lanier leading an eight-week trial that produced one of the largest product-liability verdicts of 2016.
Hours before opening arguments in the first federal opioid bellwether trial, Cuyahoga and Summit counties in Ohio secured a $260 million settlement from distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson, plus manufacturer Teva.
A Dallas federal jury awarded six New York patients $247 million against Johnson and Johnson and its DePuy unit, finding that the metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implant system was defectively designed and that the company concealed known risks from patients and surgeons.
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