Complex Litigation

Representative Cases

Alexander v. Phoenix Bond & Indem. Co., 149 F. Supp. 2d 989 (N.D. Ill. 2001) The firm obtained summary judgment on behalf of its clients in an antitrust class action before Judge Wayne Anderson of the N.D. Ill. where seven other defendants, similarly situated, were denied summary judgment. 

In re Carbon Black Antitrust Litigation ( D.C. Mass.), In Re EPDM Antitrust Litigation (D.C. Conn)  Mr. Weltman was one of the lead trial counsel in these two cases , the first of which settled for $20 million.  In the second one, he was a lead counsel and one of the members of the trial preparation team. Three defendants settled claims for a total of $81 million. In re PCP Antitrust Litigation (D.C. Conn.) Mr. Weltman served as lead counsel in this case which settled for $80 million. He was lead counsel in In Re Pressure Sensitive Labelstock Antitrust Litigation (M.D. Pa.).

In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation (D.D.C.) Mr. Weltman was a member of the trial team along with David Boies and Susman Godfrey.  The trial resulted in a verdict of $148.5 million after trebling in favor of the plaintiffs and the class.

Benfield v. Steindler and General Electric Co. (S.D. Ohio), He served as co-lead counsel in a derivative action in which a settlement of $21 million was reached.  He was lead counsel for a class of 1500 homeowners in South Florida and obtained a $15 million settlement arising out of defective construction claims.

Mr. Weltman was the lead attorney for Pacific Life Insurance Company in its individual action brought against various underwriter defendants arising out of the WorldCom frauds.

He served as Derivative Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel in a securities fraud and derivative/breach of fiduciary duty case in which a $33 million settlement was reached with the former directors and officers of the Public Service Company of New Mexico.

He was co-lead counsel with Susman Godfrey in a securities fraud class action that resulted in a combined settlement of $31 million against a law firm and a national accounting firm.