Richard A.
Schneider
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Special Counsel for Bestwall LLC in an ongoing, high profile Chapter 11 case, invoking a special bankruptcy statute that allows a non-bankrupt company that faces voluminous and costly asbestos litigation for decades to come, to exit the tort system and resolve all of its asbestos claims under the umbrella of a Chapter 11 trust,

Lead Counsel over the course of 26 years in trying, appealing and resolving in 2022 a smoking cessation class action in Louisiana and succeeding in securing a rebate of more than $33 million in surplus funds at the end of the ten-year cessation program,

Lead counsel in a putative consumer class action challenging the labeling of e-cigarette products, achieving initial dismissals for failures to comply with California's Proposition 65 pre-suit filing requirement.

Lead trial and appellate counsel for a product liability defendant challenging general and specific personal jurisdiction under the rubric of the U.S. Supreme Court's Daimler decision in 2014.

Lead counsel in successfully defending a post–class action attorney’s fee claim in a tobacco class action limiting the fee award to a portion of the fund recovered.

Lead counsel in defending protection for lawyer and consulting expert communications relating to scientific research undertaken to address issues arising in the defense of asbestos litigation.

Lead counsel on behalf of erinMedia in its antitrust suit challenging the monopolization of the television ratings industry.

Lead counsel for US Trust Company defending claims concerning the alleged undervaluation of shares in an ESOP.

Lead trial and appellate counsel in successful defense of Honeywell International Inc. in North Carolina chemical plant exposure cases.

Lead appellate counsel successfully arguing that Georgia’s tobacco settlement bars individual punitive damage claims.

Lead trial lawyer for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation in large tobacco class action trials in Florida and Louisiana that included nearly two years of trial time.

Lead trial and appellate counsel on behalf of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro successfully arguing that the Iraqi Sanction Regulations barred payment under a letter of credit.

Defeating class certification in various types of cases filed in Georgia, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Washington, D.C., New York and elsewhere.

Counseling clients on FDA’s regulation of tobacco products.

Played a leading role in the landmark internal corporate investigations involving EF Hutton's cash management practices, the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the Dow Corning breast implant controversy.