Talk:Cohen Milstein

Removing Anita Hill

Anita Hill has left the firm. She is no longer listed among the professionals on Cohen Milstein's website: https://www.cohenmilstein.com/our-people/H. Could someone please remove the sentence referencing her in the first paragraph? 38.142.23.130 (talk) 13:09, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

I changed Anita Hill to the past tense for now. Someone else can decide if she should be completely removed from the article.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 13:43, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for following WP:COI procedure, by the way.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 13:45, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Number of offices

I'm an employee of Cohen Milstein. I just wanted to point out that the firm now has eight offices, not six: https://www.cohenmilstein.com/about-us/#locations

Could someone please update? 38.142.23.130 (talk) 14:28, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Correcting the Firm's Name

Hello editors! Cohen Milstein has hired me to update its Wikipedia page. I'd like to start with a simple request about the firm's name. What do you think? Many thanks. Signed, BlueRoses13 (talk) 14:31, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

The first sentence says this:

Cohen Milstein is an American plaintiffs' law firm...

We’d like to use the firm’s full name, which you can verify in these articles from Reuters and in Cohen’s privacy policy. Thus:

Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC is an American plaintiffs' law firm…

Alternatively, we might use both the full and short name, as the pages for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom do:

Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC (often simply known as Cohen Milstein) is an American plaintiffs' law firm...

Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC (typically shortened to Cohen Milstein) is an American plaintiffs' law firm...

Done. Marquardtika (talk) 14:41, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Signed, BlueRoses13 (talk) 19:50, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Donald Trump and Anita Hill

Hello editors! Cohen Milstein has hired me to update its Wikipedia page. I'd like to submit two requests for your consideration. Thanks so much! Signed, BlueRoses13 (talk) 16:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Trump Lawsuits

The lead section says this:

The firm filed a number of lawsuits against Donald Trump during and after his presidency, including a lawsuit which successfully blocked the Trump administration's attempt to roll back the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

This is incorrect: As the footnotes in the “Lawsuits against Donald Trump” section make clear, two lawsuits were filed against Trump; a third (DACA) was filed against the Trump administration. Thus, can we tweak the sentence as follows:

The firm has filed two lawsuits against Donald Trump during and after his presidency, as well a lawsuit which successfully blocked the Trump administration's attempt to roll back the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Anita Hill

The lead section says this:

Anita Hill was formerly of counsel at Cohen Milstein.

Calling out an individual in the lead section seems to give the individual undue weight (violating WP:WEIGHT) — especially when that individual is not named elsewhere. Similarly, the individual’s association with Cohen Milstein isn’t terribly newsworthy (violating WP:LEADREL). We therefore request that this sentence be removed from the lead.

At the same time, might it make sense to create a “notable alumni” section — similar to what’s done in the pages for other law firms such as King & Wood Mallesons and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom — and include Hill here? Here's sample language:

Notable alumni
The following people have worked at Cohen Milstein:

* Anita Hill
* Lina Khan
* Kalpana Kotagal
* Jenny R. Yang

I’m tagging @Skywatcher68, since they were part of a conversation, from 2022, about removing Hill.

Opioids and Flint

Hello editors! Cohen Milstein has hired me to request updates to its Wikipedia page. I'd like to submit two edits for your consideration. Thank you. Signed, BlueRoses13 (talk) 17:48, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Opioids

We’d like to add the following paragraph to the end of the section, “Lawsuits on behalf of state attorneys general”:

The firm has represented various states against entities involved in the opioid epidemic.

These states include Indiana, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Here are sources:

Indiana, as detailed in a 2018 article from Reuters ("Indiana gears up for opioid litigation by hiring Cohen Milstein"): “Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said his office had signed a contract with the plaintiffs' law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll to represent the state in lawsuits against companies responsible for marketing and selling opioids.”

New Hampshire, as detailed in a 2017 article from Bloomberg (“Drugmakers in N.H. Opioid Probe Lose Bid to Oust Cohen Milstein”): “A New Hampshire assistant attorney general expressed relief about a recent court ruling that will allow his office to retain a prominent plaintiffs’ law firm to investigate whether five U.S. pharmaceutical giants fueled opioid addiction through deceptive marketing practices … New Hampshire retained Cohen Milstein because the state’s lawyers lacked the resources and expertise.”

Vermont, as detailed in a 2022 article from Vermont Public ("Vermont is getting more than $100 million from opioid lawsuits, with more on the way. What will it do with the windfall?"): “Some of the money that goes directly to the state will be used to cover legal fees the AG’s office incurred when it hired a third-party law firm, Washington D.C.’s Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, to help with the opioid litigation.”

Flint Water Crisis

It’s odd that Wikipedia doesn’t mention the firm’s work in the Flint water crisis, which has resulted in more than $600 million. Surely readers will want to know about this. Accordingly, we propose creating a new section, “Flint water crisis.” I’ve drafted, and footnoted, language for your consideration:

Cohen Milstein served as interim co-lead counsel in In re Flint Water Cases, a class action arising from the Flint water crisis that resulted in a $626 million settlement. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of residents of and businesses in Flint, Michigan against defendants including the State of Michigan and former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. Relatedly, the firm settled litigation against engineering companies Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam for their alleged role in the water crisis.

I know these are a lot of footnotes (including what appear to be duplicate stories [they're not]; I wanted to make sure that every claim is footnoted.