Berman Tabacco is honored to have been selected by ALM|Law.com and The National Law Journal, an ALM publication, as one of seven finalists in the Antitrust category for its 2023 Elite Trial Lawyer awards. The 2023 annual awards ceremony will be held on July 13, 2023 at The St. Regis in New York City.
The firm was recognized for its work in the In re Automobile Antitrust Cases I and II, JCCP Nos. 4298 and 4303 (Cal. Super. Ct. San Francisco Cty.), which settled just weeks before trial (and after 20 years of vigorous litigation) with the last remaining defendant Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. The case alleged that several of the world’s largest automakers—including Ford, GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan—conspired to keep discounted new cars and trucks from Canada from entering the U.S. market, which allegedly kept car prices higher for consumers in California and across the United States. Relatedly, named partner Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. was recognized as a Trailblazer by the The National Law Journal in its 2023 list of Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Trailblazers earlier this year for the same case.
The National Law Journal states that Elite Trial Lawyers recognizes firms that “have performed exemplary and cutting-edge work on behalf of plaintiffs” and that the “2023 awards will maintain the same prestige as they’ve always had, spotlighting industry-leading plaintiffs lawyers and firms.” They further state that “[o]ut of hundreds of submissions,” that only “a small percentage are selected as finalists.”