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Hausfeld LLP Opens as a Global Claimants Law Firm

Washington, D.C - Hausfeld LLP announces the opening of their Washington-based global claimants law firm. Chaired by Michael D. Hausfeld, one of the country's top civil litigators, the newly formed legal practice will provide domestic and international legal services in the areas of competition law, human rights, product liability civil rights, environmental law, and securities. The new firm will include 25-30 partners and associates, some of whom are from his former firm, Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll, now known as Cohen, Milstein & Toll.

Mr. Hausfeld began in the predecessor firms that became Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll in 1971. He was the head of the respected firm's Antitrust and International practice groups and has been described by one of the country's leading civil rights columnists as an "extremely penetrating lawyer."

Hausfeld LLP will continue doing the ground-breaking legal work that Michael Hausfeld is most known for in the U.S.; he has obtained billions of dollars in U.S. courts for victims of anticompetitive practices.

But its focus will not be limited to proceedings in U.S. courts. According to Mr. Hausfeld, "My new firm will have a legal practice that is global in nature and will offer to citizens of many countries the ability to have the same meaningful access to justice and level the playing field that is now available to U.S. citizens. One way that this will be accomplished is through a joint venture that can represent citizens of Asian countries, such as China or India, in obtaining redress against cartels."

In addition to the Washington office, Hausfeld LLP plans to operate in London, New York City and San Francisco. In London, the firm will work on a variety of matters including competition law, global energy issues and will continue to represent non-U.S. clients in U.S. litigation. The new firm has established affiliate legal relationships with like-minded law firms in Australia, South Africa, China, Brazil, Korea, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, and throughout the EU and Eastern Europe.

Hausfeld LLP is unique in that it offers representation of claimants on a global basis in multiple legal disciplines.

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