Chicago Elite
A partner at Bartlit Beck LLP, Rebecca Weinstein Bacon is a trial lawyer who represents Fortune 500 companies in complex commercial disputes. Her practice includes antitrust, product liability, and consumer class actions, and she advises clients across industries ranging from retail and manufacturing to biopharmaceuticals.
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Education
Columbia Law School, 1997, J.D.
University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., magna cum laude
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Key clients
- Walmart
- GSK
- Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Company
Work highlights
Represents Walmart in putative class action lawsuits claiming that Walmart is violating consumer protection statutes in Illinois, the District of Columbia, and many other states, because of alleged discrepancies between the prices posted on Walmart's shelves and the prices actually charged at the register
Serves as trial counsel for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in product liability cases claiming GSK's prescription and over-the-counter antacid medication, Zantac, caused cancer.
Represents Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Company in a class action law suit alleging that Charlotte Pipe and other major PVC pipe manufacturers conspired to fix and inflate PVC pipe prices.