The United States District Court for the District of Columbia fixed January 31, 2011 through February 4, 2011 for a “bellwether” default judgment hearing, and ruled that the plaintiffs will be permitted to adduce testimony by videoconference from Nairobi, Kenya. As counsel for over 500 Kenyan plaintiffs, the firm, with co-counsel at Musolino & Dessel, sought the bellwether hearing and the videoconference procedure in order to facilitate the damages phase of the case arising out of the 1998 embassy bombing.
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