Karla M. Gluek

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Karla M. Gluek is a founding member of Gustafson Gluek PLLC. She is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas (B.A. 1990) and is a cum laude graduate of William Mitchell College of Law (J.D. 1993). She is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1994, Ms. Gluek served as a law clerk to the Honorable Gary Larson, District Judge, Fourth Judicial District of Minnesota.

Ms. Gluek has practiced in the areas of consumer protection and antitrust for approximately ten years. Ms. Gluek has also worked as local counsel on numerous patent, trademark and other unfair competition cases.

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Ms. Gluek currently working on, or has worked on, the following complex class actions:
  • In re: National Arbitration Forum Litig. (D. Minn.)
  • St. Barnabas Hospital, Inc. et. al. v. Lundbeck, Inc. (D. Minn.)
  • In re: Comcast Corp. Set-Top Cable Television Box Antitrust Litig. (E.D. Pa.)
  • In re DRAM Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Cal. and multiple state court actions);
  • In re Medtronic, Inc. Implantable Defibrillator Prod. Liab. Litig. (D. Minn.)
  • In re Medtronic, Inc., Sprint Fidelis Leads Prod. Liab. Litig. (D. Minn.)
  • In re Wellbutrin SR Antitrust Litig. (E.D. Pa.)
  • Wittwer v. Hartford Ins. (consumer fraud litigation, St. Louis Co., Minn.)
  • In re MSG Antitrust Litig., (D. Minn.)
  • SAJ Distributors, Inc. v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. (E.D. Va.) (Augmentin antitrust litigation)
  • Nichols v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. (E.D. Pa.) (Paxil antitrust litigation)
  • MSG Indirect Purchaser Litigation (multiple antitrust indirect purchaser actions)
  • In re Minnesota Vitamin Antitrust Litig., (Minn., 2nd Jud. Dist.)
  • Ruff v. Parex, Inc., (N.C. New Hanover Cty. Sup. Ct.) (EIFS litigation)
  • Infant Formula Antitrust Litig. (multiple state court actions)
  • In re Prudential Ins. Co. Sales Practices Litig., (D.N.J.)
  • Big Valley Milling, Inc. v. Archer Daniels Midland Co., (Minn. 8th Jud. Dist.)
  • In re High-Fructose Corn Syrup Antitrust Litig., (C.D. Ill.)
  • Raz v. Archer Daniels Midland Co., (Minn. 8th Jud. Dist.)
  • In re Terazosin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litig., (S.D. Fla.) (Hytrin litigation)
  • In re Magnetic Audiotape Antitrust Litig., (S.D.N.Y.)

Ms. Gluek is also currently or has been involved in other non-class complex cases involving unfair competition or patent claims, including:
  • KBA Giori et al. v. Muhlbauer Inc., et al (E.D. Va.)
  • Spine Solutions, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. (W.D. Tenn.)
  • Transclear Corp. v. MotoVac Technologies, Inc., (D. Minn.)
  • INO Therapeutics Inc. v. SensorMedics Corp. (D. N.J.)
  • Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. Warner, (D. Minn.)
  • Intermedics, Inc. v. Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., (D. Minn.)
  • Ryobi Ltd. v. Truth Hardware Corp. (D. Minn.)
  • Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. v. Fellowes Mfg. Co., (D. Minn.)
  • Eastman Kodak Co. v. Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co., (W.D.N.Y.)
  • On Assignment, Inc. v. Callander, (Minn., 4th Jud. Dist.)