UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

Case No.: 1:20-cv-23287-DPG 

LUIS MANUEL RODRIGUEZ, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC, et al., 

 Defendants. 

DEFENDANTS’ JOINT NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL 

AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 7.81

In Herederos de Roberto Gomez Cabrera, LLC v. Teck Resources Ltd., --- F. 4th ----, 2022 

WL 3330347 (11th Cir. Aug. 12, 2022), the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a Title III 

case on personal-jurisdiction grounds, holding: 

 A corporation’s contacts could not be imputed to its shareholder because the 

corporation was not a “mere alter ego[].” Id. at *5. [DE 264 at 3–5]. 

 The national long-arm statute, Rule 4(k)(2), is not subject to some “more lenient” dueprocess standard. “[T]he personal-jurisdiction analysis under the Fifth Amendment is 

the same as that under the Fourteenth.” Herederos, 2022 WL 3330347, at *2. [DE 267 

at 11 n.13]. 

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 Defendants submit this notice subject to their defenses, including as to personal 

jurisdiction. 

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 A Title III plaintiff suing over the alleged use of real property in Cuba cannot establish 

personal jurisdiction by alleging that they felt the “effects” in the United States. 

Herederos, 2022 WL 3330347, at *4–5. [DE 264 at 7–8; DE 266 at 7–8; DE 267 at 8]. 

 Absent personal jurisdiction, it was not necessary to address the plaintiff’s standing. 

Herederos, 2022 WL 3330347, at *1 n.1. [DE 265 at 2–5]. 

 

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Dated: August 16, 2022 

 Miami, Florida 

/s/ Mark F. Raymond 

NELSON MULLINS 

Mark F. Raymond 

mark.raymond@nelsonmullins.com 

Jonathan Etra 

jonathan.etra@nelsonmullins.com 

2 South Biscayne Blvd. 21st Floor 

Miami, FL 33131 

Telephone: 305-373-9400 

ALLEN & OVERY LLP 

Andrew Rhys Davies (admitted pro hac vice) 

andrewrhys.davies@allenovery.com 

Justin L. Ormand (admitted pro hac vice) 

justin.ormand@allenovery.com 

1221 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10020 

Telephone: 212-610-6300 

Attorneys for Defendant Imperial Brands plc 

/s/ Charles Murray Harris, Jr. 

TRENAM KEMKER SCHARF BARKIN 

FRYE O’NEILL & MULLIS 

Charles Murray Harris, Jr. 

charris@trenam.com 

Stephanie Crane Lieb 

slieb@trenam.com 

101 E Kennedy Boulevard 

Tampa, FL 33601-1102 

Telephone: (727) 820-3950 

RABINOWITZ, BOUDIN, STANDARD, 

KRINSKY & LIEBERMAN, P.C. 

Michael R. Krinsky (admitted pro hac vice) 

mkrinsky@rbskl.com 

Lindsey Frank (admitted pro hac vice) 

lfrank@rbskl.com 

14 Wall Street, Suite 3002 

New York, NY 10005 

Telephone: (212) 254-1111 

Attorneys for Defendant Corporación Habanos, 

S.A.

/s/ Naim S. Surgeon 

STROOK & STROOK & LAVAN LLP 

Naim S. Surgeon 

Florida Bar No. 101682 

nsurgeon@strook.com 

200 South Biscayne Boulevard 

Miami, Florida 33131 

Telephone: (305) 789-9360 

AKERMAN LLP 

Pedro Freyre 

Florida Bar No. 192140 

pedro.freyre@akerman.com 

3 Brickell City Centre 

98 Southeast 7th St., Suite 1100 

Miami, Florida 33131 

Telephone: 305-982-5507 

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND 

DORR LLP 

Christopher Davies (admitted pro hac vice) 

christopher.davies@wilmerhale.com 

Jessica Lutkenhaus (admitted pro hac vice) 

jessica.lutkenhaus@wilmerhale.com 

Ashley McLaughlin Leen (admitted pro hac vice) 

ashley.leen@wilmerhale.com 

1875 Pennsylvania Ave NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 663-6000 

Chris Casamassima (admitted pro hac vice) 

chris.casamassima@wilmerhale.com 

350 S. Grand Ave., Suite 2400 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 443-5300 

Attorneys for Defendants WPP PLC, Young & 

Rubicam LLC, and BCW LLC, a/k/a Burson Cohn 

& Wolfe LLC

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