Indeed the evidence indicates that... these journalists collected, including the distinguished historian of science at Harvard Naomi Oreskes, who wrote the book The Merchants of Doubt,... that they hired
several of the very same public relations agents that had perfected this
fraudulent and deceitful craft working for the tobacco
companies.
In the consumer class action sector, Alberstone is currently lead or co-lead counsel in
several notable cases, including Payne v. Bank of America, N.A., et al., involving manipulation of the LIBOR U.S. Dollar rate, Bias et al. v. Wells Fargo &
Company, et al., concerning illegal mark - ups of default related fees, Ellis v. JP Morgan Chase, et al., Stitt v. Citibank, et al. and Vega v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, et al., concerning unlawful charging of unnecessary default fees, Waldrup v. Countrywide Financial Corporation, et al., concerning illegal charging for
fraudulent appraisals, Weiner v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, et al., involving illegal assessment of default - related service fees that contained undisclosed mark - ups, and Ono v. Head Racquet Sports USA, concerning false advertising of Head tennis racquets.
This measure will avoid a multiplicity of proceedings in
several judicial districts in relation to the same
company and
fraudulent practices, and hopefully use government resources more efficiently and lower costs.