Sentences with phrase «consumer class action cases»

Successfully defended against consumer class action cases brought against international manufacturer of computer products.

She developed a niche practice in unemployment insurance law at Fabian May & Anderson PLLP and worked on consumer class action cases at Nichols Kaster PLLP before opening Harmony Law Firm.

Berger & Montague's consumer class action cases are typically litigated on a contingent fee basis, so plaintiffs and the class do not pay attorneys» fees or court costs unless there is a recovery.

Not exact matches

The prospect of winning large damages in a class action can be the only way for consumers to find lawyers to take their cases, so a denial of this certification can effectively end some lawsuits.

A number of class action suits have been filed on behalf of consumers in this case, and this latest suit may be too little too late to sway Cote in her ruling.

«We thought that Judge Cote's ruling was spot on, especially when she noted that we've gone above and beyond in illustrating the legitimacy of our case,» said Steve Berman, lead counsel representing consumers in the nationwide class action and managing partner of Hagens Berman, a consumer - rights law firm.

On Friday Macmillan actually agreed to settle three lawsuits all at once — the ebook pricing case brought by the Department of Justice, but also the parallel case led by a consortium of attorneys general for the states and even the class - action case filed on behalf of consumers.

Prior to being admitted to the bar, Ms. Shelton received significant experience clerking on cases concerning consumer class actions, construction defects, employment, business, asbestos defense, and insurance matters.

With deep experience in product liability matters and class action litigation, including catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, as well as consumer fraud, he represents national and international companies, including manufacturers of motor vehicles, power tools, pharmaceuticals, clothing, glass products, outdoor power equipment, and industrial machinery.

Ryan is also involved in the some of the largest class actions and mass tort cases across the country and has assisted in recovering financial compensation for numerous individuals suffering from consumer harm or catastrophic injury.

She focuses her trial practice on complex commercial cases including antitrust, consumer protection, contract, business tort and class action matters.

Her practice includes antitrust, business torts, class action, consumer protection, constitutional, contracts, False Claims Act, securities, trade secrets and other cases.

Our trials have covered the spectrum of the types of cases which we handle, including toxic torts, product liability, consumer fraud, business and communications cases and class actions.

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.

Notable mandates: Represent the plaintiffs in a proposed class action against provincial law enforcement agencies regarding allegedly negligent use of breathalyzer machines; acts for hundreds of pre-sale contract holders with various condominium developments who are disputing their requirement to close under consumer protection laws; defended a law firm in a four - week hearing over enforcement of a significant contingency fee agreement; acted for a number of clients in online defamation cases

We also serve as go - to litigation counsel for leading retailers in their most significant cases, including consumer and employment class actions and commercial litigation matters, in federal and state courts across the country.

He has handled numerous high profile consumer class actions, personal injury and wrongful death cases throughout his relatively short career, with notable results.

Over the past 30 years, our firm has fought for justice on the behalf of hundreds of thousands of employees and consumers with Class Action and Employment cases.

He also has successfully defended manufacturers in consumer product class action cases.

PIAC is also concerned with the recent practice of recovering class action costs by increasing utility rates in Ontario, which has been approved for Enbridge in the Consumers Gas Co. case and is pending approval for Toronto Hydro and other municipal utilities in Ontario.

Barack Ferrazzano trial lawyers have handled a variety of cases, including disputes concerning: securities and derivative securities; contracts; motor vehicle franchises; trade secrets; licensing disputes; consumer class actions; real estate; professional liability; civil RICO and conspiracy actions; director and officer matters; negligence and product liability; bankruptcy and creditors» rights; and bank regulatory and other financial disputes.

On top of that, they should know the area of law that is involved in your class action (e.g. consumer fraud, contract law, drugs, etc.) and demonstrate a successful record handling similar cases.

Climaco, Wilcox, Peca & Garofoli's litigation experience encompasses complex commercial and business litigation, including breach of contract cases, construction disputes, employment disputes, shareholder disputes, consumer class actions, securities fraud litigation, pharmaceutical and medical device class actions.

The Ontario Court of Appeal is once again making headlines with the case of Ramdath v George Brown College, which has turned out to be a doubly significant case at the intersection of class actions and consumer protection legislation.

A 2015 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau study found that, out of a sample of 562 cases, eighty - seven percent of resolved class actions resulted in no benefit to absent class members.

He has litigated a wide variety of disputes, including consumer class actions (including alleged violations of California's Unfair Competition Law, False Advertising Law and Consumer Legal Remedies Act), trade secret misappropriation and employee mobility disputes, breach of contract, fraud, and product liability cases, and earn out, working capital, indemnification and other post-closing M&A dconsumer class actions (including alleged violations of California's Unfair Competition Law, False Advertising Law and Consumer Legal Remedies Act), trade secret misappropriation and employee mobility disputes, breach of contract, fraud, and product liability cases, and earn out, working capital, indemnification and other post-closing M&A dConsumer Legal Remedies Act), trade secret misappropriation and employee mobility disputes, breach of contract, fraud, and product liability cases, and earn out, working capital, indemnification and other post-closing M&A disputes.

Our personal injury law firm has a solid history of successfully obtaining verdicts and settlements for consumers harmed by defective products in cases involving individual plaintiffs, class action lawsuits and multidistrict litigation.

Since joining the firm as a law clerk in 2013 and an attorney in 2015, Mr. Simon has focused on complex class action litigation, including antitrust, product defect, and consumer protection cases.

Consumer class actions are civil federal or state court cases brought by one or more individuals on behalf of themselves and a larger group or «class» of individuals who have suffered the same harm.

The proposed class action, filed in Illinois in 2016, was one of hundreds of cases filed that year alone in a recent surge in food consumer class action litigation.

William Baird specializes in consumer class actions, employment litigation, insurance bad faith litigation, and catastrophic injury cases.

In separate cases, acted as lead counsel for two manufacturers of consumer products in the same industry in defending purported national class actions challenging warranty practices and disclosures.

Consumer class action expert Beth Terrell of Terrell Marshall and appellate advocate Deepak Gupta of Gupta Wessler take you through the decision, and discuss the short and long - term implications for class actions and individual consumeConsumer class action expert Beth Terrell of Terrell Marshall and appellate advocate Deepak Gupta of Gupta Wessler take you through the decision, and discuss the short and long - term implications for class actions and individual consumerconsumer cases.

This racketeering case concerns allegations that judicial campaign donations led the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn improperly a $ 1.05 billion judgment in a 2005 consumer class action suit, Avery v. State Farm.

He has represented defendants in antitrust, insurance, and consumer protection class actions, as well as cases involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and the Americans with Disabilities Acconsumer protection class actions, as well as cases involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and the Americans with Disabilities AcConsumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Consistent with the caseloads they are currently defending, companies report that wage and hour cases top the list as the most anticipated next wave of class actions (25.9 percent of respondents), followed closely by Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) cases (22.2 percent).

One of the primary issues relating to the certification of competition law class actions to date has been difficulties arising from the calculation of damages and, in particular, the challenges in some cases of calculating damages in the context of so - called «indirect purchasers» (i.e., where it is alleged that that direct purchasers passed on, for example, a price - fixing overcharge from manufacturers to a second downstream level of consumers).

Eike v. Allergan, a consumer class action certification case about allegedly over-generous allotments of fluid in eyedrop dispensers, raises two questions: how'd this case get past the motion - to - dismiss stage?

Our firm is focused solely on cases involving serious personal injury and wrongful death claims, bad products, malpractice cases, and consumer class actions.

We have proven trial experience — having tried cases involving class actions, mass plaintiff cases, personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, medical malpractice, employment issues and consumer issues.

Since joining the firm in 2014, Mr. Shiftan has focused on complex class actions, including antitrust, sports, product defect, wage and hour, and consumer protection cases.

We welcome inquiries from consumers about pending class actions or possible new cases involving defective products.

Our current cases include product liability class actions, consumer class actions, False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuits, and antitrust class actions.

We are also at the forefront in employment and consumer class actions and environmental cases, protecting thousands of residents in one of California's most catastrophic gas leaks.

PARRIS handles all types of catastrophic personal injury cases, employment and consumer class actions, and environmental law cases.

Adam Tamburelli has extensive experience in complex and class - action litigation and has represented plaintiffs in employment, consumer fraud, product liability and various other complex litigation cases.

Wallace A. Showman has litigated dozens of successful class actions and derivative cases involving securities, corporate transactions, and consumer protection over the past thirty years.

The case, which is seeking class - action certification, is being led by three nonprofits: the National Veterans Legal Service Program, the National Consumer Law Center, and the Alliance for Justice.

Within the first three years of practice, Jeff orally argued a case before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, successfully defended a large healthcare corporation from serious fraud allegations with a team at trial and obtained a large recovery for consumers in a statewide class action.

Kristine Maher represents corporate clients in a variety of commercial litigation matters, including Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation and class action cases involving claims under various state consumer protection laws and federal laws such as the civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.