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On April 30, 2025, Bursor & Fisher, P.A. announced that it will be opening its fourth office in White Plains, New York later this year.  Bursor & Fisher Partner, Philip L. Fraietta, will become Managing Partner of the new office.  The firm is excited to continue its growth, while maintaining its standard of excellence....

On April 9, 2025, the Honorable Algenon L. Marbley, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, issued an unsealed Opinion & Order granting Plaintiff's motion for class certification in Kirkbride v. The Kroger Co., 2:21-cv-00022-ALM-EPD (S.D. Ohio).  Plaintiffs allege that Defendant The Kroger Company overcharged insured consumers for generic prescription medicatio...

On March 19, 2025, the Honorable Kenneth M. Karas of the Southern District of New York issued an Opinion and Order granting Plaintiff's motion for class certification in Newman v. Bayer Corporation, Case No. 7:22-cv-07087 (S.D.N.Y.).  Plaintiff alleges Bayer misrepresented the serving size of its "One A Day" gummy vitamins, such that consumers paid twice as much for the product despite receivin...

On April 22, 2025, the Honorable Lizette Colon of the Supreme Court of New York, County of Richmond issued an Order granting Plaintiff's motion for class certification in the case captioned Cammayo v. 1and8, Inc. d/b/a Museum of Ice Cream, Index No. 150173/2024 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Richmond Cnty.).  Plaintiff alleges the Museum of Ice Cream violated New York Arts & Cultural Affairs law § 25.07(4) ...

On August 3, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted preliminary settlement approval to a class defined as: “All persons in the United States who installed the Facebook Messenger and Facebook Lite apps for Android, and granted Facebook / Meta permission to access their contacts.” The case is captioned Olin et al. v. Facebook, Inc., Case No. 18-cv-01881-RS....

On June 15, 2022, payments were sent to class members as part of the $5.7 million settlement in Malone, et al. v. Western Digital Corporation.  The settlement was approved by Judge Nathaniel P. Cousins of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on December 22, 2021.  After a pro-rata upward adjustment, class members who submitted claims will receive approximatel...

Bursor & Fisher is pleased to announce the promotion of Alec Leslie to Partner in the firm’s New York office.  Alec’s promotion was announced at the firm’s year-end retreat and became effective December 10, 2021.  For years, Alec has been litigating and certifying classes successfully, and obtaining tens of millions of dollars in settlements on behalf of a wide range of consumers and c...

On August 10, 2021, payments were sent to class members as part of the $4.55 million settlement in Miranda, et al. v. Golden Entertainment (NV), Inc. The settlement was approved by Judge Andrew P. Gordon of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada on May 12, 2021, and provides to class members (i) up to $200 in documented, out-of-pocket expenses stemming from the data breach (u...

On September 29, 2021, Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that the Syrian Arab Republic was liable to the families of five victims of ISIS terrorist attacks in the amount of $849,956,529.28. The ISIS attacks at issue were: (1) the November 9, 2015 shooting in Amman, Jordan; (2) the November 13, 2015 shooting in Paris, France; (3) the July 14, 2016 tr...

On September 16, 2020, payments were sent to class members as part of the $3.85 million settlement in Kokoszki v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. The settlement was approved by Judge Bernard A. Friedman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on August 19, 2020, and provides for cash payments to class members of approximately $110 each. “We are thrilled that the s...