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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...

On July 22 2020, Judge Christopher Kolker of the 20th Judicial Circuit Court for St. Clair County, Illinois granted final approval to the class action settlement in Moore v. Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.  The settlement provides over $11 million in benefits to the Class.  Bursor & Fisher filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Kimberly-Clark manufactured and sold defective U by Kotex® Ta...

On July 15, 2022, payments were sent to class members as part of the $2.25 million settlement in Frederick, et al. v. ExamSoft Worldwide, Inc.  The settlement was approved by Judge David E. Schwartz of the Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois on April 7, 2022, and provides class members automatic payments of a pro-rated share of the settlement fund, depending on whether the student took an e...

On April 17, 2020, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers granted Bursor & Fisher’s application for a 33.33% fee award on the $267 million trial verdict in Perez v. Rash Curtis, awarding attorney’s fees just over $89 million. A copy of Judge Gonzalez-Rogers’ order can be found here. “The court recognized the result we achieved was ‘extraordinarily good,’ more than triple the largest TCP...

On January 16, 2020, Judge Victoria A. Roberts of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan denied Crain Communications’ motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging that Crain violated the Michigan Preservation of Personal Privacy Act (the “PPPA”) by disclosing its subscribers’ personal information without their consent. Notably, the ruling found that t...

On December 9, 2019, Judge Harry D. Lieneweber of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment against Holiday Cruise Line for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making prerecorded calls to class members in the state of Illinois without prior consent. “Judge Lienenweber’s order granting Plaintiffs’...