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On January 18, 2017, Justice Salvatore Modica of the Supreme Court of New York, Queens County, granted the Defendants’ motion to dismiss a retaliation claim brought under the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws against a small business, its owner, and an employee. In his Order, Justice Modica adopted the Defendants’ argument that “Plaintiff failed to make allegations that s...

Yesterday Judge Winifred Smith of the Superior Court of California granted final approval to a $79 million settlement in Ayyad v. Sprint Spectrum, bringing an end to 13 years of litigation, including two jury trials and more than a dozen appeals. After a month-long trial in 2008, the class represented by Bursor & Fisher prevailed on all of their claims challenging Sprint’s termination fe...

On September 29, 2016, Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of a $12 million class settlement in Hendricks v. StarKist Co. The lawsuit alleged that StarKist had underfilled certain 5-ounce cans of StarKist tuna. The settlement resulted in the nationwide submission of more than 2.4 million claims, the la...

On August 26, 2016, Chief Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California preliminarily approved a proposed class settlement in In re NVIDIA GTX 970 Graphics Chip Litigation. The case alleges that Defendants sold GeForce GTX 970 graphics processing units (“GTX 970 GPU’s”) to consumers based on inaccurate or misleading information regarding ...

On June 17, 2016, Judge Analisa Torres of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied Hearst’s motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging that Hearst violated the Michigan Preservation of Personal Privacy Act by selling its subscribers’ personal information without their consent. In her ruling denying Hearst’s motion to dismiss in its entirety, Jud...

On June 16, 2016, Chief Judge Rodney Sippel of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granted final approval of a $32 million class settlement in In re Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd. Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation. The settlement provides for cash payments ranging between $100 to $2,000 for consumers nationwide who purchased Blue Buffalo pet foods since 2008. ...

On March 31, 2016, Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California granted a motion to certify a class of purchasers of Zicam Pre-Cold Products, clearing the way for a jury trial later this year on claims that Zicam misrepresented the effectiveness of its Pre-Cold Products. Judge England also denied Defendants’ Motion for Summary Ju...

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On October 6, 2015, Judge Paul Gardephe of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted final approval of a $38 million class settlement in Rodriguez v. CitiMortgage, Inc. The settlement provides a recovery of $116,785 plus lost equity for each military servicemember whose property was foreclosed while they were on active duty military service. In July 2011, Bu...

On June 17, 2015, Judge Jesus Bernal of the United States District Court for the Central District of California allowed nationwide class claims to move forward against Colgate-Palmolive Co. The lawsuit alleges that Colgate falsely represents that Colgate Optic White Toothpaste goes beyond surface stain removal to deeply whiten teeth in violation of a host of California consumer protection statutes...