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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...

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...

On January 26, 2015, Judge Vincent Briccetti of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to certify classes of California and New York purchasers of Scotts Turf Builder EZ Seed. Judge Briccetti also appointed Bursor & Fisher, P.A. as class counsel to represent the millions of EZ Seed purchasers. The case involves claims that Scotts EZ Seed is w...

On January 12, 2015, Chief Judge George H. King of the United States District Court for the Central District of California denied the defendants’ motion for summary judgment in Forcellati v. Hyland’s, Inc., clearing the way for a jury trial later this year on claims that Hyland’s misrepresents the effectiveness of six of its cold and flu products for children. In his order, Chief Judge King...

On October 29, 2014, Chief Judge Morrison C. England of the Eastern District of California appointed Bursor & Fisher interim class counsel in a consumer class action against Zicam, LLC. The lawsuit alleges that Zicam falsely represents its homeopathic cold medicines prevent, shorten, and reduce the severity and symptoms of the common cold. In selecting the firm as interim class counsel, Jud...

On October 13, 2014, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California allowed class action claims to move forward against StarKist. The case alleges that certain varieties of StarKist’s 5 oz. canned tuna fish are underfilled and thus substantially underweight. Judge Rogers previously denied StarKist’s motion to dismiss on March 25, 201...