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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...

On September 30, 2014, refunds were sent to class members as part of the $38 million settlement in In re: Pacific Bell Late Fee Litigation. The settlement was approved by Judge Judith Craddick of the Contra Costa Superior Court on October 22, 2013 and provides for cash refunds of late fees paid by more than half a million Pac Bell customers in California. Bursor & Fisher, P.A. filed the ca...

On July 21, 2014, Judge Paul Singh Grewal of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California allowed class action claims to move forward against Google concerning its new privacy policy, which went into effect on March 1, 2012. The lawsuit alleges that the new privacy policy allows Google to commingle user data across its various products without consumers’ consent. I...

On April 25, 2014, payments were mailed to class members who participated in the Avacor class action settlement. Checks in the amount of $95 were mailed to each class member as part of the initial distribution of settlement proceeds. A second distribution in the amount of $95 to each class member will be made at a later date. Scott A. Bursor filed the Avacor lawsuit in the Alameda County Superi...

On April 9, 2014, Judge George H. King of the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted a motion to certify a nationwide class of purchasers of six Hyland’s homeopathic cold and flu remedies for children. Judge King also appointed Bursor & Fisher as class counsel to represent the millions of people who purchased the Hyland’s products at issue in the case. ...

On February 28, 2014, checks were mailed to class members who participated in the Haier Freezer Consumer Litigation settlement. Each class member who purchased the Haier HNCM070E chest freezer received up to $325.80 under the terms of the settlement. Bursor & Fisher, P.A. filed the case in June 2011 and alleged that Haier had misrepresented the energy consumption of its HNCM070E freezer o...

On February 25, 2014, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in Ebin v. Kangadis Food, Inc. d/b/a The Gourmet Factory, clearing the way for a jury trial later this year on claims that Kangadis packed containers of Capatriti “100% Pure Olive Oil” with an industrially processed substance ...

On December 11, 2013, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to certify a nationwide class of purchasers of Capatriti “100% Pure Olive Oil” against defendant Kangadis Food Inc. d/b/a The Gourmet Factory. The class claims relate to Kangadis’s admitted practice of packing these containers with an industrially processed sub...