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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 ...

Bursor & Fisher, P.A. is pleased to welcome Joel D. Smith, who will join the firm’s Walnut Creek office as a partner. Joel previously practiced at Crowell & Moring in San Francisco, where he represented Fortune 500 companies, privately-held businesses, and public entities in commercial litigation and nationwide class actions. While at Crowell & Moring, Joel litigated some of the firm...

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...

Bursor & Fisher is pleased to announce that Scott A. Bursor has been selected to the 2014 New York Super Lawyers list, and that Neal J. Deckant has been selected to the 2014 New York Rising Stars list. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional ach...

Bursor & Fisher, P.A. is pleased to welcome Joshua D. Arisohn to the firm as a partner. Over the last nine years, Josh has litigated precedent-setting cases in the areas of mass torts, terrorism, and commercial disputes. He participated in the first-ever trial to take place under the Anti-Terrorism Act, a statute that affords U.S. citizens the right to assert federal claims for injuries arisin...