Cases & Settlements

There is no law firm in America or deep pocket entity that we cannot take on and succeed against.

Together, the partners in the firm have obtained well in excess of $1 billion in recoveries for clients – be they businesses, shareholders, consumers, workers, tort victims or companies in bankruptcy who had claims for breach of duty against former officers and directors.

 We have – and will – take cases through to trial and have successfully done so both in court and arbitral settings. And we will do so anywhere in America.

  • IBM (class action suit on behalf of IBM salesman for IBM not honoring their contracted commission amounts) (ongoing)
  • Red Robin (Assistant Managers and Kitchen Managers below the level of General Manager and of any Assistant General Manager not dually titled as AGM/Kitchen Manager) (ongoing)
  • The Estee Lauder Companies (customer service representatives, sales representatives, product specialists, stylists, freelancers) (ongoing) 
  • Mariano’s (Meat/Bakery Mgrs.) (ongoing)
  • Jimmy Johns Assistant Managers (ongoing)
  • Target (Executive Team Leaders) (ongoing)
  • LAZ Parking (Assistant Managers) 
  • Marshalls/Homegoods ($31,500,000)
  • Burlington Coat Factory ($19,613,900)
  • GEICO (TCRs Who Worked Call Centers) (Two cases, totaling $2 million)
  • Potbelly Sandwich (Assistant Managers) ($561,375)
  • The Scotts Comoany ($2,250,000)
  • PetCo ($10,000,000)
  • Kmart ($3,814,000)
  • HMS Host ($1,290,000)
  • Abercrombie & Fitch ($5,250,000)
  • Morgan Stanley (primarily pre-production FAAs) ($5,995,000)
  • Weiss Markets ($2,469,812)
  • Dicks Sporting Goods ($10,000,000)
  • Office Max ($3,530,000)
  • Bob Evans Farms ($16,500,000)
  • Office Depot ($610,000)
  • Avis Car Rental ($7,800,000)
  • Morgan Stanley (Client Service Associates) ($4,200,000)
  • Fifth Third Bancorp ($3,000,000)
  • Modell’s Sporting Goods ($800,000)
  • Kindred ($16,500,000)
  • Family Dollar$ (NJ) ($1,150,000)
  • EDS ($11,800,000)
  • Petsmart ($3,800,000)
  • Family Dollar(NY) ($14 million)
  • Rite Aid ($20.9 million)
  • CVS ($34 million)
  • BJs Wholesale Club ($9.3 million)
  • Staples, Inc. ($42 million)
  • Gentiva ($5 million)
  • Boston Market ($3 million)
  • Hewitt Associates ($4.9 million) 
  • Robinhood (blocking of purchasing Gamestop and other securities (ongoing)
  • Antipodean Domestic Partners, LP v. Clovis Oncology, Inc. (securities class action opt-out action) (settled; amount confidential)
  • In Re Fisker Automotive Holdings Inc. Shareholder Litigation (settled; amount confidential)
  • Living Independent Group ($3 million settlement)
  • IMH Secured Loan Fund ($1.345 million cash, $30 million security offerings, and corporate governance settlement)
  • Wonder Auto Group ($3 million)
  • AthroCare Corp. ($74 million)
  • Colonial Bancgroup ($18.4 million settlement)
  • Countrywide Financial Corp. ($624 million).
  • American Business Financial Services, Inc.
  • Limelight Networks, Inc. ($1.9 million)
  • Warner Chilcott Limited ($9 Million)
  • InfoSonics ($3.8 million)
  • IBM ($20 million)
  • Viisage Technology, Inc. ($2.3 Million)
  • Ashworth ($15.25 Million)
  • Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc ($4.5 million) & FNY Entities ($0.3 million), and Hilary Shane
  • Eaton Vance ($10.5 Million)
  • Smartalk Teleservices ($27.1 Million)
  • Independent Energy Holdings ($48 Million)
  • University of Pittsburgh (class action suit for failure of UPitt to rebate tuition and Mandatory Fees for the period they were closed due to COVID) (ongoing)
  • Ohio State University (class action suit for failure of OSU to rebate dental clinic and student union fees for the period they were closed due to COVID) (ongoing) 
  • Spirit Airlines (class action suit re Spirit’s charging carry-on fees) (ongoing) 
  • Facebook (misleading advertising sales) (ongoing)
  • Ambit Energy (budget billing misrepresentations) ($3.65 million)
  • Ambit Energy (bait and switch to more expensive electricity and gas plans) ($29.75 million)
  • $109 Million Settlement against Rent-A-Center ($109 Million) – class action suit against Rent-A-Center in New Jersey for charging consumers hidden usurious interest rates in violation of New Jersey State Law. After a favorable New Jersey Supreme Court ruling, class members were directly paid just over 100% of their actual damages. KOL lawyer was lead class counsel.
  • In re Doubleclick (injunctive relief) – on behalf of almost every Internet user in America that compelled one of largest Internet ad servers to adhere to heightened privacy protections. KOL lawyer was lead class counsel.
  • City of Long Beach, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated v. Total Gas & Power North America, Inc.; Total, S.A.; and Total Gas & Power, Ltd. (monopolization of natural gas trading hubs in CA) (ongoing)
  • Merced Irrigation District, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated v. Barclays Bank PLC (monopolization of electricity trading hubs in CA) ($29 million)
  • In re Dental Supplies Antitrust Litigation ($80 million)
  • In re Air-Cargo Antitrust Litigation ($1.2 billion)
  • In re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litigation ($87.4 million)
  • In re PTMS Liquidating Corp. (NHB Assignments LLC v. General Atlantic LLC and Braden Kelly) (settled; amount confidential)
  • In re Superior Offshore International, Inc. (settled; amount confidential)
  • Guidant Corp. ($240 Million) – settlement of suits against Guidant for selling defective implantable heart devices. Settlement obtained on behalf of over 8000 injured victims and is proceeding in federal court in Minnesota. One KOL lawyer was co-lead class counsel and another was co-chair of the plaintiffs’ law and briefing committee.
  • Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC / Morgan Stanley Private Bank / RBS Citizens Bank (failure to timely file mortgage satisfactions in accordance with California law)
  • Bank of New York (failure to timely file mortgage satisfactions in accordance with New York law)
  • Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. (100% recovery for mischarged interest rates)
  • John Hancock ($24.4 million) –Settlement of racial discrimination claims in sales of life insurance prior to 1959
  • New Jersey County Strip Search Cases -– Class settlements against Camden County ($7.5 million), Gloucester County ($4 million) and Middlesex County ($1.8 million) for illegally strip searching individuals arraigned on non-felonious charges. These were among the largest settlements that have been obtained in strip search cases and are significant in size in that they were obtained in cases that were not against major municipalities. A KL lawyer was lead class counsel in these cases.