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September 9, 2024 ǀ Concrete & Cement Additives Antitrust Litigation – Firm files Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint on behalf of concrete contractors and other indirect purchasers of concrete and cement additives against BASF, Sika, Saint-Gobain, Chryso, Cinven, MB-USA, RPM International, The Euclid Chemical Company, and Mapei for conspiring to limit the supply, and artificially raise and fix the prices, of concrete admixtures, cement additives, and admixtures for mortar sold in the United States, from at least 2017 through June 2024.
March 8, 2024 ǀ Texas Panhandle Wildfire Litigation – Firm launches new website, www.texaspanhandlefirelawyers.com, focused on helping ranchers, homeowners, businesses, and other property owners that have suffered property damages, lost livestock damages, lost profits, and other damages resulting from the Smokehouse Creek Fire, which Xcel Energy has acknowledged it sparked, and other Texas Panhandle wildfires, including the Windy Deuce Fire and Grape Vine Creek Fire. We also take on insurance companies for not properly paying claims.
February 6, 2024 ǀ Ski Collision Litigation – Firm files Complaint on behalf of client who sustained serious injuries when struck by another skier in a ski collision case at Stratton Mountain Resort.
January 24, 2024 ǀ Concrete & Cement Additives Antitrust Litigation – Firm files class action Complaint on behalf of indirect purchasers of concrete and cement additives against (i) the Sika Defendants, comprised of Swiss corporation Sika AG and its U.S. subsidiary, Sika Corporation; (ii) the Saint-Gobain Defendants, comprised of the French conglomerate Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A and its two U.S. subsidiaries, Chryso, Inc. and GCP Applied Technologies Inc., and its Saint-Gobain North America division; (iii) the Cinven Defendants, comprised of British corporation Cinven Ltd., its two U.S. subsidiaries, Cinven, Inc. and Master Builders Solutions Admixtures US, LLC, and Cinven Ltd.’s German subsidiary, Master Builders Solutions Deutschland GmbH; and (iv) the RPM Defendants, comprised of RPM International Inc., and its subsidiary, The Euclid Chemical Company, for conspiring to limit the supply, and artificially raise and fix the prices, of concrete admixtures, cement additives, and admixtures for mortar sold in the United States, from at least 2018 through 2023.
October 9, 2023 ǀ Beef Antitrust Litigation – Firm files Complaint on behalf of Quirch Foods and its affiliates against Cargill, JBS, National Beef Packing Co., Tyson, and their affiliates for conspiring to limit the supply, and artificially raise and fix the prices, of fresh/frozen beef and beef products sold in the United States, from at least 2015 through 2021.
October 1, 2023 ǀ Firm Lawyers Designated 2023 Texas Super Lawyers – Richard L. Coffman and Sonya B. Coffman designated 2023 Texas Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters. No more than five percent of Texas lawyers are designated Super Lawyers. Texas Super Lawyers are exceptional lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The list of Texas Super Lawyers is published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazine and in the October 2023 issue of Texas Monthly magazine.
August 24, 2023 ǀ Pork Antitrust Litigation – Firm files Complaint on behalf of Quirch Foods and its affiliates against five major pork producers, their affiliates, and Agri Stats, Inc. for artificially raising and fixing the prices of fresh/frozen pork and pork products, including ham, sausage, and bacon, sold in the United States, from 2009 through at least 2020.
March 29, 2023 ǀ Crop Protection Products Antitrust Litigation – Firm files class action Complaint on behalf of Wisconsin farmers against Syngenta Crop Protection, Corteva, Inc., and their affiliates for using restrictive agreements with large distributors and retailers disguised as “loyalty programs” to block the availability of crop protection products (CPPs) (i.e., herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides) containing lower-priced generic versions of the following “active ingredients:” Syngenta’s MESOTRIONE, AZOXYSTROBIN, and METOLACHLOR, and Corteva’s OXAMYL, RIMSULFURON, and ACETOCHLOR—thereby artificially inflating the prices of such CPPs and the CPPs manufactured by their generic competitors. In other words, from at least 2019 to the present, U.S. farmers have paid more for CPPs containing these active ingredients than they otherwise would have paid.
December 8, 2022 ǀ Crop Protection Products Antitrust Litigation – Firm files class action Complaint on behalf of Michigan farmers against Syngenta Crop Protection, Corteva, Inc., and their affiliates for using restrictive agreements with large distributors and retailers disguised as “loyalty programs” to block the availability of crop protection products (CPPs) (i.e., herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides) containing lower-priced generic versions of the following “active ingredients:” Syngenta’s MESOTRIONE, AZOXYSTROBIN, and METOLACHLOR, and Corteva’s OXAMYL, RIMSULFURON, and ACETOCHLOR—thereby artificially inflating the prices of such CPPs and the CPPs manufactured by their generic competitors. In other words, from at least 2019 to the present, U.S. farmers have paid more for CPPs containing these active ingredients than they otherwise would have paid.
August 19, 2022 ǀ Ski Collision Litigation – Firm launches a new website, www.skiinjurylawyers.com, focused on serious ski and snowboard accident and collision injuries and wrongful deaths.
May 24, 2022 ǀ Ski Collision Litigation – Firm secures a significant settlement for its clients in a ski collision case.
May 12, 2022 ǀ Beef Antitrust Litigation – Firm files Complaint on behalf of nineteen direct purchaser grocery wholesalers and retailers, meat distributors, and foodservice companies against Cargill, JBS, National Beef Packing Co., Tyson, and their affiliates for conspiring to limit the supply, and artificially raise and fix the prices, of fresh/frozen beef and beef products sold in the United States, from at least 2015 through 2021.
December 27, 2021 ǀ Beef Antitrust Litigation – Firm explores filing antitrust litigation against the four largest meatpacking companies in the world—JBS/Swift, Tyson, Cargill, National Beef Packing Co./Marfrig Global Foods, and their affiliates—for artificially raising and fixing the prices of fresh and frozen beef and beef products sold directly to grocery wholesalers and retailers, meat distributors, foodservice companies, and restaurants, from 2015 through 2020.
December 8, 2021 ǀ Pork Antitrust Litigation – Firm files Complaint on behalf of Unipro Foodservice, Inc. against the seven major pork producers, their affiliates, and Agri Stats, Inc. for artificially raising and fixing the prices of fresh/frozen pork and pork products, including ham, sausage, and bacon, sold in the United States, from 2009 through at least 2020.
December 7, 2021 | COVID-19 Wrongful Death Claims – Firm files benefits petitions with the federal government’s Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) on behalf of 7 clients.
November 24, 2021 ǀ TPC Group, Inc. Explosion Litigation – Firm files multiple Petitions on behalf of over 800 Jefferson County homeowners and business owners against multiple defendants for property damages, personal injury damages, lost profits, loss of use damages, and punitive damages resulting from the November 27, 2019 explosions at the TPC Port Neches, Texas chemical plant.
October 15, 2021 ǀ Firm Lawyers Designated 2021 Texas Super Lawyers – Richard L. Coffman designated a 2021 Texas Super Lawyer in Class Actions/Mass Torts and Sonya B. Coffman designated a 2021 Texas Super Lawyer in Family Law. No more than five percent of Texas lawyers are selected by Super Lawyers. Texas Super Lawyers are exceptional lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The list of Texas Super Lawyers is published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazine and in the October 2021 issue of Texas Monthly magazine.
September 6, 2021 ǀ Firm Lawyers Designated 2021 Texas Super Lawyers – Richard L. Coffman designated a 2021 Texas Super Lawyer in Class Actions/Mass Torts and Sonya B. Coffman designated a 2021 Texas Super Lawyer in Family Law. No more than five percent of Texas lawyers are selected by Super Lawyers. Texas Super Lawyers are exceptional lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The list of Texas Super Lawyers is published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazine and in the October 2021 issue of Texas Monthly magazine.
September 3, 2021 | COVID-19 Wrongful Death Claims – Firm files benefits petitions with the federal government’s Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) on behalf of 26 clients.
June 4, 2021 ǀ Pork Antitrust Litigation – Firm files Complaint on behalf of sixteen direct purchaser grocery wholesalers and retailers, meat distributors, and foodservice companies against the seven major pork producers, their affiliates, and Agri Stats, Inc. for artificially raising and fixing the prices of fresh/frozen pork and pork products, including ham, sausage, and bacon, sold in the United States, from 2009 through at least 2020.
May 18, 2021 ǀ Chickens Antitrust Litigation – Firm files seventh Complaint on behalf of direct purchasers against the major chicken producers, their affiliates, and Agri Stats, Inc. for artificially raising and fixing the prices of fresh/frozen whole chickens and parts and value-added chicken products sold in the United States, from 2008-2016.
April 1, 2021 ǀ New Office – After over twenty-five years in Beaumont, Texas, Firm relocates to the Upper Kirby District in Houston, Texas.
October 23, 2020 ǀ Chickens Antitrust Litigation – Firm’s clients join with other direct action purchasers to file Consolidated Complaint against the major chicken producers, their affiliates, and Agri Stats, Inc. for artificially raising and fixing the prices of fresh/frozen whole chickens and parts and value-added chicken products sold in the United States, from 2008-2016.
October 15, 2020 ǀ Firm Lawyers Designated 2020 Texas Super Lawyers – Richard L. Coffman designated a 2020 Texas Super Lawyer in Class Actions/Mass Torts and Sonya B. Coffman designated a 2020 Texas Super Lawyer in Family Law. No more than five percent of Texas lawyers are selected by Super Lawyers. Texas Super Lawyers are exceptional lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The list of Texas Super Lawyers is published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazine and in the October 2020 issue of Texas Monthly magazine.
October 21, 2020 ǀ Chickens Antitrust Litigation – Firm files sixth Complaint on behalf of a direct purchaser retail grocery chain and a direct purchaser grocery wholesaler against the major chicken producers, their affiliates, and Agri Stats, Inc. for artificially raising and fixing the prices of fresh/frozen whole chickens and parts and value-added chicken products sold in the United States, from 2008-2016.
September 2, 2020 | Astros Season Ticket Holder Litigation – The Court denies all three of the Houston Astros’ motions to dismiss the Firm’s class action lawsuit on behalf of 2016-2020 full and partial season ticket holders resulting from the Astros’ failure to disclose the sign stealing cheating scandal. The class action is also filed on behalf of 2020 season ticket holders for the Astros’ failure to refund the full amount the season ticket holders paid for 2020 season tickets since the Astros will not play any 2020 home games in front of fans at Minute Maid Park.
May 22, 2020 | Wrongful Death Claims – Firm launches new website devoted to wrongful death claims due to the COVID-19 coronavirus.
May 9, 2020 | Business Interruption Insurance Claims – Firm launches new website devoted to business interruption insurance claims and other business loss claims due to the COVID-19 coronavirus.
May 4, 2020 | Astros Season Ticket Holder Litigation – Firm files consolidated amended class action petition against the Houston Astros on behalf of 2016-2020 full and partial season ticket holders as a result of the sign stealing cheating scandal. The consolidated amended class action petition is also filed on behalf of 2020 season ticket holders to obtain a full refund of the amounts they paid for season tickets since the Astros will not play any 2020 home games in front of fans at Minute Maid Park.
February 20, 2020 | Astros Season Ticket Holder Litigation – Firm files amended class action Petition against the Houston Astros on behalf of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 full and partial season ticket holders for overpaying for season tickets as a result of the sign stealing cheating scandal.
February 14, 2020 | Astros Season Ticket Holder Litigation – Firm files class action Petition against the Houston Astros on behalf of 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 full and partial season ticket holders for overpaying for season tickets as a result of the sign stealing cheating scandal.
February 6, 2020 ǀ TPC Group, Inc. Explosion Litigation – Firm files state court class action Petition on behalf of Jefferson County business owners and homeowners for property damages, lost profits, loss of use damages, hazardous chemical cleanup damages, punitive damages, and medical monitoring resulting from the November 27, 2019 explosions at the TPC Group, Inc. Port Neches, Texas chemical plant.
December 31, 2019 | Wawa Data Breach Litigation – Firm files class action Complaint against Wawa for damages resulting from its failure to safeguard and protect its customers’ debit card and credit card information, which was wrongfully disclosed by Wawa’s payment card processing servers to data fraudsters between March 4, 2019 and December 12, 2019.
December 20, 2019 | Zappos.com Data Breach Litigation – Court gives final approval to the class action settlement providing a one-time 10% discount on an unlimited purchase amount to the over 24 million victims of the 2012 Zappos.com data breach. Over $6.5 million of benefits have been provided to class members to date (and counting).
December 9, 2019 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – A tentative settlement is reached with the objector corn producers to dismiss their appeals of the $1.51 billion settlement between U.S. corn producers and Syngenta. The district court will consider the tentative objector settlement on January 3, 2020. If approved and the appeals are dismissed, the Syngenta settlement will be cleared for distribution to U.S. corn producers by mid-2020.
November 29, 2019 ǀ TPC Group, Inc. Explosion Litigation – Firm files Complaint on behalf of Jefferson County business owners and homeowners for property damages, lost profits, loss of use damages, punitive damages, and medical monitoring resulting from the November 27, 2019 explosions at the TPC Group, Inc. Port Neches, Texas chemical plant.
November 22, 2019 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals sets the settlement objector corn producers’ appeals for oral argument on January 22, 2020, in Courtroom III at the Byron White United States Courthouse in Denver, Colorado.
October 22, 2019 ǀ Chickens Antitrust Litigation – Firm files fifth Complaint on behalf of two direct purchaser foodservice distributors and a retail grocery chain against the seventeen major chicken producers, their affiliates, and Agri Stats, Inc. for manipulating the prices of fresh/frozen whole chickens and parts and value-added chicken products sold in the United States, from 2008-2016.
September 19, 2019 | Zappos.com Data Breach Litigation- Court preliminarily approves class action settlement providing a one-time 10% discount on an unlimited purchase amount to the over 24 million victims of the 2012 Zappos.com data breach. The deadline to opt out of or object to the settlement is November 29, 2019. The final approval hearing will be December 20, 2019, at the federal courthouse in Reno, Nevada, commencing at 10:00 a.m.
September 13, 2019 | Zappos.com Data Breach Litigation- Firm files motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement providing a one-time 10% discount on an unlimited purchase amount to the over 24 million victims of the 2012 Zappos.com data breach.
September 9, 2019 | Firm Lawyers Designated 2019 Texas Super Lawyers- Richard L. Coffman designated a 2019 Texas Super Lawyer in Class Actions/Mass Torts and Sonya B. Coffman designated a 2019 Texas Super Lawyer in Family Law. No more than five percent of Texas lawyers are selected by Super Lawyers. Texas Super Lawyers are exceptional lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The list of Texas Super Lawyers is published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazine and in the October 2019 issue of Texas Monthly magazine.
March 27, 2019 | Catholic Church Clergy Sex Abuse Litigation - Firm files amended complaint on behalf of child sex abuse victims against the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Holy See for condoning, facilitating, and covering up the sexual abuse of children by Catholic Church cardinals, bishops, monsignors, priests, sisters, lay leaders, educators, and members of Catholic religious orders.
February 12, 2019 | Catholic Church Clergy Sex Abuse Litigation – The Vatican refuses service of the complaint. Before serving the Vatican with the lawsuit, the complaint must first be translated into Latin. The law provides two ways to serve the translated complaint. One way is for the clerk of the district court in Washington, D.C. to simply mail the complaint directly to the Vatican—which was initially done here. Rather than accepting service, and acknowledging and dealing with plaintiffs’ claims of clergy child sex abuse, the Vatican refused to accept service. The package containing the complaint was returned to the district clerk’s office today with no explanation—other than “Rifiutato” (refused) written on the box. The Vatican will now be served with the lawsuit via the U.S. State Department.
January 31, 2019 ǀ Chickens Antitrust Litigation – Firm files fourth Complaint on behalf of a direct purchaser grocery wholesaler and two retail grocery chains against the seventeen major chicken producers, their affiliates, and Agri Stats, Inc. for artificially raising and fixing the prices of fresh/frozen whole chickens and parts and value-added chicken products sold in the United States, from 2008-2016.
January 16, 2019 | Catholic Church Clergy Sex Abuse Litigation - Defendant United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was served with the sex abuse class action lawsuit in late November 2018. Rather than acknowledging and dealing with plaintiffs’ claims of clergy child sex abuse, the USCCB continued its pattern of denial by filing a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming that the complaint “is extreme in its rhetoric and extravagant in its claims, but ultimately directed at the wrong parties.” Incredibly, the USCCB takes the position that nether it, nor the Vatican, is responsible in any way for clergy child sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
November 13, 2018 | Catholic Church Sex Abuse Litigation - Firm files national RICO Class Action Complaint on behalf of child sex abuse victims against the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Holy See for condoning, facilitating, and covering up the sexual abuse of children by Catholic Church cardinals, bishops, monsignors, priests, sisters, lay leaders, educators, and members of Catholic religious orders since at least 1940. Rather than safeguarding and protecting children, Catholic Church leaders, including the USCCB and the Vatican itself, protected the abusive clergy, denied the abuse occurred, took extraordinary measures to conceal abusive priests’ wrongful conduct, moved them from parish to parish, without warning other parishioners or the general public, failed and refused to report abusive clergy to law enforcement or other responsible authorities as required by law, and—incredibly—even promoted the abusers. The USCCB’s and Vatican’s longstanding wrongful conduct cheated the abused children out of their youth, their innocence, their adulthood, their families and friends, their careers, and their finances—in short, their lives.
September 6, 2018 ǀ Firm Lawyers Designated 2018 Texas Super Lawyers – Richard L. Coffman designated a 2018 Texas Super Lawyer in Class Actions/Mass Torts and Sonya B. Coffman designated a 2018 Texas Super Lawyer in Family Law. No more than five percent of Texas lawyers are selected by Super Lawyers. Texas Super Lawyers are exceptional lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The list of Texas Super Lawyers is published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazine and in the October 2018 issue of Texas Monthly magazine.
August 16, 2018 ǀ Texas Credit Card Surcharge Litigation – The district court grants summary judgment in favor of the Firm’s clients (Texas merchants), holding that the Texas credit card anti-surcharge statute is unconstitutional and enjoining the Texas Attorney General from enforcing the statute further.
August 6, 2018 ǀ Chickens Antitrust Litigation – Firm files third Complaint on behalf of a direct purchaser grocery retailer and two meat and poultry distributors against the seventeen major chicken producers, their affiliates, and Agri Stats, Inc. for artificially raising and fixing the prices of fresh/frozen whole chickens and parts and value-added chicken products sold in the United States, from 2008-2016.
June 1, 2018 ǀ Packaged Seafood Antitrust Litigation – The Direct Purchaser Class files its motion for class certification. Although the Direct Purchaser Class originally alleged a price-fixing conspiracy beginning in 2004, class counsel asked the Court to certify their claims only for the period beginning June 1, 2011. This means that the Direct Purchaser Class has given up its members’ damage claims for the period prior to June 1, 2011. Every company that purchased packaged tuna products directly from StarKist, Bumble, Bee, or Chicken of the Sea is a member of the Direct Purchaser Class, and will lose its pre-June 1, 2011 damage claims if the class is certified. There is only one way a direct purchaser can protect (and potentially recover) its pre-June 1, 2011 damages: file its own non-class, direct action case. Under the law, the day the Direct Purchaser Class filed its certification motion is the day the statute of limitations began running on every direct purchaser’s pre-June 1, 2011 damages claims. Every day that passes without filing a direct action case is a lost day of damages. The Firm only represents direct purchasers in non-class, direct action cases.
May 31, 2018 ǀ Ford Defective Door Latch Litigation – Firm files Third Amended Class Action Complaint against Ford Motor Company on behalf of current and former owners and lessees of certain 2011-2016 Ford and Lincoln vehicles with defective door latch assemblies. The defective door latch assemblies cause unwarranted “door ajar” warnings, the doors not to lock, the interior lights to stay on while driving, and the dome lights to stay on after the vehicles are parked, thereby running down the batteries. The affected Ford and Lincoln vehicles include the 2011-2016 Ford Edge, 2012-2014 Ford Flex, 2013-2014 Ford Explorer, 2011-2013 Lincoln MKX, and 2013 Lincoln MKT.
May 30, 2018 | Equifax Data Breach Litigation – Firm’s client, the largest credit union in Florida, joins Financial Institution Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Amended Complaint on behalf of all financial institutions nationwide that incurred damages due to Equifax’s failure to safeguard and protect the sensitive and confidential personal and financial information of over 143 million U.S. consumers.
May 16, 2018 ǀ Chickens Antitrust Litigation – Firm files second Complaint on behalf of twelve direct purchaser grocery wholesalers and poultry distributors against the seventeen major chicken producers, their affiliates, and Agri Stats, Inc. for artificially raising and fixing the prices of fresh/frozen whole chickens and parts sold in the United States, from 2008-2016.
May 11, 2018 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – Today, the 150-day corn settlement claim filing period begins. Soon, every U.S. corn producer will receive the lengthy Court-ordered notice describing the settlement. The Firm will prepare our clients’ settlement claim forms, send the forms to them for their review and signature, and then timely file the claim forms on their behalf—so our clients can keep doing what they do best: growing corn. If you need assistance completing and filing your Syngenta corn settlement claim form, we are here to help.
April 17, 2018 ǀ Packaged Seafood Antitrust Litigation – Firm files Third Amended Complaint on behalf of twenty-seven (27) direct purchaser grocery wholesalers and retailers against Starkist, Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea, and their affiliates for artificially raising and fixing the prices of packaged tuna (i.e., tuna in cans, pouches, and ready-to-eat servings) sold in the United States since at least 2004. Bumble Bee’s CEO is the latest tuna industry executive to be indicted for criminal price fixing.
March 8, 2018 ǀ Zappos.com Data Breach Litigation – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issues an Opinion reversing the district court’s dismissal of the case for lack of Article III standing, finding that the Firm’s clients properly allege an injury-in-fact based on a substantial risk that they will suffer identity theft or identity fraud as a result of the Zappos.com data breach. The Court of Appeals further held that the Firm’s clients properly allege that the risk of future harm they face is “fairly traceable” to the Zappos.com data breach, and their risk of injury from identity theft is compensable by the relief sought in the case. The Court of Appeals remanded the case to the district court for further proceedings.
March 1, 2018 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – The Plaintiffs’ Settlement Negotiation Committee is rumored to have signed a mediated settlement agreement (MSA) that will be presented to the Court shortly. But the Committee has not made it available for review by corn producers and their lawyers. Firm files motion to delay consideration of the MSA to protect the interests of all corn producers until their lawyers have had an opportunity to review the MSA and provide input.
January 30, 2018 | Equifax Data Breach Litigation - Firm files class action Complaint on behalf of the largest credit union in Florida and other similarly situated financial institutions that incurred damages due to Equifax’s failure to safeguard and protect the sensitive and confidential personal and financial information of over 143 million U.S. consumers.
January 25, 2018 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – Judges overseeing the litigation confirm that the $1.4 billion settlement must be distributed on a claims-made basis. In other words, to receive a share of the settlement funds, corn producers must file a formal claim with the settlement administrator. Judges further order the parties to craft a claims-made corn case settlement distribution plan by February 22, 2018, or come to court on February 26 “prepared for evening work.” Firm now represents over 8800 individual corn producers in 42 states planting over 2.8 million acres of corn per year—for whom the Firm will file settlement claims, so they do not have to take time away from the fields to do so.
December 8, 2017 ǀ Chickens Antitrust Litigation – Firm files Complaint on behalf of eight direct purchaser grocery wholesalers and retailers against the seventeen major chicken producers, their affiliates, and Agri Stats, Inc. for artificially raising and fixing the prices of fresh/frozen whole chickens and parts sold in the United States, from 2008-2016.
September 26, 2017 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – Today will be remembered as a momentous day in U. S. agriculture history as Syngenta agreed to pay U.S. corn producers $1.5 billion to settle the sprawling litigation over its premature release of MIR 162 GMO corn seed (Agrisure Viptera and Agrisure Duracade) before the seeds were approved by China. There are numerous detailed terms yet to be negotiated. Those discussions will begin the week of October 2 with a view towards presenting a formal settlement agreement to the courts in late October.
September 8, 2017 ǀ Equifax Data Breach Litigation – Firm files complaints on behalf of consumers in California, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and North Carolina whose sensitive and confidential personal and financial information was stolen and compromised by fraudsters because Equifax failed to properly safeguard and protect the information. The Firm intends to file more complaints on behalf of consumers in other states shortly. Click here for what you need to know about the Equifax data breach.
August 9, 2017 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – The August 14 start date of the Minnesota state court class action trial, in which corn farmers seek more than $600 million in damages, is postponed until September 11, 2017. Not coincidentally, the judge in the Kansas City federal MDL proceeding, in conjunction with the judges of the other courts in which cases are filed, appoints a small subset of plaintiffs’ counsel to serve as a “Plaintiffs’ Settlement Negotiation Committee to work toward a fair and expeditious resolution” of the litigation. Today is another good day for U.S. corn producers.
August 8, 2017 ǀ Ford Defective Door Latch Litigation – Firm files Amended Class Action Complaint against Ford Motor Company on behalf of current and former owners and lessees of certain 2011-2016 Ford and Lincoln vehicles with defective door latch assemblies that cause unwarranted “door ajar” warnings and the doors not to lock, thereby depleting the batteries and causing them to run down.
July 7, 2017 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – Syngenta settles individual Nebraska farmer test case set to begin trial in Minneapolis state court on July 10. Next up is the August 14 trial of the Minnesota state class action where farmers seek more than $600 million in damages.
June 23, 2017 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – The jury in the first test case trial in federal court in Kansas City finds Syngenta liable for prematurely marketing its Agrisure Viptera and Agrisure Duracade GMO corn seed, awarding $217 million in damages to Kansas corn producers in the Kansas class action. The next test case trial is in Minneapolis in July on behalf of Minnesota corn farmers. Today is a good day for U.S. corn producers.
June 5, 2017 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – The first test case trial begins in federal court in Kansas City. Since the national class action has been dismissed, the only case before the court in this trial is the Kansas state class action. If you are a Kansas corn farmer who did not opt-out of the Kansas state class action and file an individual case, this trial is your trial.
May 25, 2017 ǀ Texas Credit Card Surcharge Litigation – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals remands the Firm’s Texas credit card surcharge case, Rowell v. Pettijohn, back to the district court in Austin, Texas, for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision in Expressions Hair Design, a case involving the virtually identical New York surcharge statute.
May 8, 2017 ǀ Packaged Seafood Antitrust Litigation – Firm files Second Consolidated Amended Complaint on behalf of twenty-seven (27) direct purchaser grocery wholesalers and retailers against Starkist, Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea, and their affiliates for artificially raising and fixing the prices of shelf-stable packaged tuna products (i.e., tuna in cans, pouches, and ready-to-eat servings) sold in the United States since at least 2004. That same day, Bumble Bee announced it will plead guilty for its role in the price fixing conspiracy and pay a fine of up to $81.5 million. This is the third guilty plea in this case.
April 5, 2017 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – The Kansas City federal judge dismisses the lone legal claim on which the national class action was based. This is a litigation game changer because there no longer is a national class action protecting corn producers’ legal rights. Unless a corn producer is located in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and South Dakota—where state class actions are certified—the only way the farmer can participate in the litigation and share in any potential recovery is to hire a lawyer and file an individual case.
April 4, 2017 ǀ Texas Credit Card Surcharge Litigation – The United States Supreme Court officially sends the Texas surcharge case, Rowell v. Pettijohn, back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for further consideration in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Expressions Hair Design, the New York surcharge statute case.
March 29, 2017 ǀ Texas Credit Card Surcharge Litigation – The United States Supreme Court unanimously holds that the New York statute barring merchants from adding credit card surcharges—which is virtually identical to the Texas statute—is indeed a statute regulating free speech, rather than simply a price restriction statute. Here is the Court’s opinion in Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman, 581 U.S. ___ (2017). The next—and bigger—question is whether the New York statute actually violates the First Amendment. The Supreme Court left that question unresolved for now—sending it back to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to decide. As the first surcharge statute case filed, Expressions Hair Design is the standard bearer for all of the other cases seeking repeal of similar statutes, including the Texas case. The Supreme Court will likely send the Texas case, Rowell v. Pettijohn, back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for further consideration in light of the Expressions Hair Design decision. While there is still work to be done, today is a good day for Texas merchants.
March 26, 2017 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – The deadline for corn producers to submit their Class Action Exclusion Request Form to opt out of the class action and pursue an individual case is April 1, 2017. The Court will only accept an Exclusion Request Form with an original signature. Scans and faxes will not be accepted. Original Exclusion Request Forms should be mailed to Syngenta AG MIR 162 Corn Litigation, c/o Analytics, LLC, P.O. Box 2007, Chanhassen, MN 55317-2007. The envelope containing the Exclusion Request Form must be postmarked on or before April 1, 2017 or it may be rejected. For more information, including the advantages of opting out of the class action and pursuing an individual case, please check out our dedicated case website, www.syngentagmobadcornlawsuit.com.
December 29, 2016 ǀ The Ninth Court of Appeals issues mandamus in favor of Firm’s client, directing the district court to vacate its order expunging a lis pendens.
November 18, 2016 ǀ NFL Players Concussion Injury Litigation – Firm files Petition for Writ of Certiorari Reply Brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of 31 former NFL players and family members appealing the class action settlement.
November 16, 2016 ǀ LPL Financial, LLC Litigation – Firm files class action petition against LPL Financial, LLC, and its former employee and financial advisor, Jason Anderson, for churning and mismanaging their clients' retirement and investment accounts.
October 31, 2016 ǀ NFL Players Concussion Injury Litigation – Public Citizen, Inc. files an amicus brief in support of Firm’s appeal of the NFL concussion settlement to the United States Supreme Court.
October 31, 2016 ǀ NFL Players Concussion Injury Litigation – 135 former NFL players file an amicus brief in support of Firm’s appeal of the NFL concussion settlement to the United States Supreme Court.
October 26, 2016 ǀ NFL Players Concussion Injury Litigation – The Brain Injury Association of America files an amicus brief in support of Firm’s appeal of the NFL concussion settlement to the United States Supreme Court.
October 20, 2016 ǀ Firm files First Amended Class Action Complaint against Schnuck Markets, Inc. on behalf of financial institutions that reimbursed their customers for fraudulent charges and incurred expenses to replace credit cards and debit cards compromised in the Schnucks data breach.
October 7, 2016 ǀ NFL Players Concussion Injury Litigation – New York Times interviews co-counsel, Deepak Gupta, about the Firm’s appeal of the NFL concussion settlement to the United States Supreme Court.
September 29, 2016 ǀ Packaged Seafood Antitrust Litigation - Firm files eighth complaint on behalf of direct purchaser grocery retailers against, among others, Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and the Starkist Company for artificially raising and fixing the prices of packaged seafood sold in the United States since at least 2003.
September 29, 2016 ǀ Texas Surcharge Litigation - The United States Supreme Court accepted the Firm’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed on behalf of Texas merchants. The High Court will end a split between the Eleventh Circuit, which held that the Florida credit card surcharge statute violates the First Amendment and is unconstitutional, and the Second and Fifth Circuits, which held that the virtually identical New York and Texas credit card surcharge statutes do not. The credit card surcharge statutes at issue prohibit merchants from assessing consumers a surcharge for paying with credit cards, while allowing consumer discounts for payments by cash, check, or debit card.
September 26, 2016 ǀ NFL Players Concussion Injury Litigation - Firm files Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the United States Supreme Court on behalf of 31 former NFL players and family members appealing the class action settlement.
September 26, 2016 ǀ Syngenta MIR 162 GMO Corn Litigation – Kansas City federal court certifies a national class action on a single federal claim, and eight state sub-classes on various state law claims—Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and South Dakota. State law sub-classes, however, were not certified for the remaining forty-two states. Corn producers now have an important decision to make. They may proceed as unnamed, anonymous class members and be bound by whatever happens in the class action—good or bad. Or, they may opt-out of the class action, file their own individual case—including the state law claims not included in the class action—and control their own destiny. We favor the second option. Corn farmers who proceed as individual plaintiffs—not the class action lawyers—will control the resolution of their claims. Class action settlements require court approval, are subject to delay caused by class administration, and are subject to being reversed on appeal. Individual plaintiff settlements, on the other hand, are not subject to any of these limitations or bad outcomes. And now is the time to take action and file an individual case because depending on where you farm, the applicable statutes of limitation are running that may forever bar your claims.
September 12, 2016 ǀ Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Data Breach Litigation- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reverses district court’s dismissal of Firm’s clients’ data breach class action; case reinstated.
August 30, 2016 ǀ Firm files Original Class Action Petition against Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC on behalf of all current and former Wells Fargo financial advisors, registered representatives, and other employees who, from 2011 through 2014, received less compensation than they should have received under the Wells Fargo Broker Payout Grid.
August 17, 2016 ǀ Experian Data Breach Litigation - Firm files an amended and expanded class action complaint against Experian Data Corp., Court Ventures, Inc., and U.S. Infosearch.com, LLC in California state court for selling or granting access to the confidential and regulated consumer, financial, and personal records and information of millions of U.S. citizens to a known identity thief who re-sold it to 1300 other identity thieves in a scheme that lasted several years. Update: Defendants removed case to federal court on September 14, 2016—again.
May 31, 2016 ǀ Texas Surcharge Litigation - Firm files Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Texas merchants. The Petition requests the Court to resolve the split in the circuit courts of appeal regarding state statutes prohibiting merchants from assessing consumers a surcharge for paying by credit card, while giving consumers discounts for paying by cash, check, or debit card. Texas has such a statute. Under Texas law (and the law of nine other states), a merchant that charges two different prices for a widget depending on how the customer pays (for example, $100 for cash and $102 for credit) may state that the widget costs $102 less a $2 discount for paying in cash. But if the merchant instead states that the widget costs $100 plus $2 surcharge for paying by credit card (to account for the swipe fee), the merchant violates the law. The split is between the Second (New York) and Fifth (Texas) Circuits, allowing such a statute, and the Eleventh Circuit, which declared the Florida statute "an unconstitutional abridgment of free speech." The Petition seeks to have the Texas statute also declared unconstitutional, thereby liberating Texas merchants.
May 23, 2016 ǀ Firm files Consolidated Amended Complaint on behalf of direct purchaser grocery wholesalers and retailers against Chicken of the Sea, Bumble Bee Foods, Starkist Company, and Del Monte Foods Company for artificially raising and fixing the prices of packaged seafood products (tuna, clams, crab, mackerel, oysters, salmon, sardines, shrimp and kipper snacks) sold in cans, pouches, and cups throughout the United States since at least 2003.
April 17, 2016 ǀ Richard Coffman Named Chairman-Elect of the ASOR Board of Trustees - The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) elected Richard Coffman Chairman-Elect of the Board of Trustees; he will assume the Chairman position on July 1, 2016. ASOR is a non-profit organization whose mission is to initiate, encourage, and support research into, and public understanding of, the history and cultures of the Near East and wider Mediterranean world, from the earliest times. ASOR was founded in 1900 by twenty-one institutions—including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Columbia. Over a century later, ASOR has more than 90 consortium institutions, including universities, seminaries, museums, foundations, and libraries, and over 1,550 individual members. For more information about ASOR, visit www.asor.org.
March 23, 2016 ǀ Kansas City Federal Court Appoints Settlement Special Master - Following up on its February 25 Coordinated Order, the Kansas City Federal Court took the lead and appointed Ellen K. Reisman, a name partner at Reisman Karron Greene, LLP, a Washington, D.C. law firm she co-founded, to serve as “a special master to assist the Court in efficiently coordinating settlement discussions.” Ms. Reisman is charged with “ordering the parties to meet face-to-face and engage in serious and meaningful negotiations,” construct an efficient procedure to do so, and make recommendations to the Court. The Court further suggested that the order be entered by each of the other state and federal courts where cases against Syngenta are filed. Most important, the Court ordered Ms. Reisman to proceed with all reasonable diligence in fulfilling her assigned duties. We expect she will. The settlement train is picking up steam. Now is the time to file your case.
March 2, 2016 | Firm files class action on behalf of municipalities, water districts, and other government agencies and private companies against California Water Technologies, LLC, PVS Chemicals, Inc., PVS Technologies, Inc., Kemira Chemicals, Inc., and Hawkins, Inc. for artificially raising, fixing, stabilizing, and maintaining the prices of, and allocating customers in the market for, ferric chloride sold in the United States since at least 2006.
February 25, 2016 ǀ Courts Issue Coordinated Order Regarding Appointment of a Settlement Special Master - The judges of the Kansas, Illinois, and Minnesota courts presiding over the Syngenta MIR 162 GMO corn seed litigation have conferred and jointly determined that it would be beneficial to appoint a single Special Master “to vigorously and systematically explore settlement of all the cases in all of the courts in which they are pending.” On behalf of all of the judges, the federal judge in Kanas City issued a coordinated order requiring counsel for both sides to meet and confer in an effort to reach an agreement on who should be appointed as the Special Master. If an agreement cannot be reached, each side may make up to three nominations by March 11, and the courts will decide on the appointment. Settlement winds are beginning to blow a bit harder. Now—more than ever—is the time to file your claim.
February 3, 2016 ǀ Chinese Company's Offer to Buy Syngenta Could Drive a Settlement - In the biggest takeover attempt yet by a Chinese company, the Chinese government-owned China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) has offered to acquire Syngenta for $43 billion. China is looking to secure its long-term food supply and obtain access to cutting-edge technology and global markets. If completed, the acquisition would be a setback for Monsanto. In August 2015, Syngenta declined Monsanto’s $47 billion purchase offer. Why, only six months later, did Syngenta’s price tag drop by $4 billion? Is Syngenta worth less now? On the contrary. History tells us that mega-mergers—such as the proposed ChemChina/Syngenta deal—often drive settlements of major pending litigation. Perhaps the proposed deal requires Syngenta to resolve its pending litigation with U.S. corn, milo, and soybean producers involving MIR 162 GMO corn seed. Time will tell. We represent over 5,000 U.S. corn, milo, and soybean producers against Syngenta. Now is the time to file your claim.
January 13, 2016 ǀ It's Not Too Late to File Your Claim - The unofficial word in corn country is that it is too late to file a claim in the Syngenta MIR 162 GMO corn litigation. Not true. We repeat—not true. The test case phase has begun. The pace of the litigation is picking up. If you have raised and sold corn, milo, or soybeans since 2012, you have been damaged. You have a claim even if you did not plant Syngenta MIR 162 corn seed because Syngenta’s actions tainted the entire U.S. corn market. But the deadline won’t be extended forever. If you have been sitting on the sidelines, the time has come to get in the game. A settlement could very well include only those farmers with claims on file. The Coffman Law Firm represents over 5,000 U.S. corn, milo, and soybean producers against Syngenta. We also represent 15 of the 48 test case plaintiffs. We file our clients’ claims on a rolling basis. Your claim should be included in our next complaint.
December 9, 2015 ǀ The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation assigns MDL No. 2670; In re Packaged Seafood Antitrust Litigation to Judge Janis L. Sammartino in the Southern District of California (San Diego) for coordinated pretrial proceedings.
November 24, 2015 ǀ Firm files seventh complaint on behalf of direct purchaser grocery wholesaler against Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and the Starkist Company for artificially raising and fixing the prices of packaged seafood sold in the United States since at least 2000.
November 20, 2015 ǀ In Syngenta AG MIR 162 Corn Litigation, 48 bellwether (test case) plaintiffs from Iowa, South Dakota, Ohio, Nebraska, Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri selected for test case trials to begin in June 2017. The Coffman Law Firm represents 15 of the 48 bellwether plaintiffs.
November 19, 2015 ǀ Firm files sixth complaint on behalf of direct purchaser grocery wholesalers against Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and the Starkist Company for artificially raising and fixing the prices of packaged seafood sold in the United States since at least 2000.
October 23, 2015 ǀ Firm files fifth complaint on behalf of direct purchaser grocery retailer against Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and the Starkist Company for artificially raising and fixing the prices of packaged seafood sold in the United States since at least 2000.
October 9, 2015 ǀ Firm files class action complaint against Schnuck Markets, Inc. on behalf of banks and credit unions that incurred fraudulent charges and expenses to replace credit cards and debit cards compromised in the Schnucks data breach.
October 8, 2015 ǀ Firm files fourth complaint on behalf of direct purchaser grocery wholesaler against Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and the Starkist Company for artificially raising and fixing the prices of packaged seafood sold in the United States since at least 2000.
October 7, 2015 ǀ Firm files reply brief in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of 34 former NFL players and family members appealing the class action settlement in the NFL Players Concussion Injury Litigation.
September 21, 2015 ǀ Firm files third complaint on behalf of direct purchaser grocery wholesaler against Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and the Starkist Company for artificially raising and fixing the prices of packaged seafood sold in the United States since at least 2000.
September 15, 2015 ǀ In Syngenta AG MIR 162 Corn Litigation, Court issues opinion on Syngenta’s motion to dismiss, upholding the vast majority of the corn producers’ claims. The litigation proceeds.
September 14, 2015 ǀ Firm files second complaint on behalf of direct purchaser grocery wholesalers against Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and the Starkist Company for artificially raising and fixing the prices of packaged seafood sold in the United States since at least 2000.
September 11, 2015 ǀ Firm files an amended and expanded class action complaint against Experian Data Corp., Court Ventures, Inc., and U.S. Infosearch.com, LLC for selling or granting access to the confidential and regulated consumer, financial, and personal records and information of millions of U.S. citizens to an identity thief who re-sold it to 1300 other identity thieves in a scheme that lasted several years.
September 10, 2015 ǀ In Syngenta AG MIR 162 Corn Litigation, Court requires corn producers to submit Plaintiff’s Fact Sheets.
August 24, 2015 ǀ Firm files opening brief in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of 34 former NFL players and family members appealing the class action settlement in the NFL Players Concussion Injury Litigation.
August 20, 2015 ǀ Firm files complaint on behalf of direct purchaser grocery wholesaler against Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and the Starkist Company for artificially raising and fixing the prices of packaged seafood sold in the United States since at least 2000. Packaged seafood, which includes tuna, clam, crab, mackerel, oyster, salmon, sardine, shrimp and kipper snacks, is marketed and sold in cans, pouches and cups.
August 12, 2015 ǀ Firm files reply brief in Fifth Circuit on behalf of Texas merchants in Texas surcharge litigation.
July 17, 2015 ǀ Firm files class action complaint against Experian Data Corp. for selling confidential and regulated consumer, financial, and personal records and information of millions of U.S. citizens to an identity thief who re-sold it to 1300 other identity thieves in a scheme that lasted several years. The Experian data security lapse is one of the largest data security lapses in the history of the United States.
July 9, 2015 ǀ Noted appellate lawyer Deepak Gupta, of Gupta Wessler, PLLC, in Washington, D.C. joins the Armstrong Objectors’ attorney team in connection with their appeal of the settlement in the NFL Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation.
June 26, 2015 ǀ Firm files amended consolidated class action complaint against SuperValu, Inc. on behalf of consumers for Supervalu’s failure to safeguard and protect their credit card numbers and other personally identifiable information compromised during multiple data breaches between late June and early September 2014.
June 16, 2015 ǀ Amicus curiae brief filed by Consumer Action, National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumers League, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, and TexPIRG supporting Texas merchants in the Texas surcharge litigation.
June 16, 2015 ǀ Amicus curiae brief filed by the Institute for Justice supporting Texas merchants in the Texas surcharge litigation.
June 16, 2015 ǀ Amicus curiae brief by HEB Grocery Company, The Kroger Co., Walgreens, Albertson’s, LLC, Safeway, Inc., and Hy-Vee, Inc. supporting Texas merchants in the Texas surcharge litigation.
June 9, 2015 ǀ Firm files brief in Fifth Circuit on behalf of Texas merchants in Texas surcharge litigation, appealing district court’s refusal to declare unconstitutional the Texas statute allowing merchants to offer “discounts” to cash customers, but prohibiting merchants from charging the equivalent “surcharges” on credit card customers.
May 21, 2015 ǀ Firm files complaint against Syngenta Corporation on behalf of over 800 U.S. corn farmers for Syngenta’s negligent and unlawful release of the MIR 162 genetically engineered corn trait (AgrisureViptera and AgrisureDuracade) into the United States corn market before the new trait was approved by China – a large U.S. corn import market – thereby causing China to reject U.S. corn, and damaging U.S. corn farmers. Firm now represents over 1000 U.S. corn producers.
May 20, 2015 ǀ Firm appeals district court’s approval of the settlement of the NFL Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation to the Third Circuit on behalf of 34 former NFL players and their families.
May 8, 2015 ǀ Firm files second amended complaint against various honey importers on behalf of independent honey producers for illegally importing and dumping cheap, transshipped honey from China and other unlawful source countries on the domestic honey market, thereby depressing the price of domestic honey, and damaging U.S. honey producers.
May 6, 2015 ǀ Firm files consolidated amended class action and representative complaint against Sony Pictures Entertainment on behalf of over 47,000 current and former California employees and independent contractors for failing to safeguard and protect their personally identifiable information and personal health information disclosed and compromised in a data breach.
April 25, 2015 ǀ Firm files complaint against Syngenta Corporation on behalf of 18 U.S. corn farmers for Syngenta’s negligent and unlawful release of the MIR 162 genetically engineered corn trait (Agrisure Viptera and Agrisure Duracade) into the United States corn market before the new trait was approved by China – a large U.S. corn import market – thereby causing China to reject U.S. corn, and damaging U.S. corn farmers.
March 12, 2015 ǀ Firm files class action petition against St. Joseph Health System on behalf of several hundred thousand patients and employees for St. Joseph’s unauthorized release and disclosure of their personally identifiable information and personal health information.
February 24, 2015 ǀ Firm files class action complaint against Sony Pictures Entertainment on behalf of over 47,000 current and former California employees and independent contractors for failing to safeguard and protect their personally identifiable information and personal health information disclosed and compromised in a data breach.
January 22, 2015 ǀ Firm files national class action complaint against Navistar on behalf of purchasers and lessees of 2008–2013 model year Navistar trucks equipped with defective Maxxforce Advanced Exhaust Gas Recirculation (ERG) diesel engines.
October 22, 2014 ǀ Firm files appellate brief in Ninth Circuit against Symantec Corporation on behalf of consumers who purchased, leased, or licensed Norton–branded utility, antivirus, and internet security computer software containing compromised source code.
October 22, 2014 ǀ Firm files national RICO class action complaint against Home Depot on behalf of banks and credit unions that incurred fraudulent charges and expenses to replace credit cards and debit cards compromised in the Home Depot data breach.
October 14, 2014 ǀ Firm files objections to the proposed settlement of the NFL Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation on behalf of 34 former NFL players and their families.
September 22, 2014 ǀ Court appoints Richard Coffman Interim Co-lead Counsel on behalf of consumers in the Zappos.com, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation.
February 13, 2014 ǀ Firm files national RICO class action complaint against Target Corporation on behalf of banks and credit unions that incurred fraudulent charges and expenses to replace credit cards and debit cards compromised in the Target data breach.otion