Articles from Hagens Berman

An Oregon federal judge issued findings and recommendations regarding motions to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the Port of Morrow, large commercial farms and confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) of contaminating groundwater in northeast Oregon, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman, Bliven Law Firm and Heenan & Cook.

Consumers of Gore-Tex outdoor gear today filed a class-action lawsuit against its maker, W.L. Gore & Associates, alleging the company knowingly concealed its ongoing use of environmentally harmful PFAS — otherwise known as “forever chemicals” — in its waterproof jackets, shoes, clothing and other water-repellent products, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.

A new class-action lawsuit filed against Procter & Gamble Co. accuses the conglomerate of intentionally misleading consumers of the massive environmental impact of its Charmin toilet paper, alleging P&G makes environmental promises that mask its widespread deforestation practices, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.

Attorneys at leading automotive and consumer rights law firm Hagens Berman filed a new class-action lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) regarding an alleged defect affecting an estimated 781,000 2021-2023 gas and hybrid Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator vehicles. The defect has reportedly led to at least nine spontaneous underhood fires and one injury.

Hagens Berman announces that the firm and additional counsel have filed a new class action lawsuit against Paragon 28, Inc. (NYSEFNA) and certain of its senior executives.

Hagens Berman announces that the firm has filed a new class action lawsuit against Spire Global, Inc. (NYSESPIR) and certain of its senior executives.

A class-action lawsuit filed yesterday accuses 40 of the nation’s top private colleges and universities — including MIT, NYU and Brown — and College Board of a conspiracy to increase the price of college, allegedly violating federal antitrust law and exacerbating skyrocketing student loan debt, according to law firm Hagens Berman.

A federal judge today granted preliminary approval to a historic $2.78 billion settlement with the NCAA on behalf of hundreds of thousands of current and former student-athletes at Division I schools, culminating a long legal battle fought by law firm, Hagens Berman.

Attorneys at Hagens Berman announced settlements totaling $200.2 million reached with multiple red meat processing companies in the U.S., seeking to restore employees’ losses from what the lawsuit alleges to be a yearslong period of wage-fixing, restraining the pay of thousands of workers.

A new class-action lawsuit alleges millions of homes and businesses contain carpets infused with so-called “forever chemicals,” a fact that major manufacturers have attempted to cover up for decades, despite alleged awareness of their harms to human health, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.

Hagens Berman urges Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQSMCI) investors who suffered substantial losses to submit your losses now. The firm also encourages persons with knowledge who may assist the investigation to contact its attorneys.

An esteemed law firm that’s been part of the largest automotive litigation in history is now seeking to recover losses on behalf of owners of Fisker Ocean electric vehicles amid the automaker’s bankruptcy wreaking havoc on its customers, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.

In a victory for consumers, Washington state’s Supreme Court today filed an opinion in an active class-action lawsuit filed against Amazon.com accusing the world’s largest online retailer of price-gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.

Hagens Berman urges investors in Grifols, S.A. American Depositary Shares (NASDAQGRFS) who suffered substantial losses to submit your losses now.

Hagens Berman urges Paragon 28, Inc. (NYSEFNA) investors who suffered substantial losses to submit your losses now. The firm also encourages persons with knowledge who may be able to assist in the investigation to contact its attorneys.

Hagens Berman urges Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSEABR) investors who suffered substantial losses to submit your losses now.

Hagens Berman urges LegalZoom.com, Inc. (NASDAQLZ) investors who suffered substantial losses to submit your losses now. The firm also encourages persons with knowledge who may be able to assist in the investigation to contact its attorneys.

Today, Hagens Berman and Winston & Strawn LLP announced jointly with the NCAA, Big Ten, SEC, Pac-12, Big 12 and ACC a landmark antitrust class-action settlement poised to radically change the economic model of college sports and provide billions of dollars in backpay damages and tens of billions of dollars in future revenue-sharing to college athletes.

A groundbreaking lawsuit concerning long-term care insurance premium increases reached a milestone according to attorneys at Hagens Berman seeking to represent a class of policyholders fighting against allegedly illegal rate hikes implemented by Continental Casualty Company (CNA).

Hagens Berman announces that the firm has filed a new class action lawsuit against Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQLUNA) and certain of its senior executives.

A California man launched a class-action lawsuit against Allstate Corp. accusing the insurance company and its subsidiaries of breaching its contracts with California insureds and unlawfully denying benefits to thousands of claimants, according to attorneys at Nunes Law and Hagens Berman.

Hagens Berman announces that the firm has filed a new class action lawsuit against Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQPLUG) and certain of its senior executives.

A historic fair drug-pricing lawsuit has reached a milestone moment, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman and Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Agnello who represent a class of those living with diabetes fighting the rising price of insulin.

Hagens Berman urges Perion Network Ltd. (NASDAQPERI) investors who suffered substantial losses to submit your losses now.

Today, Hagens Berman announced a settlement agreement with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) which would resolve antitrust claims against NAR in a class-action lawsuit alleging that it conspired with the Big Four real estate broker franchises to artificially inflate commissions associated with home sales.

Attorneys at Hagens Berman, Bliven Law Firm and Heenan & Cook filed a new lawsuit accusing the Port of Morrow, large commercial farms and a confined animal feeding operation (CAFOs) of contaminating groundwater in Oregon’s Lower Umatilla Basin by dumping nitrogen onto agricultural fields throughout Morrow and Umatilla Counties. Attorneys estimate the issue affects upwards of 46,000 residents, many of whom are children.

Hagens Berman announces that the firm has filed a new class action lawsuit against ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (NYSECHPT) and certain of its senior executives. The new complaint significantly extends the alleged fraudulent period in the pending litigation against ChargePoint, contending that ChargePoint’s stock was artificially inflated by defendants’ alleged fraud from Dec. 7, 2021 through Nov. 16, 2023, inclusive (“Extended Class Period”). Lead plaintiff motions for the ChargePoint class action litigation must be filed with the Court no later than Jan. 29, 2024. Hagens Berman therefore urges investors who suffered substantial losses on purchases of ChargePoint securities during the Extended Class Period and who wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the ChargePoint litigation to contact Hagens Berman now.

Attorneys at Hagens Berman are investigating Prudential for allegedly increasing long-term care (LTC) insurance premiums in an improper manner, and the law firm urges Prudential long-term care insureds to learn about their potential rights regarding rate increases.

Ford Motor Co. was hit with a new lawsuit on behalf of a former law enforcement officer who was left fully paralyzed after his 2003 Ford Super Duty F-350 rolled over and collapsed, due to an allegedly defective and dangerously weak roof, according to attorneys at Seattle-based Hagens Berman.

A class of NCAA college athletes received a second class certification in a sweeping antitrust lawsuit filed against the NCAA accusing the sports governing body of illegally withholding earnings from athletes related to the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL), according to attorneys at Hagens Berman, co-lead class counsel.

Attorneys at Hagens Berman announced court-granted preliminary approval of a revised settlement agreement estimated to bring up to $200 million or more in relief to Hyundai and Kia owners whose vehicles were left vulnerable to theft due to the automakers’ failure to install immobilizers.

Consumers today filed a class-action lawsuit against leading e-commerce payment supplier and owner of Venmo, PayPal, alleging it enacts illegally anticompetitive policies through its anti-steering rules that ultimately lead to millions of consumers paying excess charges annually, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.

Eighteen property management companies, together with property management software company Yardi Systems Inc., were named in an antitrust class-action lawsuit filed today accusing the alleged cartel of orchestrating a nationwide scheme to fix the cost of multifamily apartment rent, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.

Today, attorneys at leading automotive and consumer rights law firm Hagens Berman have filed a new class-action complaint in a lawsuit against Ford and Lincoln regarding an engine defect and failed recall “fix” which has led to dozens of spontaneous, explosive fires in affected vehicles.

Hagens Berman, a leading consumer-rights and high-tech litigation law firm, is investigating potential infringements of the rights of website owners whose online published content may have been illegally copied for commercial purposes without their consent.

A decision by the Arizona Supreme Court in a class-action lawsuit significantly expanded the rights of Arizona drivers who hold uninsured and underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage and were injured or killed by drivers who without enough insurance, say attorneys at leading automotive and consumer rights law firm Hagens Berman.

Judge Valerie Figueredo has recommended that Amazon’s motion to dismiss claims of monopolization and attempted monopolization of the e-books market be denied, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.

Users of CapCut, a video editing app with more than 200 million monthly users, are accusing CapCut and parent company ByteDance of illegally profiting from their sensitive personal data, according to consumer rights attorneys at leading plaintiffs’ litigation firm Hagens Berman.

Yesterday, a King County judge overseeing a class-action lawsuit against the University of Washington certified a class of student tuition and fee-payers accusing UW of unlawfully retaining those payments, amounting to millions of dollars, during the COVID-19 campus closures and provision of limited, distance-only online learning, according to attorneys at Seattle law firm Hagens Berman.

Attorneys at consumer rights law firm Hagens Berman are investigating MCNA Dental (Managed Care of North America), following reports of the largest healthcare data breach of 2023 so far. If you believe you are among the nearly nine million people whose sensitive personal information was compromised in this incident, you can join the investigation and help hold MCNA Dental accountable.

Attorneys at Hagens Berman and Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Agnello today announced a settlement with insulin-maker Eli Lilly worth more than $500 million, culminating a class-action lawsuit on behalf of insulin purchasers alleging systematic overpricing of insulin.

Attorneys at consumer-protection law firm Hagens Berman are investigating reports that credit card issuers may be charging customers illegal fees on credit card balances.

A proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit reached today brings benefits valued at more than $200 million to owners of Hyundai and Kia vehicles rendered vulnerable to theft following the automakers’ failure to install basic security measures, according to lead class counsel at Hagens Berman, Baron & Budd, Fegan Scott and Humphrey, Farrington & McClain who the court-appointed to lead this case.

Tesla owners and lessors today filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit against the automaker, following reports that Tesla’s automatic software updates to the Model S and Model X cause a 20% decrease in driving range and leave some class members to pay $15,000 or more for a new battery, according to Hagens Berman.

Owners and lessors of 2022-2023 Honda Civics filed a class-action lawsuit accusing American Honda Motor Company of knowingly selling vehicles with a dangerously defective electric power steering system (EPS) that can cause the steering wheel to stick, leading to overcorrection and risk of crash, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.

A federal judge has certified seven classes of consumers in a lawsuit against General Motors accusing the automaker of knowingly selling diesel trucks equipped with defective Bosch CP4 fuel pumps, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman and Hilliard Martinez Gonzalez LLP.

Owners of Nissan Titan XD diesel trucks filed a new class-action lawsuit accusing the automaker and engine manufacturer, Cummins Inc., of knowingly selling tens of thousands of vehicles with defective fuel pumps that can cause total engine failure as soon as mile one, and have been deemed a “time bomb” in media reports, according to Hagens Berman.

Attorneys at Youngstown, Ohio family law firm Johnson and Johnson and co-counsel firm Hagens Berman, who are pursuing a class-action lawsuit against Norfolk Southern for the train derailment in East Palestine, encourage residents to take note of opportunities to submit a tax objection regarding property damage caused by the rail company’s alleged negligence.

Hagens Berman, an international class-action law firm, celebrates its 30th anniversary, having led some of the largest and most impactful lawsuits on behalf of consumers, employees, whistleblowers and other plaintiffs in meaningful lawsuits against the world’s largest companies. As it enters its third decade, Hagens Berman has achieved settlements totaling $325 billion for plaintiffs.

Attorneys at Youngstown, Ohio area law firm Johnson and Johnson and co-counsel firm, Hagens Berman, yesterday filed a class-action lawsuit seeking restitution from Norfolk Southern Corp., the freight railroad company behind the disastrous Feb. 3, 2023, train derailment and subsequent fire in East Palestine, Ohio.

Attorneys at Seattle-based plaintiffs law firm Hagens Berman are investigating T-Mobile, following reports of a massive data breach in November 2022. If you believe you are among the 37 million people whose sensitive personal information was compromised in this incident, you can join the investigation and help hold T-Mobile accountable.

Hagens Berman, a global plaintiffs’ class-action law firm, promoted six attorneys – five of whom are women – to partner in 2023, the firm’s 30th year of fighting for the rights of those who need it most.

In the fourth and fifth paragraphs of release dated November 16, 2022, the dollar amount should read: $134.6 million (instead of $195 million).

Renters in Seattle’s downtown core have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing 10 major leasing companies of an unlawful agreement to artificially inflate the price of residential real estate in the area, driving up rents in some of Seattle’s densest neighborhoods, according to Seattle law firm Hagens Berman.

A new antitrust class-action lawsuit accuses Apple Inc. and Amazon.com of colluding to raise the price of iPhones and iPads, according to Hagens Berman, the law firm representing consumers against two of the world’s largest companies in today’s filing.

A new class-action lawsuit aimed at Ford accuses the automaker of knowingly mishandling a purported “fix” for a defect causing underhood fires, localized melting of components or smoke in more than 100,000 recalled hybrid Ford Escape, Maverick and Lincoln Corsair vehicles, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.

A class-action lawsuit was filed today against Apple accusing the company of illegally profiting from payment card issuers through its Apple Pay policies, allegedly extracting up to $1 billion annually in fees in violation of federal antitrust law, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman and Sperling & Slater.

Attorneys at Hagens Berman representing consumers in a class-action lawsuit against Ford regarding a defect causing spontaneous fires are warning of likely repair delays as mounting pressure grows for Ford to supply at least 166,000 Ford Expeditions and Lincoln Navigators with updated parts. The law firm that specializes in award-winning automotive litigation expects the recall to grow to include additional vehicles.

A federal judge overseeing a multidistrict litigation against Fiat Chrysler (FCA) today denied its motion to seal communications between itself and Jaguar revealing that FCA failed to halt the use of a defectively designed gearshift involved in the death of actor Anton Yelchin in 2015 and dozens of injuries involving rollaway vehicles, according to consumer-rights attorneys at Hagens Berman.

An amended class-action lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler includes harrowing photos of Chrysler Pacifica hybrid vehicle fires spurred by a defect that Hagens Berman attorneys call a “nightmare situation” for Pacifica owners, and one Fiat Chrysler attempted to conceal, according to the lawsuit.

Attorneys at consumer-rights law firm Hagens Berman are warning Bay Area residents they may have been wrongfully charged thousands of dollars by John Muir Health hospitals or emergency rooms for drug tests for illicit drug use.

Today, aerospace engineers represented by law firm Hagens Berman filed an expanded class-action lawsuit accusing six top aerospace companies of orchestrating a wage-fixing antitrust conspiracy, and revealed new details from recruiters that employees were “held hostage by these agreements,” which “were ruining livelihoods” of the largely veteran aerospace workforce.

Antitrust attorneys at Hagens Berman have launched an investigation into five top aerospace companies for an alleged no-poach, no-hire agreement among them since 2011, designed to suppress the wages of aerospace engineers, manufacturers and other skilled laborers.

Last week, Fiat Chrysler announced the recall of more than 220,000 heavy-duty turbodiesel trucks equipped with a defective Bosch CP4 fuel pump, and a related class-action lawsuit filed by Hagens Berman now spotlights that the automaker has no fix ready for the hundreds of thousands of affected truck owners placed at risk of sudden engine failure.

Following a U.S. class-action lawsuit regarding a CP4 fuel pump defect in Fiat Chrysler and Cummins Dodge Ram Heavy Duty trucks, the automaker and its parent company Stellantis have now recalled nearly 250,000 Heavy Duty Ram diesel trucks globally, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling in favor of a nationwide class of college athletes challenging NCAA-imposed caps on college athlete scholarships, represented by attorneys at Hagens Berman as co-lead counsel.

Hagens Berman, a national law firm supporting the rights of college athletes today issued five guiding principles to members of the Senate Commerce Committee as the committee considers a recently proposed bill proposed by Sen. Roger Wicker, which has the potential to rob hundreds of thousands of college athletes of the rights to compensation for their name, image and likeness (NIL).

Attorneys at Hagens Berman representing NCAA college athletes in a fight for their rights to payment for their name, image and likeness say that a Congressional hearing about the subject largely failed to include the most important voices: those of college athletes.

A law firm with a long track record of supporting and sustaining the rights of college-athletes says a recently proposed bill brought by Sen. Roger Wicker to Sen. Maria Cantwell has the potential to rob hundreds of thousands of college-athletes of their just rights to compensation for their name, image and likeness, according to Hagens Berman.