Category: Class Actions

May 24, 2017

KitchenAid Refrigerator Settlement Approved

approval to the class action settlement in Dei Rossi v. Whirlpool. Bursor & Fisher filed the lawsuit in 2012, alleging that Whirlpool misrepresented two of its refrigerators as Energy Star qualified when they were not. The settlem...
April 11, 2017

Payments Sent to NVIDIA GTX 970 Class Members

On April 11, 2017, the first round of payments were sent to class members as part of the $4.5 million settlement in In re NVIDIA GTX 970 Graphics Chip Litigation. The settlement was approved by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the U.S. Dist...
January 18, 2017

Motion To Dismiss Retaliation Claims Granted

On January 18, 2017, Justice Salvatore Modica of the Supreme Court of New York, Queens County, granted the Defendants’ motion to dismiss a retaliation claim brought under the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws against a small bu...
December 14, 2016

$79 Million Sprint Settlement Approved

Yesterday Judge Winifred Smith of the Superior Court of California granted final approval to a $79 million settlement in Ayyad v. Sprint Spectrum, bringing an end to 13 years of litigation, including two jury trials and more than a dozen app...
September 29, 2016

Final Approval Granted In StarKist Tuna Case

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 ...
August 26, 2016

Proposed Settlement Reached In NVIDIA GTX 970 Case

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...
June 17, 2016

Privacy Case Against Hearst Moves Forward

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 ...
June 16, 2016

Final Approval Granted In Blue Buffalo Case

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 Li...