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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against PacifiCorp and Pacific Power for Recent Oregon Fires

October 2, 2020 No Comments

On September 30, 2020, Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Stoll Berne, and Nick Kahl, LLC, three Pacific Northwest law firms with decades of combined environmental law experience, filed a class

Stoll Berne Investigating Metals.com

September 29, 2020 No Comments

Stoll Berne attorneys Keil Mueller and Cody Berne are investigating claims on behalf of investors who purchased gold or silver bullion through Metals.com. According to the CFTC and state regulators, Metals.com and others fraudulently solicited over $185 million in funds from customers to purchase gold and silver bullion.

Stoll Berne Investigating Broker & Financial Advisor Christopher Sweistris and Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services Inc.

August 19, 2020 No Comments

Stoll Berne is investigating claims on behalf of investors who lost money with financial advisor and broker Christopher (Chris) Sweistris. Mr. Sweistris, based in Redmond, Oregon, is affiliated with and registered through Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc.

Stoll Berne Investigating Claims Against Wink

July 27, 2020 No Comments

Stoll Berne and Nick Kahl are investigating claims on behalf of customers who bought smart home hubs, products, and devices made by Wink, aka Wink Labs, Inc. This includes Wink Hub, Wink Hub 2, Wink Motion Sensor, Wink Door/Window Sensor, Wink Siren and Chime, and other products. Wink represented and promised customers that there was no subscription fee to use its products.

Stoll Berne Investigating LPL Financial

April 20, 2020 No Comments

Stoll Berne is investigating LPL Financial in connection with selling Real Estate Investment Trusts, Business Development Companies and other alternative investments to individual investors and retirees.

Stoll Berne Investigating Claims Involving Galen Kopman

March 19, 2020 No Comments

Stoll Berne is investigating claims involving Galen Kopman, a former broker and investment advisor who worked for LPL and Centarus.

Stoll Berne Investigating Coronavirus (COVID-19) Financial Market Instability

March 19, 2020 No Comments

Stoll Berne is investigating the impact on investors of COVID-19 and the resulting volatility in financial markets. With the end of a long bull market, many investors are now seeing evidence of mismanagement, fraud, or other investment misconduct in their accounts.

Stoll Berne Investigating Broker & Financial Advisor Ronald Hannes and Woodbury Financial

March 13, 2020 No Comments

Stoll Berne is currently investigating claims on behalf of individual investors who may have lost money with Spokane-based financial advisor, Ronald Hannes of Woodbury Financial. Hannes’ was a financial advisor with the Spokane-based Woodbury Financial Services from 1994 through 2019 and he also held his own practices under the names Hannes Financial Services and Ronald W. Hannes & Associates.

Cedar Shakes and Shingles Litigation

April 9, 2019 No Comments

A class action lawsuit has been filed against some of the largest manufacturers of cedar shakes and shingles. Since 2011, these companies allegedly conspired to artificially inflate the prices of their products sold to contractors, construction companies, roofers, and others who purchased these products from distributors and resold them to end users in the United States. If you’ve purchased their products, you may have been overcharged and we would be interested in speaking with you.

Stoll Berne Investigating Ruby Receptionists

February 25, 2019 No Comments

Stoll Berne is currently investigating claims of Ruby Receptionists’ customers that the company misled its customers and breached its contracts by billing for time a call was on hold, and by rounding up every call in 30-second increments. If you are or were an Oregon customer of Ruby Receptionist, we would be interested in speaking with you about your experiences.

Stoll Berne Investigating Broiler Chicken Purchases

June 6, 2018 No Comments

Stoll Berne is currently investigating claims on behalf of Oregon restaurants and other businesses that have purchased broiler chicken from a distributor for use in its organization. If you are an Oregon restaurant or other business that purchased, between January 1, 2008 through September 2, 2016, broiler chicken raised or packed by one or more of the following organizations, we would be interested in hearing from you.

Intel Processor Claims

March 18, 2018 No Comments

Stoll Berne is investigating claims against Intel arising out of reports that Intel manufactured its computer processors to use ‘speculative execution’ technology, which left the processors exposed to security vulnerabilities known as ‘Spectre’ and ‘Meltdown,’ and that the fix for this problem can considerably slow the processor’s speed.