Steve Larson has been representing investors, consumers and employees in class actions in Oregon for over 20 years. He is a shareholder at the law firm of Stoll Berne in Portland, Oregon.
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This blog is intended to provide information to the general public and to practitioners about developments that may impact Oregon class actions.
Public Justice recently published an article, “The Double Taxation of Attorney Fee Awards Leaves Wronged Consumers in the Cold. Help Us End It.”
A California federal judge denied most of the motion to dismiss filed against Fatburger’s parent company. U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez ruled that investors can proceed with their claims that the company omitted key information in its initial public offering documents.
U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen, from the Northern District of California, rejected Uber’s motion to dismiss a driver’s suit alleging he was misclassified as an independent contractor and shorted on wages under a new California law.
Mark Joseph Stern at Slate has written an article on explains in a way that many laypeople can understand, why class actions are important and valuable.
A golf club once called “America’s snootiest” doesn’t pay its caddies proper wages for their work, according to a proposed class action complaint.
A class action settlement has been announced in a long running case against Bausch Health Cos. Inc., formerly known as Valeant Pharmaceuticals. The settlement announced December 16, 2019 said Bausch will pay $1.2 billion to resolve the securities class action accusing its former leaders of fraudulently inflating its stock when the Canadian company was known as Valeant Pharmaceuticals. The nearly five-year-old lawsuit claimed Valeant used a clandestine network of pharmacies to push high-priced drug prescriptions,
Class Members in an ERISA class action against MFS Investment Management secured a $6.9 million settlement with who claimed the company mismanaged their retirement savings.
A class action has been filed on behalf of a proposed class of Canada Goose investors who allege the luxury outerwear brand concealed inhumane treatment of animals it sourced materials from, causing a stock price decline after the company came under scrutiny for falsely advertising about its practices.
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has certified a class action on behalf of detained immigrants who allege that a private company and prison operator, Geo Group, forced them to work for $1 a day.
U.S. federal district court judge R. Gary Klausner granted class certification to the U.S. Senior Women’s National Soccer Team (“WNT”) in its suit against the U.S. Soccer Federation Inc.
Kemet has reached a $62 million settlement of antitrust litigation in California federal court accusing several electronics parts manufacturers of agreeing to fix the price of capacitors.
A federal judge in Florida gave final approval to a $3.6 million settlement between Global HR Research and a nationwide class of job applicants.
AT&T will pay $60 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for allegedly slowing data speeds for millions of wireless customers who paid for the “unlimited” plans.
Stoll Berne was recently named in the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms rankings for 2020.
Last week, the full House passed the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR) Act, HR 1423, to end forced arbitration.
Shortly after the California lawmakers passed a bill calling for gig economy workers to be labeled employees rather than independent contractors, an Uber driver in San Francisco filed a proposed class action alleging she and other drivers were misclassified as independent contractors and underpaid. The legislation, which, if signed by the governor will take effect in 2020, requires employers to prove three things to classify workers as independent contractors: that the workers are free from
A class action filed by Louisiana homeowners against Chinese companies over allegedly defective drywall have reached a $248 million settlement to resolve the dispute.
A federal judge in Illinois granted final approval to a $75 million settlement in a class action involving concussions in student-athletes.
On July 30, 2019, several class actions were filed against Capital One after it revealed it had been the target of a data breach in which 106 million people had their personal information stolen by a hacker who is now facing federal criminal charges. The suits, all brought by Capital One credit card customers, blame the bank for failing to put in place proper security practices for protecting their sensitive information. The complaints allege that
On Monday, Oregon federal district court judge Michael Simon preliminarily approved a $32 million settlement that would resolve multidistrict litigation against Premera Blue Cross over the health insurer’s 2015 data breach that affected an estimated 11 million customers and employees. In a 58-page order, Judge Michael H. Simon said the proposed settlement is fair, considering that the proposed class members have “several strong arguments” regarding Premera’s allegedly inadequate data security measures. The judge also noted
