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.
Bank of America, which purchased Countrywide Financial Corp., will pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that Countrywide participated in a fraudulent real estate appraisal scheme.
Attorneys for a man from Humble, Texas filed a class-action lawsuit against the Houston Astros arising out of the sign-stealing scandal.
A federal judge in California ordered DoorDash to individually arbitrate employment misclassification claims brought by more than 5,000 food couriers rejecting its request to stay the proceedings.
Employees of Northrup Grumman settled a class action with their employer for $12.3 million regarding allegations that the company’s 401(k) plan used an excessively costly management strategy.
On the eve of trial, solar panel manufacturer First Solar Inc. said it will pay $350 million to settle claims from a class of investors who alleged that it fraudulently inflated stock prices.
A $54.6 million jury verdict for truckers who said Walmart violated California law by not paying minimum wage for breaks and other work interruptions was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit.
A class action filed in California alleges that Ring’s home security devices allegedly contain security vulnerabilities that permit hackers to spy on and harass the company’s customers in their homes.
An Illinois federal judge on Friday, January 3, 2020 certified a class action on behalf of investors suing Kraft Foods Group Inc. of manipulating the wheat commodities market to the detriment of investors.
Experian has reached a $24 million settlement with a class of more than 100,000 payday loan customers in a lawsuit that alleged that Experian inaccurately reported customers’ credit history by reporting debts on disputed loans.
Florida federal court Judge Paul G. Byron preliminarily approved a $27 million in a class action alleging that more than 250,000 Geico customers had been underpaid by the insurance provider.
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.
