T: 212.931.0704 | E: btaus@tcllaw.com Barry S. Taus currently represents plaintiffs and class members in major complex class actions including In re Effexor XR Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation (D.N.J.); In re Amitiza Antitrust Litigation, No. 21-cv-11057 (D.Mass.) and In re Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL. No. 181 (E.D. Pa.). Mr. Taus […]
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As court-appointed Class Counsel we were instrumental in negotiating a nationwide settlement that provided $110 million in benefits to a class of homeowners who alleged tht Citibank force-placed class members with wind, flood, and hazard insurance at inflated rates and without disclosing that it had a financial interest in placing the insurance.
Casey v. Citibank, N.A. (N.D.N.Y.) Read More »
As court-appointed Class Counsel we reached a $31 million nationwide settlement for a class of homeowners alleging that Bank of America force-placed them with flood insurance at an inflated rate and without disclosing that it had a financial interest in placing the insurance.
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As co-lead counsel we successfully negotiated a $23.5 million nationwide settlement for credit-card holders in a class action alleging that HSBC misrepresented and omitted material facts regarding the terms and conditions of its credit-protection product and charged class members for the product without their consent.
Esslinger v. HSBC Bank (E.D.Pa.) Read More »
As a member of the executive committee, we obtained a $20 million nationwide settlement for credit-card holders in a consumer class action alleging that Bank of America misrepresented and omitted material facts regarding the terms and conditions of its credit-protection product and charged class members for the product without their consent.
We represented and successfully resolved the claims of large structured-settlement annuitants who suffered cuts to their annuity payments as a result of their structured- settlement brokers’ alleged negligence.
Westrope v. Ringler (D.Or.) and Moore v. EPS Settlements Group (S.D. Fl.) Read More »
