Consumer Protection

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.

As co-lead counsel in Esslinger, 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 about the terms and conditions of its credit-protection product, and that HSBC charged class members for the product without their consent. In In re Bank of America,

As court-appointed class counsel in Casey, we were instrumental in negotiating a nationwide settlement that provided $110 million in benefits to a class of homeowners. The homeowners alleged that Citibank forced them to purchase wind, flood, and hazard insurance at inflated rates, and without disclosing that Citibank had a financial interest in placing the insurance.

As co-lead counsel, we represented a class of New York and Florida parents who alleged that the defendant falsely claimed that its infant formula could reduce an infant’s risk of developing allergies. After defeating the defendant’s summary-judgment motion, this case settled on the eve of trial—the only case based on these allegations that obtained monetary

We represent a class in Suffolk County (and a proposed class in Nassau County) of vehicle owners who successfully argued that Nassau County and Suffolk County violated New York’s constitution by charging more for red-light-camera violations than state law allowed (in some instance, more than double the amount). As a result, both counties have stopped

As class counsel, we reached an agreement with Lenovo to resolve a class action alleging that Lenovo sold defective Flex 5 and Yoga 730 computers with computer displays that flickered, froze, or blacked out.

We currently represent proposed classes of consumers in three states who allege the defendant was able to overcharge them for its air purifiers by falsely claiming that the purifiers were HEPA-grade. In Menter, we recently defeated the defendant’s motion to dismiss, as well as its motion to compel arbitration.

We represent a proposed class of plaintiffs who were sold 2016–2020 Range Rovers or other Jaguar Land Rover vehicles that are equipped with an allegedly defective diesel particulate filter system, which is prone to clogging and can cause the car to unexpectedly stop operating.