Consumer
Protection |
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ADT Consumer Fraud Complaint |
Lieff
Cabraser represents consumers in a nationwide class action lawsuit against ADT Security Services, Inc, that alleges ADT violated Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
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Ameriquest
Predatory Lending |
Lieff
Cabraser serves as Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel
for a certified class of Minnesota property owners
who obtained mortgage loans from Ameriquest Mortgage
Company.
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Chase Bank "Check Loan" Litigation |
We represent credit cardholders in a class action lawsuit charging that Chase Bank breached its contract with cardholders and violated the federal Truth In Lending Act and state consumer protection statutes by unilaterally modifying the terms of long-term fixed rate loans.
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Cingular
Class Action |
We represent
a Cingular Wireless customer in a nationwide
class action lawsuit alleging that Cingular unilaterally
changed its longstanding billing practices in
2005 and began charging its customers for making
calls from their mobile phones to their own mobile
phone numbers.
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Estratest® Hormone Replacement Drug Case |
We represent consumers in a class action settlement with Solvay Pharmaceuticals for misrepresentation and unfair competition relating to the marketing of Estratest®.
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Lawn
Mower False Advertising |
Consumers
in several states have filed class action lawsuits
claiming that the manufacturers of certain lawn
mowers have knowingly misrepresented, and significantly
overstated, the horsepower of the products sold
nationwide for the past fifteen years.
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Litton
Loan Servicing Class Action |
We have
filed a class action complaint charging the company
with unlawful and deceptive business practices
in its “servicing” of
residential mortgage loans nationwide.
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National Arbitration Forum Consumer Fraud Lawsuit |
| With co-counsel, Lieff Cabraser is representing consumers in a class action lawsuit against the National Arbitration Forum, Inc. and the nation’s leading banks and credit card companies, including American Express, Bank of America, MBNA, Wells Fargo, Capitol One, Citigroup, and Discover Case.
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Natural
Hazard Disclosure Statement Real Estate Fees |
Lieff
Cabraser represents homeowners in suits against
Property I.D. and major real estate brokerage
companies in California for alleged illegal kickbacks.
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Nextel
Wireless Billing |
We represent
a subscriber to Nextel who alleges that charge
the company has unilaterally and without adequate
notice changed the terms of service agreements
to the detriment of Nextel subscribers.
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NSA
Wiretapping & Privacy Violations |
Nationwide
class action lawsuit alleges AT&T violated
federal law in providing the NSA with its customers'
call-detail records and that plaintiff and the
class are entitled to damages.
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Ocwen
Loan Servicing |
We represent
homeowners in California with loans serviced
by Ocwen Federal Bank, FSB. Plaintiffs allege
that Ocwen has engaged in a scheme of deceptive
business practices in its "servicing" of
residential mortgage loans in California.
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Sallie Mae Telemarketing |
Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel represent borrowers who took out student loans with the national lender and allege they have received unauthorized autodialer calls to their cell phones.
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Employment
Law |
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A&P
Supermarkets Overtime Wages |
We represent
employees in a class action lawsuit against The
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.,
which operates A&P, The Food Emporium and
Waldbaum's. The plaintiffs charge that the chains
fail to pay overtime wages and delete hours actually
worked from time records.
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AT&T IT Worker Overtime Pay Lawsuit |
Lieff Cabraser filed a lawsuit alleging that AT&T Inc. has a common practice of misclassifying its technical support workers as exempt and failing to pay them for all overtime hours worked in violation of federal overtime pay laws.
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Best
Buy Race & Gender Discrimination |
Lieff Cabraser, with co-counsel, represents a proposed class of current and former employees of Best Buy in a federal class action civil rights lawsuit. Plaintiffs allege that Best Buy stores nationwide discriminate against women and minorities, specifically African Americans and Latinos in areas of job assignment and promotion.
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Caterpillar
Retirees Healthcare Benefits |
We represent
retirees of Caterpillar, Inc. in a class action
to preserve promised employee health care benefits.
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Costco
Gender Discrimination |
Lieff
Cabraser and co-counsel represent plaintiffs
in a nationwide employment discrimination class
action lawsuit filed against Costco Wholesale
Corporation alleging that Costco operates a "glass
ceiling" at the store-management level which
precludes women from obtaining promotion to assistant
manager and general manager positions.
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Smith
Barney Gender Discrimination |
Lieff
Cabraser and co-counsel represent female financial
consultants in a national class action lawsuit
charging sex discrimination at Smith Barney,
the retail brokerage arm of Citigroup. The
lawsuit charges that Smith Barney discriminates
against its female financial consultants in
compensation, account distribution, sales support,
and other terms and conditions of employment
throughout the company.
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Tata
Workers Tax Refund Practices |
Lieff
Cabraser represents former and current employees
of Tata in a suit that charges that Tata has
unjustly enriched itself by requiring all of
its non-U.S.-citizen employees to endorse and
sign over their federal and state tax refund
checks to Tata.
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Wal-Mart
Employment Practices |
Lieff
Cabraser represents present and former Wal-Mart
Stores employees in a class action lawsuit alleging
that Wal-Mart systematically avoided paying employees
their full earned wages.
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Wells
Fargo Overtime Pay Class Action |
On May
28, 2008, IT support
workers of Wells Fargo & Co. filed a class
action seeking overtime pay in accordance with
the Fair Labor Standards Act and California wage
and hour laws. This class action lawsuit, Lewis
v. Wells Fargo & Co., was filed in federal
court in San Francisco.
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Environmental
and Toxic
Exposures |
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Exxon
Valdez Disaster |
With co-counsel,
Lieff Cabraser represents 32,000 fishermen, Alaska
natives, landowners and others affected by the
11 million gallons of oil that poured into Prince
William Sound after the grounding of the Exxon
Valdez in 1989.
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Kingston
Coal Fly Ash Spill |
On December
22, 2008, more than a billion gallons of coal
fly ash spilled when a dike burst on a retention
pond at the Kingston Fossil Plant (Kingston Steam
Plant) in Eastern Tennessee. The spill is one
of the largest of its kind ever in the U.S.,
covering 600 or more acres with sludge.
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Securities & Investment
Fraud |
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Broadcom
& Stock Options Backdating |
Lieff
Cabraser serves as court-appointed lead counsel
in a stockholders' derivative action against
the Board of Directors of Broadcom.
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Madoff Ponzi Scheme |
Lieff Cabraser is investigating an alleged $50 billion fraud perpetrated by Bernard L. Madoff and the asset management company that he ran, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.
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In re National Century Financial Enterprises Investment Litigation |
Lieff Cabraser serves as Lead Counsel for the New York City Employees' Retirement System, Teachers' Retirement System for the City of New York, New York City Police Pension Fund, and New York City Fire Department Pension Fund in a securities fraud and breach of fiduciary duties lawsuit against Bank One, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, and additional defendants.
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Ohio Attorney General Credit Rating Agencies Lawsuit |
Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel are assisting the Ohio Attorney General in a lawsuit filed against Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch alleging these agencies provided unjustified and inflated ratings of mortgage-backed securities in exchange for lucrative fees from securities issuers.
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Peregrine
Investors Lawsuit |
Lieff
Cabraser represents Lawrence L. Garlick, the
co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer
of Remedy Corporation and 24 other former senior
executives and directors of Remedy Corporation
in a private (non-class) securities fraud lawsuit
against Stephen P. Gardner, the former Chief
Executive Officer of Peregrine Systems, Inc.,
other former executive officers of Peregrine
and its accounting firm Arthur Andersen.
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Stanford Ponzi Scheme |
Lieff Cabraser is investigating allegations that the Stanford Financial Group and Stanford Capital Management defrauded investors worldwide, resulting in losses of over $9 billion.
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Tyco International Direct Litigation |
Lieff Cabraser represents multiple funds of the investment firms BlackRock Inc. and Nuveen Asset Management in separate, direct securities fraud actions against Tyco International Ltd., Tyco Electronics Ltd., Covidien Ltd, Covidien (U.S.), L. Dennis Kozlowski, Mark H. Swartz, and Frank E. Walsh, Jr.
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