Top 10 Class Action Settlements in California in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 Class Action settlements obtained in California in the year 2017. The list is comprised of various case types that were filed either in state or federal courts.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Class Action Settlements in California in 2017) you have also made the list of Top 20 Class Action Settlements in California in 2017.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $21,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alejandro P. Gutierrez of Hathaway Perrett Webster Powers Chrisman & Gutierrez; Michael A. Strauss, Daniel J. Palay, Brian D. Hefelfinger of Strauss & Strauss, APC |
| Case: | Martino v. Ecolab Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $18,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James I. Jaconette, Shawn A. Williams of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; John T. Jasnoch of Scott + Scott LLC |
| Case: | In re King Digital Entertainment PLC |
| Type: | Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $12,732,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. Glugoski, Michael C. Righetti of Righetti Glugoski, PC; Charles A. Jones, Kelly J. McInerney of Jones Law Firm |
| Case: | In re Wells Fargo |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $10,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lionel Z. Glancy, Robert V. Prongay, Ex Kano S. Sams, II of Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP; Jonathan Gardner, Angelina Nguyen of Labaton Sucharow LLP; John T. Jasnoch of Scott + Scott LLC; Marisa C. Livesay, Rachele R. Byrd of Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP |
| Case: | In re FireEye, Inc., Securities Litigation |
| Type: | Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $9,837,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | James I. Jaconette, Samuel H. Rudman, Shawn A. Williams, Ellen G. Gusikoff of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Joel H. Bernstein, David J. Goldsmith of Labaton Sucharow LLP; John T. Jasnoch, Joseph V. Halloran of Scott + Scott LLC |
| Case: | In re A10 Networks Inc. Securities Litigation |
| Type: | Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter R. Dion-Kindem of The Dion-Kindem Law Firm; Lonnie C. Blanchard of Blanchard Law Group, APC; Jeffrey D. Holmes of Holmes Law Group |
| Case: | Lagos v. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University |
| Type: | Retaliation, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 7 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. Dente of Dente Law, P.C.; Diane E. Richard of Richard Law, P.C.; London D. Meservy of Meservy Law, P.C.; Brian J. Robbins, George C. Aguilar of Robbins Arroyo LLP |
| Case: | Wert v. U.S. Bankcorp |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 7 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ira Spiro of Spiro Law Corp.; Michael D. Singer, J. Jason Hill of Cohelan Khoury & Singer; Jeffrey D. Holmes of Holmes Law Group |
| Case: | Syed v. M-I, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Xinying Valerian, Michael D. Palmer of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP; Dayna L. Chmelka of Gates, O'Doherty, Gonter & Guy LLP |
| Case: | Tymuoi Ha, et al. v. Google Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $4,835,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robin G. Workman , Daniel H. Qualls of Workman Law Firm, PC; Walter L. Haines of United Employees Law Group, PC |
| Case: | McCormack v. WinCo Holdings Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $4,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Rubin, Barbara J. Chisholm, P. Casey Pitts, Matthew J. Murray, Kristin M. García of Altshuler Berzon LLP; Miriam R. Nemeth, Abigail E. Shafroth, Joseph M. Sellers of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC |
| Case: | Ochoa v. McDonald's Corp. |
| Type: | Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |