Top 20 Class Action Settlements in California in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 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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| 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 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $4,035,600.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas A. Carlin, R. Scott "Randy" Erlewine of Phillips, Erlewine, Given & Carlin LLP; Kirk D. Hanson of Law Offices of Kirk D. Hanson |
| Case: | Dale, et al. v. Lithia Motors, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $3,975,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Hawkins, Christina M. Lucio of James Hawkins APLC; Matthew J. Matern, Dalia Khalili, Tagore Subramaniam of Matern Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Smith v. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $3,962,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kyra A. Kazantzis, Annette D. Kirkham, Nadia Aziz, Thomas Zito of Fair Housing Law Project; Michael R. Headley, Jonathan J. Lamberson, Meghana RaoRane, Emily P. Garff, Holly K. Victorson, Katherine Vidal of Fish & Richardson PC |
| Case: | Huynh v. Sanchez |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,775,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond P. Boucher, Shehnaz M. Bhujwala, Neil M. Larsen, Brandon Brouillette of Boucher LLP; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Moppin v. Los Robles Medical Center |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $3,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lee R. Feldman, Alicia Olivares, Leonard H. Sansanowicz of Feldman Browne Olivares, APC; Michael Rubin of Altshuler Berzon LLP |
| Case: | Totten v. Kellogg Brown & Root, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $3,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gay C. Grunfeld, Jenny S. Yelin of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP; Jennifer L. Liu of The Liu Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Quinby v. Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 17 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Duane Westrup, Cat N. Bulaon of Westrup & Associates; Michael L. Carver, Michelle M. Lunde of Labor Law Office; James R. Hawkins, Gregory E. Mauro of James Hawkins APLC; Jonathan Che Gettleman of Law Office Of Jonathan Che Gettleman |
| Case: | Pina v. Con-way Freight Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 17 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Matern, Joshua D. Boxer, Roy K. Suh, Dalia Khalili of Matern Law Group P.C.; Neal J. Fialkow, James S. Cahill, Haik Hacopian of Law Offices Neal J. Fialkow; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Rico v. Cardinal Health 200 Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 17 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth H. Yoon, Stephanie E. Yasuda of Law Office of Kenneth H. Yoon; Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Douglas Han, Marshall Lurtz of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Hoffman v. Blattner Energy, Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $3,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John T. Mullan, Chaya M. Mandelbaum, Michelle G. Lee, Erin M. Pulaski of Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP; Jay T. Jambeck, Mandy G. Leigh of Leigh Law Group |
| Case: | Woodruff v. Broadspectrum Downstream Services Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald H. Bae, Olivia D. Scharrer of Aequitas Legal Group |
| Case: | Scott-George v. PVH Corporation |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aaron C. Gundzik, Rebecca G. Gundzik of Gartenberg Gelfand Hayton LLP; Marshall A. Caskey, Daniel M. Holzman of Caskey & Holzman |
| Case: | Bromberg v. Fidelity National Information Services Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Conversion, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |