Top 20 Settlements in New York in 2017
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $7,200,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William J. Baer of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. Deutsche Bank |
| Type: | Securities Fraud |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $165,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joel P. Laitman, Christopher Lometti, Michael Eisenkraft of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC |
| Case: | NJ Carpenters Health Fund, et al. v. Novastar Mortgage Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $141,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vincent Briganti, Raymond P. Girnys, Geoffrey M Horn, Peter D. St. Phillip of Lowey Dannenberg, PC |
| Case: | Laydon v. Mizuho Bank Ltd., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $95,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William Yalen, Christine S. Poscablo, Natasha Waglow Teleanu, Anthony J. Sun, Ellen M. London of Office of the Attorney General, NY |
| Case: | USA v. Deutsche Bank A.G., et al. |
| Type: | Fraudulent Conveyance, Tax Fraud |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $74,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Nelson Thomas of Thomas & Solomon LLP |
| Case: | US v. PHH Corp. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Qui Tam |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $56,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gerald M. Cohen, Joshua P. Fitch of Cohen & Fitch LLP; Stephen Neuwirth, Elinor C. Sutton of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP |
| Case: | Stinson v. City Of New York |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Conspiracy, Fraud, Police Misconduct, Unreasonable Search and Seizure |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $54,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joon H. Kim, Arastu K. Chaudhury of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | U.S. v. Carecore National LLC, et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Qui Tam |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $43,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Henry Gradstein, Maryann R. Marzano of Gradstein & Marzano, P.C. |
| Case: | Ferrick, et al. v. Spotify USA Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $35,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Grant C. Jaquith of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | USA v. Mallinckrodt LLC |
| Type: | Product Liability, CSA Violation |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $31,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joel H. Bernstein, Ira A. Schochet, Eric D. Gottlieb of Labaton Sucharow LLP |
| Case: | Weston v. RCS Capital Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $28,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lester R. Hooker of Saxena White, P.A. |
| Case: | Benefit Funds v. Brixmor Property Group Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $22,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul J. Edelstein, Daniel A. Thomas, Glenn K. Faegenburg, Arthur Blyakher of The Edelsteins, Faegenburg & Brown LLP |
| Case: | Abdusalamov v. State of NY |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barry R. Strutt, John W. Keegan, Jr. of Keegan, Keegan & Strutt, LLP |
| Case: | Suarez v. State of NY, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Brain Injury |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $19,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Fitapelli, Brian S. Schaffer, Frank J. Mazzaferro of Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP; Justin M. Swartz, Sally J. Abrahamson of Outten & Golden, LLP |
| Case: | Flood v. Carlson Restaurants Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $15,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Li Yu; Jean-David Barnea of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | Mahoney v. Endo Health Solutions Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Warranty, Class Action, False Advertising, Negligent Misrepresentation, Product Liability, Unjust Enrichment |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $14,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adrienne D. McEntee, Beth E. Terrell, Mary B. Reiten of Terrell Marshall Law Group |
| Case: | Melito, et al. v. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, TCPA |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $14,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joel H. Bernstein, Ira A. Schochet, Nicole M. Zeiss, Eric D. Gottlieb of Labaton Sucharow LLP |
| Case: | In Re Fifth Street Finance Corp. Securities Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $13,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Li Yu, Monica P. Folch of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | USA v. US Bioservices Corp. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Kickbacks |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $13,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark E. Weinberger of The Law Offices of Mark E. Weinberger P.C. |
| Case: | Dayaram v. Landi, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc E. Kasowitz, Sheron Korpus, Sarmad M. Khojasteh of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP |
| Case: | Grimstad v. Ipayment Holdings Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conspiracy, Economic Loss |