Top 10 Settlements in Texas in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 settlements obtained in Texas 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 Settlements in Texas in 2017) you have also made the list of Top 20 Settlements in Texas in 2017.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $430,488,798.00 |
| Attorneys: | U.S. Attorney's Office of J. Mark Penley |
| Case: | United States of America v. ZTE Corp. |
| Type: | IEEPA Violation |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $298,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | U.S. Attorney's Office of James N. Boeving, Jeannette Vargas, Joseph Cordaro and Jaimie Nawaday, Jean-David Barnea, Caleb Hayes-Deats, Stephen Cha-Kim |
| Case: | USA v. Americus Mortgage Corp., et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $150,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Duston K. McFaul, Kenneth W. Irvin, David E. Kronenberg of Sidley Austin LLP |
| Case: | In Re Ultra Petroleum Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $100,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lewis S. Kahn of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC; Carl E. Goldfarb of Boies, Schiller & Flexner; Jessica B. Pulliam of Baker Botts LLP |
| Case: | The Erica P. John Fund Inc., et al. v. Halliburton Company, et al. |
| Type: | Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $97,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | X. Jay Alvarez, Danielle S. Myers, Austin P. Brane, James A. Caputo of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP |
| Case: | Marcus v. J.C. Penney Company Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $62,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter B. Haskel, Barbara E Rosenberg, E. Leon Carter, James Pinson, Thomas P. Perkins, Robert Sayles, Richard A. Sayles, Thomas P. Perkins, Jr. of Texas Attorney General's Office |
| Case: | Arredondo, et al. v. The City of Dallas Texas |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $26,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Brent Goudarzi of Goudarzi & Young L.L.P. |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Troy Construction LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $12,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | U.S. Attorney's Office of J. Scott Hogan, Lindsey Beran, Sean R. McKenna & Lynette Wilson |
| Case: | United States Ex Rel. Capshaw, et al. v. Bryan K. White, et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Louis Gottlieb, Thomas A. Dubbs, Ross Kamhi, Wendy Tsang of Labaton Sucharow LLP; John Rizio-Hamilton of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP |
| Case: | In Re: KBR Inc. Securities Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | EEOC of James Tucker |
| Case: | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian H. Crockett of Crockett Law |
| Case: | Robert and Brenda Hogan, et al. vs. John Floyd Nichols SR., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Legal Malpractice |