Top 50 Settlements in the United States 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 |
| State: | New York |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $864,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sondra L. Mills, James T. Nelson of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. Moody’s Investors Service Inc. |
| Type: | Fraud, FIRREA |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $670,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy M. O'Brien, Neil E. McWilliams, Jr., Mike Papantonio, Wesley Bowden, Jeff Gaddy, Christopher G. Paulos, Archie Lamb of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A.; Gary J. Douglas, Michael A. London, Rebecca G. Newman of Douglas & London, P.C.; Robert A. Bilott, David J. Butler of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP; R. Edison Hill, James C. Peterson, Harry G. Deitzler of Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler, PLLC |
| Case: | In re: du Pont de Nemours & Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Personal Injury, Pollution, Toxic Exposure |
| State: | Ohio |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $605,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter Prieto, Aaron S. Podhurst, Stephen F. Rosenthal, John Gravante, Matthew P. Weinshall, Alissa Del Riego of Podhurst Orseck, LLP; David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner; Todd A. Smith of Power, Rogers & Smith P.C.; Elizabeth J. Cabraser of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein |
| Case: | In Re Takata Airbag Products Liability Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Product Liability, Defective Product |
| State: | Florida |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $586,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Karen D. Dodge, Joannie T. Wei, Elizabeth C. Scott of Federal Trade Commission |
| Case: | FTC v. Western Union Co. |
| Type: | Consumer Fraud, FTC Violation |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $553,567,307.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter Prieto, Aaron S. Podhurst, Stephen F. Rosenthal, John Gravante, Matthew P. Weinshall, Alissa Del Riego of Podhurst Orseck, LLP; David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner; Todd A. Smith of Power, Rogers & Smith P.C.; Curtis B. Miner of Colson Hicks Eidson |
| Case: | Koehler, et al. v. Takata Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Defective Product |
| State: | Florida |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $465,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rachel L. Brand of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | U.S Ex Rel. Sanofi-Aventis US LLC v. Mylan Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Fraud, Qui Tam |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $430,488,798.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Mark Penley of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | USA v. ZTE Corp. |
| Type: | IEEPA Violation |
| State: | Texas |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $382,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin O'Connell, Abraham George of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | USA v. State Street Bank and Trust Company |
| Type: | Fraud, Qui Tam |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $350,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin C. Mizer of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud, Qui Tam, Kickbacks |
| State: | Florida |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $298,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James N. Boeving, Jeannette Vargas, Joseph Cordaro and Jaimie Nawaday, Jean-David Barnea, Caleb Hayes-Deats, Stephen Cha-Kim of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | USA v. Americus Mortgage Corp., et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud |
| State: | Texas |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| State: | New York |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Harley S. Tropin, Tucker Ronzetti of Kozyak Tropin Throckmorton, LLP; Jeffrey C. Schneider of Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP; Michael I. Goldberg of Akerman LLP |
| Case: | SEC v. Quiros, et al. |
| Type: | Securities Fraud |
| State: | Florida |
| 13 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | Texas |
| 14 | |
| 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 |
| State: | New York |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $125,387,948.00 |
| Attorneys: | Myron M. Cherry, Jacie C. Zolna, Benjamin Swetland of Myron M. Cherry & Associates LLC; Antonio M. Romanucci, Rebecca E. Neubauer of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC |
| Case: | Mckenzie-Lopez v. City of Chicago |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Due Process Violation |
| State: | Illinois |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $125,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kit A. Pierson, Brent W. Johnson, David A. Young of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC; H. Laddie Montague Jr., Ruthanne Gordon, Michael C. Dell'Angelo, Candice J. Enders of Berger & Montague PC; Eugene A. Spector, Jeffrey J. Corrigan, Rachel E. Kopp, Jeffrey L. Spector of Spector Roseman & Kodroff |
| Case: | In Re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Conspiracy, Price Fixing |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 17 | |
| 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 Co., et al. |
| Type: | Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud |
| State: | Texas |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $97,679,141.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter Prieto, Aaron S. Podhurst, Stephen F. Rosenthal, John Gravante, Matthew P. Weinshall, Alissa Del Riego of Podhurst Orseck, LLP |
| Case: | In Re: Takata Airbag Product Liability Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Product Liability, Defective Product, Consumer Protection |
| State: | Florida |
| 19 | |
| 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 Co. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| State: | Texas |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $96,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Berger of Berger & Montague PC; Linda P. Nussbaum of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC; Brian D. Brooks, Susan C. Segura, W. Ross Foote of Smith Segura & Raphael, LLP; Steve D. Shadowen of Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller |
| Case: | King Drug Co. of Florence Inc. v. Cephalon Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Conspiracy, Fraud, Pharmacy Malpractice |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 21 | |
| 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 |
| State: | New York |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $74,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Nelson Thomas of Thomas & Solomon LLP |
| Case: | US v. PHH Corp. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Qui Tam |
| State: | New York |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $73,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David R. Stickney of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP; Lester R. Hooker of Saxena White, P.A. |
| Case: | In re Rayonier Inc. Securities Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| State: | Florida |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $69,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David C. Apy of Attorney General of the State of NJ |
| Case: | Hoffman v. Volkswagen AG |
| Type: | Consumer Fraud, Pollution |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 25 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Texas |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $60,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chad A. Readler of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | US v. IPC The Hospitalist Inc., et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Qui Tam, Healthcare Fraud |
| State: | Illinois |
| 27 | |
| 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; Jon L. Norinsberg of Norinsberg Law |
| Case: | Stinson v. City Of New York |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Conspiracy, Fraud, Police Misconduct, Unreasonable Search and Seizure |
| State: | New York |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $56,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sharan Nirmul, Richard A. Russo Jr., Jennifer L. Joost, Darren J. Check of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP; Joshua A. Katz, James D. Sallah, Jeffrey Cox of Sallah Astarita & Cox; Joseph E. White, Lester R. Hooker of Saxena White, P.A. |
| Case: | In Re: Ocwen Financial Corporation Securities Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Economic Loss, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud |
| State: | Florida |
| 29 | |
| 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 |
| State: | New York |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $47,780,780.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Murphy, Jennifer W. Dienhart, Bradford B. Grabske of Murphy & Evertz, LLP |
| Case: | Nyenhuis Family Investments L.L.C. v. County of San Bernardino |
| Type: | Inverse Condemnation, Property Rights, Real Estate |
| State: | California |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $45,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Channing D. Phillips, Chad A. Readler of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | US v. Ca Inc. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud, Qui Tam |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $43,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Henry Gradstein , Maryann R. Marzano of Gradstein & Marzano, P.C.; Stephen E. Morrissey, Steven G. Sklaver, Krysta K. Pachman of Susman Godfrey LLP |
| Case: | Ferrick, et al. v. Spotify USA Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property Infringement |
| State: | New York |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Kelly, Sean Tonolli, Mike Wheatley, Bradley Bondi of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | U.S.A. v. Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. |
| Type: | Pollution |
| State: | Florida |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $37,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Deborah S. Chang, Patrick K. Gunning, Brian J. Panish, Austin G. Ward of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Allen v. Over & Over Ready Mix, Inc. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Maintenance |
| State: | California |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $35,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Linda D. Friedman, Suzanne E. Bish, George S. Robot, Patricia A. Bronte of Stowell & Friedman, Ltd. |
| Case: | Slaughter, et al. v. Wells Fargo Advisors LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment |
| State: | Illinois |
| 36 | |
| 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 |
| State: | New York |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $32,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Russell Deitch; Ian L. Barlow of Federal Trade Commission |
| Case: | FTC v. Ramsey, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| State: | Florida |
| 38 | |
| 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 |
| State: | New York |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $30,990,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan I. Loevy, David B. Owens of Loevy & Loevy; Stuart J. Chanen, Henry E. Turner of Valorem Law Group; Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann, Nick Brustin, Peter J. Neufeld , Alexandra Lampert of Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP; John C. Benson of John C. Benson, Attorney |
| Case: | Richardson v. City of Chicago, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Conspiracy, Due Process Violation, Malicious Prosecution, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Emotional Distress, Police Misconduct |
| State: | Illinois |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $30,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott D. Owens of Scott D. Owens, P.A.; Bret L. Lusskin Jr. of Bret Lusskin, P.A.; Keith J. Keogh, Michael S. Hilicki of Keogh Law, Ltd. |
| Case: | Flaum, et al. v. Subway |
| Type: | Class Action, Consumer Protection |
| State: | Florida |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $30,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chris Searcy of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley |
| Case: | Edwards v. Lee Memorial Health System |
| Type: | Birth Injury, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jake Douglass, Spencer R. Lucas, Brian J. Panish, Thomas A. Schultz of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Doe Plaintiff v. Roe Truck Staffing Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury |
| State: | California |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John Rizio-Hamilton of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP |
| Case: | In Re DFC Global Corp. Sec. Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John B. Daukas, Michael K. Murray, Barry C. Hawkins of Goodwin Procter LLP |
| Case: | Wheelabrator v. City of Bridgeport |
| Type: | Tax Assessment Appeals |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 43 | |
| 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 |
| State: | New York |
| 44 | |
| 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 |
| State: | Texas |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrence A. Kellogg, Jason Kellogg of Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP; Paulino A. Nunez Jr., Frank R. Rodriguez of Rodriguez Tramont & Nunez, P.A. |
| Case: | Fernandez, et al. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Class Action, ERISA |
| State: | Florida |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $23,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Glassman, Brian J. Panish, Rahul Ravipudi of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP |
| Case: | Lee v. Pupil Transportation Cooperative |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, School Safety, Wrongful Death, Breach of Duty of Care |
| State: | California |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $23,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David S. Golub of Silver Golub & Teitell LLP |
| Case: | Cimarelli-Sanchez v. City of Milford, et al. |
| Type: | Murder, Negligent Supervision, School Safety, Wrongful Death |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 48 | |
| 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 |
| State: | New York |
| 49 | |
| 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: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $20,629,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dimitrios V. Korovilas, Jason M. Wucetich of Wucetich & Korovilas LLP |
| Case: | Habelito v. Guthy-Renker L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Deceptive Trade Practices, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Unfair Competition, Consumer Protection |
| State: | California |