Top 20 Class Action Settlements in the United States in 2018

Top 20 Class Action Settlements in the United States in 2018We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 class action settlements obtained in the United States in the year 2018. The list is comprised of cases filed either in a state or federal court. It does, however, exclude cases settled for an undisclosed amount.

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Amount: $6,240,000,000.00
Attorneys: Merrill G. Davidoff, Bart D. Cohen, Michael J. Kane of Berger & Montague PC; K. Craig Wildfang, Thomas J. Undlin, Ryan W. Marth of Robins Kaplan LLP; Bonny E. Sweeney, David W. Mitchell, Patrick J. Coughlin, Alexandra S. Bernay, Carmen A. Medici of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Case: In Re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation
Type: Antitrust Violation, Class Action, Conspiracy, Unfair Competition, Intentional Tort, Price Fixing
State: New York
2
Amount: $480,000,000.00
Attorneys: Blair A. Nicholas of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
Case: Hefler, et al. v. Wells Fargo & Co.
Type: Class Action, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort
State: California
3
Amount: $295,000,000.00
Attorneys: Steve W. Berman, Garth D. Wojtanowicz, Elizabeth A. Fegan of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP; Joseph G. Sauder, Matthew D. Schelkopf of Sauder Schelkopf, LLC
Case: In Re: Stericycle, Steri-Safe Contract Litigation
Type: Breach of Contract, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Unfair Business Practices
State: Illinois
4
Amount: $215,000,000.00
Attorneys: Steve W. Berman, Christopher R. Pitoun of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
Case: Jane Doe v. USC, et al.
Type: Assault and Battery, Class Action, Negligent Supervision, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Negligent Retention
State: California
5
Amount: $195,000,000.00
Attorneys: Andrew S. Friedman, Francis J. Balint, Jr. of Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman & Balint P.C.; Adam M. Moskowitz of The Moskowitz Law Firm
Case: Feller, et al. v. Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Type: Breach of Contract, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Deceptive Trade Practices, Insurance Bad Faith, Intentional Tort
State: California
6
Amount: $85,000,000.00
Attorneys: Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Rachel S. Brass, Joshua A. Jessen, Michael Li-Ming Wong of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Case: In Re Yahoo! Customer Security Data Breach Litigation
Type: Breach of Contract, Class Action, Fraud, Invasion of Privacy, Unfair Competition, Intentional Tort, Failure to Protect, Data Breach, Negligent Tort, Failure to Disclose
State: California
7
Amount: $54,000,000.00
Attorneys: Renae D. Steiner of Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C.; Marvin A. Miller of Miller Law LLC; Steve Shadowen of Hilliard & Shadowen LLP
Case: In Re Aggrenox Antitrust Litigation
Type: Antitrust Violation, Class Action, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort
State: Connecticut
8 (tie)
Amount: $50,000,000.00
Attorneys: Andrew D. Manitsky of Lynn, Lynn, Blackman & Manitsky, P.C.; Kit A. Pierson, Brent W. Johnson, Benjamin D. Brown, Emmy L. Levens of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC; David A. Balto of Law Offices of David A. Balto PLLC; Robert G. Abrams, Robert J. Brookhiser, Danyll W. Foix, Gregory J. Commins Jr. of Baker & Hostetler LLP
Case: Allen, et al. v. Dairy Farmers of America, et al.
Type: Antitrust Violation, Class Action, Conspiracy, Unfair Business Practices, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort
State: Vermont
8 (tie)
Amount: $50,000,000.00
Attorneys: Phillip Kim , Kevin Chan of The Rosen Law Firm P.A.
Case: Impiombato vs. BHP Billiton Limited
Type: Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Deceptive Trade Practices, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort
State: New York
9 (tie)
Amount: $45,000,000.00
Attorneys: Mark Griffin of Keller Rohrback LLP
Case: In Re Domestic Airline Travel Antitrust Litigation (American Airlines)
Type: Antitrust Violation, Class Action, Conspiracy, Consumer Fraud, Fraud, Intentional Tort, Price Fixing
State: District of Columbia
9 (tie)
Amount: $45,000,000.00
Attorneys: Gregory L. Jones of Greg Jones Law, P.A.; Robert L. Wiggins, Gregory O. Wiggins, Rocco Calamusa, Jr. of Wiggins Childs Pantazis Fisher Goldfarb, LLC
Case: Scott, et al. v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
Type: Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Gender Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State: North Carolina
10
Amount: $43,500,000.00
Attorneys: Lawrence Deutsch (PA), Shanon J. Carson, Jacob M. Polakoff of Berger & Montague PC; Joseph G. Sauder, Matthew D. Schelkopf, Joseph B. Kenney of Sauder Schelkopf, LLC
Case: Cole, et al. v. NIBCO Inc.
Type: Class Action, Product Liability, Property Damage, Defective Product, Negligent Tort
State: New Jersey
11
Amount: $40,000,000.00
Attorneys: Marc M. Seltzer of Susman Godfrey LLP; Andrew J. Entwistle of Entwistle & Cappucci LLP
Case: Timber Hill LLC v. Pershing Square Capital Management L.P., et al.
Type: Class Action, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort
State: California
12
Amount: $36,500,000.00
Attorneys: John C. Browne of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
Case: MPERS v. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc., et al.
Type: Class Action, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort
State: Vermont
13
Amount: $29,950,000.00
Attorneys: Robert M. Rothman of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Case: IN RE PLY Gem Holdings Inc. Securities Litigation
Type: Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Deceptive Trade Practices, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort
State: New York
14
Amount: $27,000,000.00
Attorneys: John C. Browne of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
Case: Levy, et al. v. Gutierrez, et al.
Type: Class Action, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort, Omission of Material Facts, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Failure to Disclose
State: New Hampshire
15
Amount: $20,800,000.00
Attorneys: John Vagelato, Michael J. Goldberger of U.S. Attorney's Office
Case: USA, et al. v. City of New York
Type: Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Gender Discrimination
State: New York
16 (tie)
Amount: $19,700,000.00
Attorneys: Peter Prieto, John Gravante, Matthew P. Weinshall, Alissa Del Riego of Podhurst Orseck, LLP; Daniel Alberstone, Jonas P. Mann, Roland Tellis of Baron & Budd, P.C.
Case: Schreiber, et al. v. Ally Financial
Type: Breach of Contract, Class Action
State: Florida
16 (tie)
Amount: $19,700,000.00
Attorneys: Robert W. Murphy of Murphy Law Firm (FL); Seth R. Lesser of Klafter Olsen & Lesser LLP; Cary L. Flitter of Flitter Milz, P.C.; Robert E. Duff of The Law Office of Robert E. Duff
Case: McCalvin, et al. v. Condor Holdco Securitization Trust, et al.
Type: Class Action, Deceptive Trade Practices, Consumer Protection, Debt Collection
State: Pennsylvania
17
Amount: $19,500,000.00
Attorneys: Glen DeValerio of Berman DeValerio
Case: Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Insulet Corp., et al.
Type: Class Action, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort
State: Massachusetts
18
Amount: $18,500,000.00
Attorneys: Peter E. Borkon of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
Case: Nallagonda v. Osiris Therapeutics Inc.
Type: Class Action, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort, Omission of Material Facts
State: Maryland
19 (tie)
Amount: $17,000,000.00
Attorneys: Lionel Z. Glancy, Robert V. Prongay, Robert V. Prongay, Lesley F. Portnoy, Charles H. Linehan of Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP; Daniel S. Sommers, S. Douglas Bunch of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC
Case: Schwartz v. Opus Bank
Type: Class Action, Deceptive Trade Practices, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort, Constructive Fraud
State: California
19 (tie)
Amount: $17,000,000.00
Attorneys: Yolanda French Lollis, Adrian M. Lowe, Ronda B. Goldfein of AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania; Shanon J. Carson, John Albanese, E. Michelle Drake, Sarah R. Schalman-Bergen of Berger & Montague PC; Sally Friedman, Monica Webly, Karla M. Lopez of Legal Action Center
Case: Beckett, et al. v. Aetna Inc.
Type: Breach of Contract, Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Deceptive Trade Practices, Invasion of Privacy, Unjust Enrichment, Consumer Protection, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort
State: Pennsylvania
20
Amount: $16,750,000.00
Attorneys: Michael C. Subit of Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP; Matt Dunn, Dan Getman of Getman, Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC
Case: Thomas, et al. v. Kellogg Co., et al.
Type: Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State: Washington
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