Top 20 Settlements in the United States in 2018
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| 1 | |
| 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: | $4,900,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin D. O’Connell, Brian M. LaMacchia, Elianna J. Nuzum, Steven T. Sharobem, Sara M. Bloom of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. Royal Bank of Scotland |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, False Claims Act, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Racketeering, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, FIRREA Violation, Negligent Tort, Failure to Disclose |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | F. Franklin Amanat, Matthew R. Belz, Charles S. Kleinberg, Evan P. Lestelle, Matthew J. Modafferi of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA vs. Barclays Capital Inc. |
| Type: | Deceptive Trade Practices, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation |
| State: | New York |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $850,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan I. Gilbert, Alethea M. Huyser of Office of the Attorney General |
| Case: | State of Minnesota v. 3M Company |
| Type: | Pollution, Toxic Exposure, Nuisance, Environmental Protection, Clean Water Act , Trespass, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Minnesota |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $500,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hannah K. Flamenbaum, Steven J. Glassman, Jesse A. Devine, Melissa G. Gable of Attorney General of the State of NY |
| Case: | Schneiderman v. RBS Financial Products Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Deceptive Trade Practices, Securities Fraud, Negligent Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 6 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $480,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph H. Hunt of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. Nomura Holding America Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Deceptive Trade Practices, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Gross Negligence |
| State: | New York |
| 6 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $408,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel L. Brockett of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP; David W. Mitchell of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Christopher M. Burke of Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP |
| Case: | Alaska Electrical Pension Fund v. Bank of America N.A |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Securities Fraud, Tortious Interference, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $400,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amy H. Candido, Sean S. Pak, Kathleen M. Sullivan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP |
| Case: | Cisco Systems v. Arista Networks Inc. |
| Type: | Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property Infringement, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $358,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tara D. Sutton of Robins Kaplan LLP; Adam M. Slater of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman LLC; Troy A. Rafferty of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A.; Christopher L. Coffin of Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, LLP |
| Case: | In Re Benicar Products Liability Litigation |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Pharmacy Malpractice, Product Liability |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $330,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan Kessler of Attorney General of the State of NY |
| Case: | Underwood v. Sprint Communications Inc., et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Whistleblower Retaliation, Intentional Tort, Tax Fraud |
| State: | New York |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $299,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter Prieto of Podhurst Orseck, LLP |
| Case: | In Re Takata Airbag Product Liability Litigation |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Defective Product |
| State: | Florida |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $260,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph H. Hunt of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. HMA Inc. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud, Qui Tam, Kickback, Health Care Fraud, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $230,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven J. Glassman, Cynthia Hanawalt of Office of the Attorney General, NY |
| Case: | Schneiderman v. UBS Securities LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Fraud, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $225,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher S. Porrino, Richard F. Engel of Attorney General of the State of NJ; Allan Kanner, Elizabeth B. Petersen, Allison Brouk (Shipp) of Kanner & Whiteley, L.L.C |
| Case: | NJ DEP v. Exxon Mobil Corp. |
| Type: | Pollution, Nuisance, Environmental Protection, Natural Resources, Trespass, Strict Liability |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $196,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gurbir Grewal of Attorney General of the State of NJ |
| Case: | Grewal v. Equilon Enterprises, et al. |
| Type: | Pollution, Toxic Exposure, Environmental Protection, Clean Water Act |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 17 | |
| 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 |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $180,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Karen L. Pascale, Pilar G. Kraman of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP; Philip W. Marsh, Edward Han, John E. Nilsson, Matthew M. Wolf, Marc A. Cohn of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP |
| Case: | Boston Scientific Corp., et al. v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Delaware |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $160,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann, Edward S. Goldis of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP; Andrew R. Duffy, Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Benjamin J. Baer of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky PC; Kenneth F. Fulginiti, Thomas J. Duffy, Sarah F. Dooley of Duffy + Fulginiti |
| Case: | Galdamez, et al. v. U-Haul Co. of Pennsylvania, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Burn Injury, Defective Product, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $148,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Xavier Becerra, Niklas Akers, Stacey Schesser, Lisa Kim of CA DOJ, Office of the Attorney General |
| Case: | The People of The State of California v. Uber Technologies Inc. |
| Type: | Fraudulent Concealment, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Intentional Tort, Data Breach |
| State: | California |