Grant & Eisenhofer Successfully Swipes Overstock’s Card Scheme In $3M Whistleblower Litigation
Last week, Grant & Eisenhofer won a jury verdict on behalf of a whistleblower who exposed a scheme by Overstock.com to avoid reporting and remitting to Delaware millions of dollars in dormant gift cards. Stuart Grant, who recently retired as managing director of...
Gair Secures Record-Setting Sexual Abuse Settlement Against The Catholic Church
Last week, New York personal injury law firm Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf secured what is believed to be the largest individual settlement on record on behalf of an individual arising out of sexual abuse in the Catholic...
San Francisco IP Firm Secures $10.5M Settlement for Knee Implant Maker
Conformis, Inc. announced this week that it had entered into a settlement and license agreement with Smith & Nephew that resolves all patent disputes between the two companies. Conformis is a medical technology company that uses its proprietary iFit...
Outten & Golden Leads Charge in Job Seeker Class Action, Secures Third Circuit Rules in Plaintiffs’ Favor
The Third Circuit ruled last week that job applicants have standing to sue under the Fair Credit Reporting Act in a criminal history lawsuit brought by plaintiffs against their prospective employer, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the...
Clouse Brown Recovers Former TX Pastor’s Retirement Earnings
A former executive pastor is praising Clouse Brown PLLC in the Dallas-based employment law boutique’s lawyers’ abilities to secure a verdict in his favor for millions in retirement benefits for him and his wife. Last week, a Tarrant County, Texas jury delivered a $3.7...
Dallas-based IP Firm Wins $8.2 Infringement Verdict Against J&J Subsidiary
In late August, Dallas-based intellectual property and business litigation law firm Caldwell Cassady & Curry won a $8.2 million patent infringement verdict for Acantha LLC against medical device manufacturer DePuy Synthes, a subsidiary of health care giant Johnson...