Class Action and Consumer Litigation
We aggressively target corporate practices that exploit and injure consumers. Siprut PC and its attorneys have been appointed lead or co-lead class counsel in some of the largest and most complex class actions in the country, and have recovered tens of millions of dollars on behalf of consumers nationwide.
We aggressively target corporate practices that exploit and injure consumers. Siprut PC and its attorneys have been appointed lead or co-lead class counsel in some of the largest and most complex class actions in the country, and have recovered tens of millions of dollars on behalf of consumers nationwide.
The subject matter of class action lawsuits can vary widely. Some examples of cases that we can pursue as a class action include:
- Computer and internet privacy concerns.
- Injuries caused by a defective product, including dangerous medications.
- Ineffectual products that do not deliver the promised results.
- Deceptive marketing or advertising, unfair business practices, fraud and other
deceptive conduct. - Violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and other unlawful debt
collection practices. - Systemic violations of employee rights at the workplace, such as discrimination,
retaliation, and the failure to pay overtime.
Representative class actions include:
- In re Southwest Airlines Voucher Litigation (Case No. 11-cv-8176, N.D. Ill.): Appointed lead counsel in nationwide class action relating to Southwest's unilateral cancellation of drink vouchers paid for by business select travelers. Settlement valued up to $58 Million preliminarily approved.
- Foos v. Ann, Inc. (Case No. 11-cv-02794-L-MDD, S.D. Cal.): Appointed lead counsel in class action settlement on behalf of California consumers for violations of the Song-Beverly Act. Settlement valued at $2,323,500.
- Arrington, et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (Case No. 11-cv-06356, N.D. Ill.): Appointed co-lead interim class counsel in a nationwide class action against the NCAA on behalf of current and former collegiate athletes.
- Kruse, et al. v. Citigroup, Inc. (Case No. 11-cv-01003-AG-AN, C.D. CA): Appointed lead counsel in a nationwide class action against Citigroup for a massive data breach exposing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of consumers nationwide.
- Golba v. Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (Case No. 30-2011-00472227, CA Superior Ct.): Class action relating to Dick's collection of consumers' personally identifiable information in violation of the California Song-Beverly Act.
- Lloyd v. Employment Crossing d/b/a LawCrossing (Case No. BC-491068, CA Superior Ct.): Class action settlement on behalf of California consumers for violations of California's Automatic Purchase Renewal Act.
- Banakus v. United Continental Holdings, et al. (Case No. 12-cv-06244, N.D. Ill.): Nationwide class action pertaining to United's unilateral, retroactive devaluation of the benefits earned by premier members.
- Worix v. MedAssets, Inc. (Case No. 11-cv-08088, N.D. Ill.): Nationwide class action relating to the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing the PII of 82,000 patients from three different hospital systems across the nation.
- Hodsdon, et al. v. DirecTV, LLC (Case No. 12-cv-02827-JSW, N.D. Cal.): Nationwide class action lawsuit arising out of DirecTV's indefinite and undisclosed retention of former customers' sensitive personal information, in violation of federal telecommunications laws as well as state consumer privacy laws.
- Burton v. Time Warner Cable, Inc. (Case No. 12-cv-06764-JAK-AJW, C.D. Cal.): Nationwide class action lawsuit arising out of Time Warner's indefinite and undisclosed retention of former customers' sensitive personal information, in violation of federal telecommunications laws as well as state consumer privacy laws.
- Freas v. RCN Corp. (Case No. 12-cv-04265, N.D. Ill.): Nationwide class action lawsuit arising out of RCN's indefinite and undisclosed retention of former customers' sensitive personal information, in violation of federal telecommunications laws as well as state consumer privacy laws
- Bayer, et al. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (Case No. 12-cv-02826-YGR, N.D. Cal.): Nationwide class action lawsuit arising out of Comcast's indefinite and undisclosed retention of former customers' sensitive personal information, in violation of federal telecommunications laws as well as state consumer privacy laws
- Williams v. TCF National Bank (Case No. 12-cv-05115, N.D. Ill.): Nationwide class action pertaining to the unilateral reordering or debit card transactions to maximize overdraft fees collected by the bank.
- Smith v. First American Commercial Bancorp. (Case No. 12-CH-23326, Ill. Cir. Ct.): Nationwide class action pertaining to the unilateral reordering or debit card transactions to maximize overdraft fees collected by the bank.
- Freeza et al v. Google, Inc. (Case No. 12-cv-00237-RMW, N.D. Cal.): Nationwide consumer privacy and breach-of-contract class-action lawsuit relating to deceptive terms of promotional offer for "Google Tags" advertising service, as well as Google's indefinite and unlawful retention of customer credit-card information after cancellation of Tags service
- Astor Professional Search, LLC v. MegaPath, Inc. (Case No. 12-cv-02313, N.D. Ill.): Nationwide class action related to MegaPath's failure to alert customers of e-mail deliverability problems.
- Garavito v. Suntrust Mortgage, et al. (Case No. 11-cv-06056, N.D. IL): Nationwide class action relating to Suntrust's home loan modification practices.
- Heiman v. Bank of America, NA, and BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP (Case No. 11-cv-04285, N.D. IL): Nationwide class action relating to Bank of America's home loan modification practices.
- Yuncker v. Pandora Media, Inc. (Case No. 11-cv-3113-DMR, N.D. CA): Nationwide class action relating to Pandora's collection and dissemination of consumers' personally identifiable information without consent.
Additional representative class actions that the firm is currently prosecuting as lead counsel include:
In our consumer class action cases, we do not charge attorneys' fees to any class member. If we obtain a recovery on behalf of the class, we will petition the court for an award of fees and reimbursement of expenses, which will be paid directly (and separately) by the defendant, or will come out of the recovery obtained for the class.
We also take civil rights cases on a class action basis impacting the constitutional rights of federal and state citizens. Follow the link for more information on our civil rights practice.