On March 13, 2026, U.S. District Judge Kymberly K. Evanson of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington named DiCello Levitt as Lead Counsel in Smith v. F5, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:25‑cv‑02619‑KKE, a federal securities class action brought on behalf of investors who purchased F5 securities between October 28, … Continued
NEW YORK — DiCello Levitt, along with co-counsel Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray LLC, has filed an antitrust class action lawsuit alleging that the nation’s largest fertilizer producers conspired to fix, raise, and maintain prices for critical agricultural fertilizers, forcing U.S. farmers to pay artificially inflated prices. Filed in the United States District Court … Continued
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The South Carolina Court of Appeals has denied United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC’s attempt to force Greenville Water into arbitration, clearing the way for the public utility’s lawsuit over allegedly defective ductile iron pipe to continue in court. In an unpublished opinion issued March 12, the Court of Appeals affirmed … Continued
WASHINGTON – DiCello Levitt is pleased to announce that J. Gordon Bergstresser has been promoted to partner. Gordon has established himself as a leader in electronically stored information (ESI), developing discovery strategies that give DiCello Levitt’s clients a decisive advantage in complex litigation. His experience spans a wide range of industries, including data privacy, internet … Continued
CLEVELAND — March 10, 2026 — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has denied qualified immunity to a Northeast Ohio police officer who fatally shot a father of three in a sniper‑style shooting through a wooden privacy fence without warning during a New Year’s Eve celebration. The decision allows a jury to … Continued
By Adam J. Levitt, Mark DiCello, and Diandra “Fu” Debrosse This is the second installment of a two-part series. Part 1 can be found here. Published in Law360 on March 9, 2026. © Copyright 2026, Portfolio Media, Inc., publisher of Law360. Reprinted here with permission. Modern multidistrict litigation practice is designed to centralize discovery, coordinate pretrial proceedings and impose order … Continued
By Jennifer S. Bankston Originally published in ABA Journal on March 4, 2026. Reprinted here with permission. A couple of months ago, I had an unexpected exchange with my 15-year-old daughter that perfectly captured some of my hopes for the future. “Act chalant,” she said to her friend. My ears perked up. “You mean ‘nonchalant,’ right?” I … Continued
By Adam J. Levitt, Mark DiCello, and Diandra “Fu” Debrosse This is the first installment of a two-part series. Part 2 can be found here. Published in Law360 on March 6, 2026. © Copyright 2026, Portfolio Media, Inc., publisher of Law360. Reprinted here with permission. For years, the default advice from many mass tort law firms has been … Continued
DiCello Levitt Partner Dan Schwartz is quoted in a Virigina Lawyers Weekly article, “Courts Should Look to Rule 23 for Class Certification Decisions.” The article highlights a February 9 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reviving a case challenging Navy Federal Credit Union’s mortgage lending practices. Chicago attorney Daniel R. Schwartz of DiCello Levitt, … Continued
