DiCello Levitt has once again earned national recognition in the 2026 edition of Benchmark Litigation, which ranks the country’s leading litigation firms and attorneys. The firm was named a Top Plaintiff Firm and received high marks for its dispute resolution work in Illinois (Recommended) and its Competition/Antitrust (Tier 2) practice. Eight DiCello Levitt attorneys are … Continued
Elizabeth Carpenter, an associate in DiCello Levitt’s Environmental Litigation Practice Group, has been appointed to serve in the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Assembly, representing Cook County for the 2025–2028 term. The ISBA Assembly is the Association’s supreme policy-making body, comprising 203 attorney members elected from judicial circuits across Illinois. The Assembly meets twice annually … Continued
NEW YORK—October 17, 2025—In a landmark decision, a Manhattan federal jury has found BNP Paribas liable for its role in enabling the genocidal atrocities committed against Black African civilians in Sudan by the al-Bashir dictatorship from 1997 to 2011, paving the way for more than 20,000 Sudanese refugees living in the United States to seek … Continued
SAN DIEGO – October 15, 2025 – Kathleen Herkenhoff, a veteran litigator who has helped to secure more than $1.5 billion in recoveries for clients while advancing corporate governance reforms, has joined DiCello Levitt’s nationally recognized Securities Practice Group in San Diego. Herkenhoff has more than 30 years of experience representing government entities, institutional investors, pension funds, … Continued
CHICAGO – October 14, 2025 – On October 9, 2025, Judge Sara L. Ellis of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division appointed DiCello Levitt and Berger & Montague to serve as Co-Lead Counsel in a consolidated class action against several major rental equipment companies over allegations of price fixing … Continued
On October 1, 2025, Judge Noël Wise of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California appointed DiCello Levitt as Interim Co-Lead Counsel in a data privacy class action against Adobe. The consolidated class action, In re Adobe Data Tracking Litigation, alleges the multinational software company secretly tracks and monetizes consumers’ online … Continued
Arguing Class Actions is a monthly column by Adam J. Levitt for the National Law Journal. Reprinted with permission from the October 6, 2025, edition of the National Law Journal. © 2025 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. The most recent attacks on litigation funding (the benefits and detriments of which … Continued
David Straite, a partner in DiCello Levitt’s nationally recognized Privacy, Technology, and Cybersecurity Practice Group, is quoted in an MLex article, “TikTok divestiture addresses US security concerns, leaves privacy questions.” Straite highlights the unresolved concerns around how TikTok’s new proposed U.S. ownership will impact its practices for collecting, storing, and using personal data, especially in … Continued
JACKSON, MISS—September 29, 2025—DiCello Levitt, along with Rogers Law Group, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the family of Jaylen Lewis, a 25-year-old unarmed Black man fatally shot by Mississippi Capitol Police officers during a routine traffic stop in Jackson, Mississippi on September 25, 2022. The lawsuit alleges that officers Steven … Continued
