Category: Press Releases

DiCello Levitt Co-Founding Partner Adam J. Levitt and Lieff Cabraser Partner Jonathan D. Selbin Named Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel for Plaintiffs in Mercedes-Benz Subframe Rust and Corrosion Product Defect Litigation

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ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–U.S. District Court Judge Sarah E. Geraghty has issued an order in the Mercedes-Benz vehicle subframe defect lawsuit naming Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP senior partner Jonathan D. Selbin and DiCello Levitt LLC founding partner Adam J. Levitt as Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel for Plaintiffs. The lawsuit accuses the automaker of breach of warranty and … Continued

(Media Alert) Statement from Bobby DiCello, legal counsel to the family of Jayland Walker, on the convening of a grand jury this week in Akron, Ohio

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Statement from Bobby DiCello, legal counsel to the family of Jayland Walker, on the convening of a grand jury this week in Akron, Ohio to deliberate criminal charges against the eight Akron police officers who shot and killed Jayland Walker last summer: Today an Akron grand jury began its process of determining whether the officers who … Continued

Varsity Brands to Pay $43.5 Million to Settle Competitive Cheerleading Industry Antitrust Class Action

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NEW YORK, March 30, 2023 — All Star Cheerleading company Varsity Brands has agreed to pay $43.5 million to settle a long-running antitrust class action over its monopolization of the All Star Cheerleading industry. The litigation, brought by All Star gyms and All Star event spectators, accused Varsity of colluding with cheerleading governing body USASF, which … Continued

DiCello Levitt to Launch Securities Litigation Practice with Addition of Preeminent Securities Litigation Team

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Leading national plaintiffs’ law firm, DiCello Levitt, today announced that it will launch a new securities litigation practice and open its first California office as part of its ongoing strategic expansion. The firm will add a group of five leading securities class action and corporate governance lawyers from Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, including … Continued

DiCello Levitt’s “Fu” Zimmermann Appointed to Lead Litigation Against L’Oréal and Others Over Cancer-Causing Hair Relaxer Products Marketed to Minority Women

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CHICAGO, March 2, 2023 –– DiCello Levitt partner Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann today was appointed Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel in a multidistrict litigation against L’Oréal and other makers of hair relaxer products marketed primarily to Black and Latin women, alleging that such products are directly linked to uterine and ovarian cancer. The appointments, made by Judge … Continued

DiCello Levitt Represents Families of Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims as Shooter is Sentenced

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BUFFALO, February 15, 2022 – DiCello Levitt is proud to be representing the families of victims of last summer’s racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, NY, as the shooter, Payton Gendron was sentenced today by a New York State court to life in prison without parole. DiCello Levitt partners Kenneth Abbarno, Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann … Continued

DiCello Levitt Elevates Justin Hawal to Partner and Eli Hare to Senior Counsel

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CHICAGO — DiCello Levitt is pleased to announce the promotion of Justin Hawal to Partner and Eli Hare to Senior Counsel. Justin Hawal Justin Hawal’s work spans a broad range of practice areas, including product liability, mass torts, class action, civil rights, human rights, personal injury, and medical malpractice litigation. He was awarded Public Justice’s Trial Lawyer … Continued