Category: Press Releases

DiCello Levitt Partner Corban S. Rhodes Appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in Data Breach Class Action Impacting More Than 10M Consumers

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CHICAGO—The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Wednesday appointed DiCello Levitt Partner Corban S. Rhodes to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in Bishop v. Maximus Federal Services, Inc., (Case 1:23-cv-01019-DJN-LRV), a class action impacting more than 10 million consumers in a massive data breach involving the file transfer developer MOVEit. This data breach, dubbed by … Continued

Pharmaceutical Companies Violated Consumer Protection Laws, Committed Fraud by Selling Medicine Containing Ineffective Nasal Decongestant, According to New Lawsuit

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CHICAGO—The nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies violated state consumer protection laws, defrauded consumers, and wrongly enriched themselves by selling and marketing products containing a common ingredient in over-the-counter cold medicines they knew to be ineffective, according to a class action lawsuit filed today in New Jersey federal court. The complaint is among the first … Continued

DiCello Levitt Partner Amy Keller Appointed Co-Lead Counsel of Nationwide Data Breach Case Impacting 4.8M Consumers

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CHICAGO—The United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia on Wednesday appointed Amy Keller, chair of DiCello Levitt’s Privacy, Technology, and Cybersecurity practice, as co-lead counsel in the national data breach case Savannah Kolstedt, et al v. TMX Finance Corporate Services Inc. (Case: 4:23-cv-00076-RSB-CLR). She will lead the case with two other women … Continued

DiCello Levitt, Hausfeld File Significant Lawsuit Against Corporate Landlords Over Nationwide Price Fixing Scheme Affecting Residents of Manufactured Homes

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CHICAGO—In a case of nationwide significance against nine manufactured home community management companies and one manufactured home market data provider, the plaintiffs allege that they suffered substantial financial losses due to their landlords’ conspiracy to fix, raise, and systematically inflate manufactured home (also referred to as mobile home) lot rental prices at more than 150 … Continued

Eight Akron Police Officers Who Killed Jayland Walker Used Excessive Force, Police Department Has Fostered a Culture of Violence and Racism, According to New Federal Lawsuit

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AKRON, Ohio, June 16, 2023 – Today the family of Jayland Walker filed a lawsuit in Ohio federal court against the City of Akron and the eight officers that brutally shot and killed him last summer. The suit, filed by the family through their legal counsel at DiCello Levitt, claims the officers used excessive force … Continued

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