Class Action Litigation

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Ranked among the best trial firms, DiCello Levitt’s reputation for success in class action litigation is recognized by numerous courts and professional organizations across the country. By consistently delivering innovative and impactful results to class members, our firm has led some of the largest class actions in U.S. history. We have recovered billions of dollars in damages for injured class members and clients harmed by corporate entities and executives from many of the world’s most powerful corporations in a wide range of industries, including automotive manufacturers, technology companies, financial institutions, and pharmaceutical corporations.

Our attorneys have deep knowledge and decades of experience in matters involving product liability, antitrust, securities and financial services, environmental law, biotechnology, privacy and cybersecurity, and public clients. We have achieved landmark recoveries for classes harmed by defective products, unfair competition, faulty pharmaceuticals and medical devices, data and security breaches, and other instances of corporate misconduct. Our lawyers are frequently named Lead or Co-Lead Counsel in large, consequential multidistrict litigations, and we have repeatedly triumphed at the appellate level, including in high-profile appeals that have created new law and are often cited as precedent.

DiCello Levitt is an esteemed litigation boutique noted for sophisticated representation of plaintiffs in high-value class actions. The firm offers substantial expertise in a wide range of disputes, including those involving product liability, policyholder-side insurance claims and alleged breach of contract. It is also able to advise on sophisticated issues relating to privacy and data security.

Chambers USA

Leveraging insights from the DiCello Levitt Trial Center’s focus group and jury decision-making research, our lawyers take a trial-first approach to every case, working rigorously with scientific and technical experts, market consultants, and witnesses during all stages of litigation—from pretrial to trial and on appeal—to achieve the best possible resolution for our clients, class members, and the wider public good. Our advocacy not only secures impressive settlements and verdicts for the classes we represent but also results in significant and lasting corporate changes that protect the health and safety of future consumers.

Our firm has been honored by the leading industry rankings organizations for our success in class action litigation. In 2021, Benchmark Litigation named DiCello Levitt a top plaintiffs’ firm nationwide—one of only 12 firms to be recognized—and we have received the top honor every year since. Chambers USA has repeatedly ranked our firm among the leading plaintiffs’ litigation firms nationwide and for our outstanding work in antitrust litigation, and The Legal 500 has ranked our firm for our achievements in product liability, mass tort, and class action litigation.

Representative Matters

Alaska Electrical Pension Fund v. Bank of America Corp.

DiCello Levitt attorneys served as Class Counsel and secured $504.5 million in settlements from major dealer banks to resolve claims alleging a conspiracy to manipulate ISDAFIX, a key benchmark for valuing various interest rate derivatives.

NCUA Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Actions

DiCello Levitt attorneys served as Lead Counsel in more than a dozen high-profile securities actions that the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) brought against international investment banks for alleged misrepresentations made to investors in connection with subprime-backed residential mortgage securities. Those actions were resolved through settlements totaling more than $4.5 billion.

In re Navistar MaxxForce Engines Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation

DiCello Levitt secured a $135 million settlement—a landmark result in the trucking industry—as Co-Lead Counsel for a class of truck owners and lessees in this multidistrict class action lawsuit alleging that Navistar’s model year 2011–2014 vehicles were equipped with defective MaxxForce diesel engines.

In re Honda Idle Stop Litigation

DiCello Levitt represents consumers in class actions against Honda Motor Co. and its American subsidiary alleging that certain Honda and Acura vehicles contain a defect in their automatic idle-stop systems that can cause engines to stall and fail to restart, leaving vehicles unexpectedly inoperable. The firm secured class certification for thirteen statewide classes and largely defeated Honda’s motion for summary judgment before trial, ultimately reaching a nationwide settlement providing injunctive relief valued at approximately $269 million.

James S. Powell, II, et al. v. General Motors LLC

DiCello Levitt was appointed Lead Counsel, alongside three other firms, in a consolidated nationwide class action involving catastrophic engine failures in General Motors vehicles equipped with the 6.2-liter L87 V8 engine. The litigation brings together twelve actions filed on behalf of vehicle owners who experienced low-mileage engine failures allegedly caused by a defect in GM’s 6.2-liter engines.

In re Eaton Fire Litigation

DiCello Levitt represents residents and property owners affected by the devastating Eaton Fire in Los Angeles, alleging that Southern California Edison Company’s failure to maintain its electrical grid and de-energize power lines during known fire weather conditions caused the wildfire. The firm filed a class action on behalf of thousands of individuals and entities who suffered economic losses or property damage and was later appointed Interim Class Counsel to co-lead all proposed class actions seeking damages from the disaster, one of the most destructive wildfires in California history.