Faruqi & Faruqi Scores Big Lead Counsel Win in Folgers Coffee MDL
Chief Judge Beth Phillips, Western District of Missouri, today appointed Faruqi & Faruqi co-lead counsel for the putative class of consumers in the Folgers ground coffee false advertising cases. The decision comes after the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict ...
FARUQI & FARUQI, LLP, APPOINTED SOLE LEAD COUNSEL TO LEAD TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS SECURITIES LITIGATION
On March 26, 2021, United States District Court Judge Karen Spencer Marston of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania appointed Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP as sole lead counsel and its client Mr. Gerald Forsythe the individual ...
Features: Robert W. Killorin, James M. Wilson, Jr.
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Announces Final Approval of a $2 Million Settlement in Sterrett v. Sonim Techs., Inc.
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is pleased to announce that the Court has granted final approval of the settlement in Sterrett v. Sonim Techs., Inc., et al., No. 3:19-cv-06416-MMC (N.D. Cal.), a federal securities class action. Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP serves as Class ...
Features: Katherine M. Lenahan
FARUQI TEAM MEMBER CAROLYN MCGUIGAN WINS PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL TRIAL COMPETITION
We would like to congratulate Faruqi & Faruqi legal intern, and future Associate, Carolyn McGuigan on winning the Region 6 championship of the National Trial Competition (NTC). The NTC was established in 1975 and is the most prestigious trial competition ...
Class Certification Again Upheld in Suboxone
In a January opinion, Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania roundly rejected yet another attempt by Defendant Reckitt Benckiser, Inc. to decertify a class of direct purchasers in Suboxone. ...
Faruqi & Faruqi Defeats Motion to Dismiss in Pet Food Mislabeling Case
On December 30, 2020, Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP successfully defeated a motion to dismiss in a class action brought against Big Heart Pet Brands, Inc., the maker of Nature's Recipe®. The case is brought by a California consumer alleging that the company deceptively ...
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is proud to be re-certified as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE)
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is proud to be re-certified as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) through the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation's largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the US. ...
Features: Lubna M. Faruqi
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, Appointed Sole Lead Counsel to Lead Allergan Securities Litigation
On December 7, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge Colleen McMahon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York appointed Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP as sole lead counsel and its client DeKalb County Pension Fund ("DeKalb") ...
Features: Robert W. Killorin, James M. Wilson, Jr.
$120 Million Antitrust Settlement for Direct Purchasers of Birth Control Pills Loestrin 24 Fe and Minastrin 24 Fe Receives Final Approval
On September 1, 2020, Chief Judge William E. Smith of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island granted final approval to a $120 million settlement of antitrust claims asserted on behalf of a certified class of direct purchasers ...
REZA REZVANI NAMED FELLOW OF LITIGATION COUNSEL OF AMERICA
New York attorney Reza Rezvani, of the law firm Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, has been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (the "LCA"). Reza is a partner of the firm's personal injury litigation department. A 1998 graduate of Binghamton ...
Reza Rezvani Named 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyer
Reza Rezvani has been selected to the 2020 New York Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, ...
FARUQI & FARUQI, LLP FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST NINTENDO OVER SWITCH’S JOY-CON DRIFT
On October 5th, 2020, Faruqi & Faruqi filed a consumer protection and false advertising class action against Nintendo of America Inc., regarding a defect in its Switch Joy-Con gaming console controllers. The defect, also known as "Joy-Con Drift" to gamers, ...
Faruqi & Faruqi Class Counsel in Restasis MDL. Court Certifies Direct Purchaser Settlement Class and Grants Final Approval to $51.25 Million Settlement.
In an Opinion and Order entered on October 7, 2020, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Gershon, J.) certified a settlement class of direct purchasers of brand Restasis (cyclosporine) eye drops and granted final approval ...
Features: Bradley J. Demuth
Faruqi & Faruqi Defeats Motion To Dismiss In Investor Class Action Against Ideanomics
On September 25, 2020, Judge George B. Daniels of the Southern District of New York denied Defendant Ideanomics, Inc.'s ("Ideanomics") motion to dismiss Lead Plaintiff's amended securities class action complaint (the "Complaint"). In its order, the Court ...
Nikola Update: Trevor Milton Resigns
Nikola Corporation ("Nikola" or "the Company") founder Trevor Milton, a named defendant in a securities class action recently filed against Nikola and certain of its executives, resigned from his position as Executive Chairman on September 20. Faruqi ...
Features: Katherine M. Lenahan
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is Actively Monitoring Nikola Corporation
Nikola Corporation ("Nikola") claims to manufacturer and design battery-electric vehicles, hydrogen-electric vehicles, and hydrogen fueling stations. Trevor Milton, who has been active on social media about sustainable energy, founded Nikola in 2015. ...
Features: James M. Wilson, Jr.
Faruqi & Faruqi Commences Class Action Against Anheuser-Busch
On September 11, 2020, Faruqi & Faruqi filed a consumer protection and false advertising class action against Anheuser-Busch for the deceptive marketing and sale of its Ritas™ Margarita, Mojito, Rosé, and Sangria beverages. The complaint alleges that ...
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Recovers $120 Million Settlement in Loestrin Antitrust Litigation
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District Court Grants Final Approval of $120 Million Settlement in Loestrin, Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, Co-Lead Counsel
On August 27, 2020, Chief Judge William E. Smith of the District of Rhode Island granted final approval of a $120 million settlement of antitrust claims asserted on behalf of a certified class of direct purchasers of the drug Loestrin in In re Loestrin ...
Direct Purchaser Class Certified in Zetia MDL
In an order entered on August 21, 2020 in the Zetia (Ezetimibe) Antitrust Litigation MDL, Senior United States District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith overruled Defendants' objections and adopted and approved in full United States Magistrate Judge Douglas ...
Features: Bradley J. Demuth