Class Action Lawyer
In a Class Action, one or more people called Class Representatives sue on behalf of a group of class of people who have similar claims.
Our Experience
Over half of Criden & Love’s practice involves class actions, the focus of which is on consumer fraud, breach of contract, RICO, antitrust and securities. Whether we are lead counsel, executive committee or just part of the team, Criden & Love has been involved in over a hundred class actions, some of which are listed below.
Sample Cases
Aronstein v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (D. Mass)
Criden & Love brought class action against MassMutual on behalf of a class of policyholders who purchased MassMutual annuities due to MassMutual’s failure to pay minimum guaranteed interest; Trial on March 12, 2020 – awaiting verdict.
Best v. Wilmington Trust Company (S.D. Fla.)
Criden & Love served as Lead Counsel in a state securities class action that alleged bank was a participant in Ponzi scheme; settled for $3,225,000.
Breakwater Trading v. JPMorgan Chase (S.D.N.Y.)
Criden & Love serves as Class Counsel in class action against bank, alleging violation of the Commodity Exchange Act, based on bank’s manipulation of Treasury Futures (spoofing); pending.
Fadi Dahhan v. OvaScience, Inc. (D. Mass.)
Criden & Love served as Class Counsel on behalf of investors based on defendants’ misrepresentations and omissions to investing public.
Gregersen v. One International Associates Limited Partnership (Del. Ch.)
Criden & Love served as Lead Counsel on behalf of limited partners asserting breach of contract and fiduciary duty claims against general partner that owned Miami office building; settled for $2,000,000.
Johnson v. National Western Life Ins. Co. (Michigan Circuit Court)
Criden & Love served as Lead Counsel in a consumer-fraud class action wherein it was alleged that the insurer was selling inferior annuity products to the elderly; settled for $9,700,000.
Litovich v. Bank of America, et al. (S.D.N.Y.)
Criden & Love serves as Class Counsel against major banks for fixing the price of corporate bonds in the secondary market; pending.
LJM Securities Litigation (Circuit Court, Cook County, Illinois)
Criden & Love successfully settled several class actions on behalf of investors against multiple entities responsible for the failure of LJM Funds Management, Ltd. and LJM Partners, Ltd.
Macias v. TD Bank, N.A. (D.N.J.)
Criden & Love served as Co-Lead Counsel against bank for improperly counting change in their coin counting machines. (settled for $7,500,000)
Mase & Lara v. Archive America, Inc. (Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida)
Represented law firm against storage company for deceptive practices; settled for $460,000.
Mogollon v. Bank of New York Mellon (D.N.J.)
Criden & Love brought class action against The Bank of New York Mellon on behalf of all individuals who purchased certificates of deposit from Stanford International Bank Limited based on the Bank of New York Mellon’s role in facilitating the Stanford Ponzi scheme; pending.
Vista Healthplan, Inc. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and American Bioscience (D.D.C.)
Criden & Love served as Lead Counsel on behalf of insurers in pay-for-delay antitrust class action involving the cancer drug Taxol; settled for more than $15,000,000.
VistaHealthplan v. Cephalon, Inc (E.D. Pa.)
Criden & Love served as Co-Lead Counsel on behalf of consumers and insurers in pay-for-delay antitrust case involving the drug Provigil; settled for $65,877,600.