Notice Date Case Number Case Name Summary of Fairness Hearing Date For more information 8-2-2017 (S.D.N.Y.) Westchester Putnam Counties Heavy & Highway Laborers Local 60 Benefits Funds v. Brixmor Property Group, Inc., et al. Re Defendants: Michael Carroll, Michael Pappagallo, and Steven Splain The Complaint alleges that throughout the class period, Brixmor’s most senior officers deliberately falsified one of the Company’s most important publicly-reported financial metrics. Specifically, the Complaint alleges that Defendants fraudulently manipulated Brixmor’s quarterly same property net operating income, falsely portraying the growth in the metric as consistent and stable when in reality it fluctuated. The Complaint further alleges that Brixmor’s stock price was artificially inflated as a result of Defendants’ false and misleading statements, and that Brixmor’s stock price declined when the truth regarding Defendants’ alleged misrepresentations was revealed. 12-6-2017 For more inforamtion write to: Saxena White Lester R. Hooker 5200 Town Center Circle Suite 601 Boca Raton, FL 33486 8-7-2017 16-CV-01958 (N.D. Cal.) Everett Castillo, Linda Castillo, Nicholas Dattoma, Freda Land, Wendy Tran, and Steve Wilk v. Seagate Technology LLC Plaintiffs allege that certain Employees were informed that unknown individuals had filed fraudulent tax returns in their names with the Internal Revenue Service, and state taxing authorities. Plaintiffs also allege that certain of those Employees learned that the fraudulent tax returns were jointly filed, on behalf of themselves and their spouses, and Not set yet For more information call: 1 866-677-2607 (Ph.)
Rainbow Business Solutions, d/b/a Precision Tune Auto Care, et al. v. MBF Leasing LLC, et al. Re Defendants: Northern Leasing Systems, Inc., MBF Leasing LLC, Northern Funding LLC, Jay Cohen, Lenoard Mezei, Sara Krieger, Sam Buono, and SKS Associates, LLC Plaintiffs allege that during the period from 3-26-2006 to 2010, Leasing Defendants used an inflated cost to assess personal property taxes on leased equipment. In particular, Plaintiffs claim that Leasing Defendants did not use the actual “equipment cost” but rather an “acquisition cost” that improperly included commissions paid to sales agents, who induced class members to enter into the leases. Plaintiffs allege violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act; fraud, deceit and/or misrepresentation; negligent misrepresentation; conversion; breach of contract; breach of the duty of good faith; false advertising under California Business and Professions Code sections 17500, et seq.; and unfair business practices under California Business and Professions Code sections 17200, et seq. For more information write to: Gutride Safier LLP 100 Pine Street Suite 1250 San Francisco, CA 94111 Claim Administrator at Northern Leasing Settlement c/o A.B. Data, Ltd. P.O. Box 173043 Milwaukee, WI 53217 8-17-2017 (N.D. Cal.) Ubaldi v. SLM Corporation Re Defendants: Navient Solutions, LLC (“NSL”, Navient Corporation, and SLM PC Student Loan Trust 2004-A (“2004-A Trust”) Plaintiff alleges that Defendants charged Class Members late fees that were in excess of Not set yet For more information write to: Andrew Friedman Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC
the amount they were entitled to charge under the law. The Class Representatives assert claims against Defendants for violation of The Unfair Competition Law, California Business and Professions Code § 17200, et seq. 1100 New York Avenue 500 Washington, D.C. 8-18-2017 16-CV-81911 (S.D. Fla.) Matthew Gottlieb v. CITGO Petroleum Corporation The lawsuit alleges that CITGO sent text messages to Plaintiff’s wireless telephone number without prior express written consent in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 (“TCPA”); and seeks actual and statutory damages under the TCPA on behalf of the named Plaintiff and a class of all individuals in the United States. Not set yet For more information write to: Jeff Ostrow Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Gilbert 1 West Las Olas Suite 500 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 8-18-2017 16-CV-08637 (S.D. Fla.) In re: Broiler Chicken Antitrust – Maplevale Farms, Inc. and John Gross and Company, Inc., et al v. Fieldale Farms Corporation, et al. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants and their co-conspirators conspired to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize the price of Broilers. The principal (but not exclusive) method by which Defendants implemented and executed their conspiracy was by coordinating their output and limited production with the intent and expected result of increasing prices of Broilers in the United States. In furtherance of their conspiracy, Defendants exchanged detailed, competitively sensitive, and closely-guarded non-public information about prices, capacity, sales volume, and demand, Not set yet For more information write, call, fax or W. Joseph Bruckner M. Silton Elizabeth R. Odette Brain D. Clark Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P. 100 Washington Avenue South Suite 2200 Menneapolis, MN 55401 612 339-6900 (Ph.) 612 339-0981 (Fax)
to enforce the MX System Assessment, and that the Developer misrepresented the MX System Assessment in connection with the sales of Lots. 8-25-2017 14-CV-81057 (S.D. Fla.) In re: Ocwen Financial Corporation Securities Litigation Plaintiff filed its Consolidated Class Action Complaint asserting claims that Defendants issued misrepresentations and omissions during the Class Period (i.e., 5-2-2013 through 2014, inclusive) regarding Ocwen’s compliance with regulations imposed upon Ocwen by regulators, including the New York Department of Financial Services and the National Mortgage Settlement, and in connection with Ocwen’s policies, practices and procedures over its transactions with other entities chaired by Defendant William C. Erbey (“Erbey”). Not set yet For more information write to: Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP Sharan Nirmul Richard A. Russo, Jr. 280 King of Prussia Road Radnor, PA 8-25-2017 13-CV-1330 (W.D. Mich.) Pryor v. Law Offices of Timothy E. Baxter & Associates, PC, et al. Re Defendants: PC, Midland Funding LLC, Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Encore Capital Group, Inc. Plaintiffs allege that Defendant Law Offices of Timothy E. Baxter & Associates, P.C. attempted to collect the judgments on behalf of its clients, including Defendant Midland Funding, LLC. Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Encore Capital Group, Inc. were also named as Defendants. Plaintiffs contend that in initiating post judgment garnishments, Not set yet For more information write or call: Kevin Jame Rogers Law Office of Phillip C. Rogers 6140 28th Street., SE Suite 115 Grand Rapids, MI 49546 616 776-1176 (Ph.) Michael O. Nelson