Consumer Protection

Former customers of The Associates charging that the company added on mortgage loans unwanted and unnecessary insurance products and engaged in improper loan refinancing practices.

Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel represented owners of natural gas royalties in a number of lawsuits filed against gas producers and operators. Our clients recovered more than $150 million.

Plaintiffs alleged that they and a Class of uninsured patients treated at John Muir hospitals were charged substantially more than patients with private or public insurance, and many times above the cost of providing their treatment.

In April 1996, the first of many class action lawsuits were filed against Knoll, alleging that Knoll wrongfully suppressed the publication of a study in order to protect Synthroid's market share and to maintain artificially high prices for Synthroid.

Lieff Cabraser served as Lead Class Counsel in a certified class action lawsuit on behalf of uninsured hospital patients who alleged that Scripps Health imposed excessive fees and charges for medical treatment.

Lieff Cabraser served as co-counsel for consumers that alleged manufacturers of certain gasoline-powered lawn mowers misrepresented the horsepower of the product, and were awarded a $65 million settlement in August 2010. 

In 2006, the Court granted final approval to a class action settlement on behalf of all California customers of Nextel alleging Nextel unilaterally added monthly service fees and/or changed from second-by-second billing to minute-by-minute billing.

In 2004, the Court approved a $55 million settlement of a class action lawsuit against Fairbanks Capital Corporation arising out of charges against Fairbanks of misconduct in servicing its customers' mortgage loans.

In coordination with parallel litigation brought by the California Attorney General, the consumer class actions against the state's leading title insurance companies resulted in historic, industry-wide changes to the practice of providing escrow services in real estate closings in California.

In 2010, the Court granted final approval to a $41.5 million settlement for persons and entities which paid for Vytorin between November 2002 and the date of final approval of the settlement.

Plaintiffs charged that the brokers and Property I.D. Corporation set up straw companies as a way to disguise kickbacks for referring their California clients' natural hazard disclosure report business to Property I.D.

Lieff Cabraser served as Co-Lead Counsel for a nationwide class of persons who received any sweepstakes materials sent under the name "American Family Publishers."

Lieff Cabraser served as Co-Lead Counsel for borrowers who alleged that Ameriquest engaged in a predatory lending scheme based on the sale of loans with illegal and undisclosed fees and terms. In August 2010, the Court approved a $22 million settlement.

In March 2010, the Court granted final approval to a $16.5 million settlement of a false advertising class action lawsuit against Solvay Pharmaceuticals.

The lawsuit by seniors charged they were misled as to the loan terms, including the existence and amount of certain charges and fees.

Lieff Cabraser represented credit cardholders who alleged that Providian had engaged in widespread misconduct by charging unlawful and excessive interest and late charges, and by selling products with illusory benefits.

Under settlements with several of California's largest hospital chains, almost a million patients received refunds or bill adjustments, and millions more benefitted from reduced prices for future medical care.

The 2009 settlement provided complete debt elimination to uninsured patients treated by California Emergency Physicians Medical Group during the 4-year class period.

Lieff Cabraser represents a class certified by District Court Judge Ronald M. Whyte in the Northern District of California of on-line purchasers of Dell computers who were victims of Dell's alleged deliberate scheme of misrepresenting price discounts through a systematic web-based false advertising campaign.

Lieff Cabraser serves as Co-Lead Counsel in a nationwide class action lawsuit against the nation's three major repositories of consumer credit information, Experian Information Solutions, Inc., Trans Union, LLC, and Equifax Information Services, LLC.