Category: Consumer Litigation

$5.5 Million Settlement Secured in Pharmaceutical Litigation

Scott+Scott, along with co-counsel, have obtained preliminary approval of a $5.5 million settlement against defendants Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Granules Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Inc in a long running litigation pending in the United States District Court, District of New Jersey. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants marketed and sold generic metformin that were contaminated with N-nitrosodimethylamine (“NDMA”), and that this metformin was not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and could not be sold to the public.

Scott+Scott Amsterdam Files Legal Action Against Tinder

Scott+Scott Amsterdam on behalf of the Take Back Your Privacy Foundation (TBYP) today initiated legal proceedings at the Amsterdam court against Tinder Ireland and Match Group Inc., alleging that the companies for years violated data privacy laws and harvested sensitive personal data of their users for financial gain. According to the lawsuit, Tinder routinely collects much more sensitive private information from its users than necessary, for example by geotracking while using the app.

Joseph P. Guglielmo Appointed Co-Lead Counsel

Scott+Scott Consumer Practice Group Chair Joseph P. Guglielmo has been appointed Co-Lead Counsel in In re: Consumer Vehicle Data Tracking Collection (No. 1:24-MD-3115-TWT), a multidistrict litigation pending in the United States District Court for the North District of Georgia before United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr.

Scott+Scott Secures $35 Million Settlement

Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, along with Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP and Kirby McInerney LLP as co-counsel, last week announced a $35 million settlement reached with Apple Inc. and Apple Value Services, LLC relating to an alleged gift card scam impacting thousands of consumers nationwide. The settlement resolves the class action lawsuit Carl […]

Santander, Lloyds Banking Group and MotoNovo face compensation claim for overcharging approximately 1 million consumers across the UK for used car finance

Approximately one million used-car buyers across the UK could be owed compensation for interest rate overcharging as a result of the operating models used by finance providers, according to legal claims filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Friday 21st July. • Three major legal actions, the “Car Finance Claim”, have been launched in the […]

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Former Ofgas head Clare Spottiswoode brings claim to seek compensation formillions of electricity customers in Great Britain

Scott+Scott Obtains Restraining Order in Action Over Madoff Losses

Scott+Scott LLP’s New York-based partner Beth Kaswan and her team of litigators won a critical court order yesterday on behalf of the firm’s client New York University.