Posted on 2 Apr 2024
A federal district court judge has granted final approval to a multibillion-dollar settlement between public water suppliers affected by “forever chemicals” and the company 3M, the parties announced Monday. Per the terms of the agreement, the Minnesota-based chemical manufacturer will pay these…
Posted on 27 Mar 2024
FeganScott Managing Partner Elizabeth Fegan has been named one of Forbes’ Top 200 Lawyers. Forbes debuts this inaugural list to recognize lawyers who are leaders in their fields, hold impressive track records in their specialties, and are highly respected by…
Posted on 8 Mar 2024
A group of 10 women in Fairfield County have won a $10 million verdict against a former massage therapist. Matthew Schaitel was convicted of sexual imposition in 2021. The nine-day trial finished on Feb. 28. Schaitel is a former massage…
Posted on 6 Mar 2024
FeganScott attorney Jonathan Lindenfeld explains how to claim your money and what to submit for proof of loss. -- Nearly 9 million drivers could be eligible for settlement money. Kia and Hyundai owners with the models that have become famous because they're easy…
Posted on 5 Mar 2024
FeganScott is proud to announce that founding partners Beth Fegan and Tim Scott have been named to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers Guide for 2024. This is the seventh edition of this guide, which aims to serve as a…
Posted on 1 Mar 2024
On February 29, 2024, a Lancaster jury awarded more than $10 million to ten former customers of a popular Lancaster holistic health spa who claimed massage therapist Matthew Schaitel sexually abused them during visits between 2019 and 2021. The 8-person…
Posted on 9 Feb 2024
A federal district court judge granted final approval Thursday to a $1.2 billion settlement between water utilities affected by “forever chemicals” and DuPont de Nemours, as well as spinoff firms Chemours and Corteva. Per the terms of the settlement, the…
Posted on 31 Jan 2024
As we discussed in our last blog post, class action lawsuits are a vital part of our legal system, which allow ordinary people to seek justice on behalf of a large group of people and hold powerful defendants responsible for…
Posted on 31 Jan 2024
Class action lawsuits serve as an important tool in helping victims of fraud, defective products, systemic abuse, discrimination, and other wrongdoing. A class action is a civil lawsuit where a single person or entity prosecutes a claim on behalf of…
Posted on 20 May 2020
By: Rebecca Koenig, EdSurge Student complaints about the digital textbook and courseware bundles now assigned in many college classes have escalated into a new batch of legal challenges. Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies…
Posted on 13 May 2020
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--College textbook publishing and retail giants Cengage Learning, McGraw Hill, Pearson Education, Follett Higher Education Group and Barnes & Noble College Bookseller are targets of a proposed national class-action filed by college students. The suit claims the companies conspired…
Posted on 23 Nov 2021
By: Lynn Ellenberger As a former assistant federal public defender and an attorney representing incarcerated individuals as a part of FeganScott’s civil rights practice, I’ve seen firsthand racism in the criminal justice system. A compelling example is the book (and…
Posted on 26 Aug 2021
Article by Kay Stephens of Altoona Mirror HOLLIDAYSBURG — An Altoona man convicted of setting multiple fires in the 1990s told a Blair County judge this week that 22 years in prison has reformed him. Christopher Michael Rodland, 44, who…
Posted on 24 Jun 2021
By: Lynn Ellenberger and Jessica Meeder The United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, establishes that the NCAA is not above the law. The nation’s highest court held that despite the NCAA’s belief to…
Posted on 19 May 2023
On May 18, 2023, a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit brings benefits valued at more than $200 million to owners of Hyundai and Kia vehicles rendered vulnerable to theft following the automakers’ failure to install basic security measures, according to…
Posted on 22 Jun 2021
By Sawson Morrar | Sacramento Bee Students at the UC Davis filed a lawsuit against their university over terminating physical education classes and continuing to charge students fees that cover the program. On behalf of the UC Davis student body, students Madison…
Posted on 14 Jun 2021
By Caleb Hampton | Davis Enterprise Four UC Davis students sued the university last month over the termination of the school's physical education program. The lawsuit, which was filed May 25 in Yolo Superior Court, alleges that the university…
Posted on 1 Jun 2021
CNN Op-Ed by Michelle Oliel, Stahili Foundation (CNN)Every year, thousands of well-meaning individuals make the decision to travel to developing countries on short-term visits, setting their sights on aiding vulnerable children. However, the destination for many of these travelers…
Posted on 26 May 2021
On May 11, 2021, the District Court provided health plans a significant win when the court certified a nationwide class of health plan payers and appointed Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 20 Welfare Benefit Fund, Indiana Carpenters Welfare Fund, and…
Posted on 2 Mar 2021
By: Ashley Cullins | The Hollywood Reporter TikTok has reached a deal that will resolve a class-action complaint over consumer privacy violations via its current app and its predecessor, Musical.ly, and, if approved by the court, the video-sharing social platform…
Posted on 3 Feb 2021
FeganScott’s advocacy for agricultural workers, landscapers and consumers exposed to Roundup contributed to a nearly $2 billion settlement submitted to the federal court in California for preliminary approval in February 2021. The settlement will provide people who have been exposed…
Posted on 14 Jan 2021
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today an Illinois-based charity was sued under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, claiming the non-profit, First Love International Ministries, and its partner, Loving InDeed, stripped Kenyan children from or failed to return them to their homes…
Posted on 10 Sep 2020
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A Florida-based Hyundai Entourage car owner today filed a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of Hyundai and Kia vehicle owners and lessees, claiming the automobile manufacturers sold thousands of vehicles with a potentially deadly defect that can…
Posted on 6 Mar 2024
FeganScott attorney Jonathan Lindenfeld explains how to claim your money and what to submit for proof of loss. -- Nearly 9 million drivers could be eligible for settlement money. Kia and Hyundai owners with the models that have become famous because they're easy…
Posted on 23 Oct 2021
This article was originally published in Counsel Financial by Libby Vish, Esq. Read an excerpt from the article below. "The first Zantac lawsuits were filed in the fall of 2019 by two separate individuals. The first case was filed in Florida…
Posted on 17 Apr 2023
SAN ANTONIO – Two women filed a class-action lawsuit in Texas state court in Bexar County against the City of San Antonio, alleging that male supervisors at the City’s Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center routinely targeted female maintenance workers with…
Posted on 10 Aug 2020
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, FeganScott, a national law firm dedicated to representing victims of sexual abuse and employment litigation announced that it has begun an investigation involving claims that Steve Easterbrook, the former CEO of McDonald’s, allegedly had sexual relationships with employees…
Posted on 26 May 2020
By Corey Williams, Associated Press WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Residents and businesses in Central Michigan communities that were submerged when two dams failed this week on Friday sued the operator of the dams and two state agencies charged with…
Posted on 22 May 2020
EDENVILLE, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, a group of residents and business owners filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the operators of the Edenville, Sanford and Secord Dams and three Michigan state agencies for what is described as a cataclysmic set of decisions…
Posted on 25 Aug 2022
This article was published by News Nation Now. Social media giants Snapchat and Tiktok could soon be paying millions to users after settling class action lawsuits over privacy. Both companies are accused of illegally collecting users’ biometric data and disclosing…
Posted on 25 Aug 2022
This segment was published by WGN Radio. Beth Fegan, managing partner of FeganScott joins Lisa Dent on Chicago’s Afternoon News to explain why residents in Illinois may be getting a higher payout after TikTok settled a class action privacy lawsuit,…
Posted on 25 Aug 2022
This article was published by NBC Chicago. A federal judge in Illinois has granted final approval for a $92 million class-action lawsuit settlement between the social media network TikTok and users of the platform, with Illinois residents set to receive…
Posted on 28 Jan 2022
By: Beth Fegan In October 2021, a federal court in Chicago granted preliminary approval of one of the largest settlements ever achieved in a consumer BIPA (Illinois Biometric Privacy Act) and privacy class action lawsuit: The $92 million TikTok…
Posted on 1 Mar 2021
Today, the law firms of Carlson Lynch LLP, FeganScott LLC, and Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, P.C. moved for preliminary approval of a $92 million proposed class action settlement on behalf of users of the TikTok…
Posted on 12 Feb 2021
By: Melissa Ryan Clark, With discovery’s shift to electronically stored information (ESI) has come a torrent of ever-changing best practices. Many of the common guideposts for managing eDiscovery aim to facilitate a transparent and collaborative process—but are tailored to…
Posted on 21 Oct 2020
By: Beth Fegan In the onslaught of stories making headlines in 2020, TikTok has emerged as a contender for the most polarizing app in the digital age. If you don’t have TikTok on your smartphone (or monitor it on…
Posted on 8 Mar 2024
A group of 10 women in Fairfield County have won a $10 million verdict against a former massage therapist. Matthew Schaitel was convicted of sexual imposition in 2021. The nine-day trial finished on Feb. 28. Schaitel is a former massage…
Posted on 1 Mar 2024
On February 29, 2024, a Lancaster jury awarded more than $10 million to ten former customers of a popular Lancaster holistic health spa who claimed massage therapist Matthew Schaitel sexually abused them during visits between 2019 and 2021. The 8-person…
Posted on 11 Dec 2023
Over 3,000 civil lawsuits have been filed since the Adult Survivors Act opened a one-year window for survivors of sexual abuse to file lawsuits in New York state that would have previously fallen outside the statute of limitations. Nine of the suits…
Posted on 21 Nov 2023
In May 2022, the state of New York led by Governor Hochul paved the way for survivors of sexual assault and harassment to pursue legal recourse against their abusers by signing The Adult Survivors Act (ASA), providing a one-year lookback…
Posted on 10 Jun 2023
Country star Jimmie Allen is being sued for sexual assault by a new accuser, who claims she filed a police report after Allen secretly filmed her during sex. This is the second woman to come forward publicly with sexual assault allegations against…
Posted on 18 May 2023
In May 2021, Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum country star Jimmie Allen visited “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to promote his latest project, a children’s book titled, “My Voice Is a Trumpet.” Images flashed across the screen of Allen with his wife and kids, as he…
Posted on 15 Mar 2023
Los Angeles prosecutors told a judge Tuesday that they will not retry Harvey Weinstein, who was convicted of the rape and sexual assault of one woman, on counts involving two others that left jurors deadlocked. Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson…
Posted on 23 Feb 2023
On Thursday, February 23, 2023, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison after a jury convicted him of rape. FeganScott's Beth Fegan, who represented Jennifer Siebel Newsom (Jane Doe 4) and…
Posted on 21 Dec 2022
This story was published by NPR. Once a powerful man in Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein has been convicted of three of seven charges in his second sex crimes trial. He is already serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York. Listen…
Posted on 20 Jul 2022
This article was published by Aaron Tolentino of KRON 4. In March, University of San Francisco baseball head coach Nino Giarratano was fired for alleged misconduct, KRON4 reported. The university said a lawsuit was filed that month related to Giarratano’s…
Posted on 13 Mar 2022
The University of San Francisco's removal of Coach Giarratano is a positive first step to safeguarding the student-athletes that remain in the program, but it does little to address the harm he and his assistant coach inflicted on those placed in the…
Posted on 11 Mar 2022
Article by Ron Kroichick Three former University of San Francisco baseball players filed a class-action lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court, accusing longtime head coach Nino Giarratano and former associate head coach Troy Nakamura of creating an “intolerable sexualized environment”…
Posted on 16 Sep 2021
Student athletes beat motion to dismiss in case seeking damages for discriminatory treatment, according to FeganScott and May Lightfoot Law. INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 16) — A U.S. District Court handed a first victory to a group of Black student-athletes at Historically…