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Partner Adam Polk will be presenting at this year’s ABA National Institute on Class Actions. The event will be held on October 13-15.

Adam is slated to speak on a panel entitled “Class Actions and Settlement Obstacles & Enhancements” on October 14 at 3:30 PST. The ...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on October 12, 2021 denied Apple’s petition to appeal the district court’s class certification order, clearing the way for a class action trial over allegedly defective “butterfly” keyboards in ...

Partner Adam Polk hosted a new episode of Common Questions, a podcast presented by the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation.

In this episode, Class Actions & Derivative Suits (CADS) committee co-chair Adam Polk hosts Pierce Atwood Partner and ...

Girard Sharp on September 23 was appointed lead counsel in a proposed class action against the Regents of the University of California and Accellion, Inc. arising from a data breach that exposed the sensitive personal information of thousands of individuals in the ...

A judge in Circuit Court for Baltimore City recently granted final approval of a $9.25 million settlement of a class and derivative lawsuit benefiting stockholders of The Parking REIT. Read a copy of the order here.

Girard Sharp, together with co-counsel at Blau & ...

On August 13, 2021, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh upheld antitrust claims brought against various pharmaceutical companies by purchasers of the narcolepsy medication Xyrem.

The Court held that Plaintiffs adequately alleged that a lower-priced generic version of ...

On July 12, 2021, a federal judge in the Central District of California granted final approval of a $73 million class settlement of sexual abuse claims against UCLA and its oncology OB/GYN Dr. James Heaps.

Girard Sharp, along with co-counsel from Gibbs Law Group and ...

Partner Adam Polk hosted two episodes of Common Questions, a podcast presented by the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation, with special guests Melanie Conroy and Ian Fischer.

In the first episode, Adam Polk interviews Melanie Conroy concerning the ...

Girard Sharp is pleased to announce that nine of the firm’s attorneys appear on the annual Northern California Super Lawyers list, which honors “outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and ...

The American Law Institute today recognized Girard Sharp partner Jordan Elias, an elected ALI member, for his new article in the Journal of Law and Policy addressing the law of public access to court documents. The article is available here.

A jury on June 11 awarded $14.975 million to five Pacific Fertility Center patients who lost eggs and embryos as a result of a cryopreservation tank failure.

The jury found the tank manufacturer, Chart Industries Inc., liable on all claims. Girard Sharp served as ...

Partner Scott Grzenczyk will be speaking at the ABA Antitrust Section’s Civil Practice and Procedure Committee for the second installment of their three-part Discovery “nuts and bolts” series—on structured data. The event will be held on Tuesday, June ...

On May 24, 2021, before the Hon. Jacqueline Scott Corley, in one of the Northern District of California’s first in-person civil jury trials since the Covid19 pandemic, trial opened against cryogenic tank manufacturer Chart Industries, Inc. over the failure of a ...

Girard Sharp is pleased to announce that the Daily Journal, California’s largest legal newspaper, has honored Dena Sharp with the prestigious “Top Women Lawyers” award for 2021.

The Daily Journal recognizes the top “100 women lawyers practicing and barred ...

Girard Sharp is pleased to announce that the firm has been named a finalist by ALM Media and National Trial Lawyers for the Mass Torts category of the 2021 Elite Trial Lawyers Awards, and Adam Polk has been named to the National Trial Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40 list for Civil ...

Partner Adam Polk hosted Sound Advice, a podcast presented by the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation, on April 15, 2021, with class action practitioner Joe Fischetti as a guest.

In the episode, Adam and Joe discuss the Supreme Court case TransUnion LLC ...

After filing the first class action against Google for monopolizing digital advertising markets, Girard Sharp today was appointed co-lead counsel for the proposed class of advertisers.

Plaintiffs allege in part that Google rigs ad auctions in its own favor and ...

On April 20, Girard Sharp filed the first class action lawsuit seeking to restore the losses of investors who fell prey to a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by actor Zachary Horwitz and his company, 1inMM Capital.

Plaintiffs are four investors who assert claims for relief ...

In the pending Subaru Battery Drain Litigation, where Girard Sharp serves as co-lead counsel, plaintiffs scored a victory on March 31 when the District Court preserved several of their causes of action. 

Plaintiffs allege that the battery system in certain Subaru ...

On March 29, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley denied a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ antitrust claims under California’s Cartwright Act seeking recoveries for consumers against oil companies charged with conspiring to illegally fix and ...

Plaintiffs represented by Girard Sharp continue to pursue claims against British Airways related to the airline’s failure to provide refunds to customers in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in spring 2020.

The case against British Air took a major step forward on ...

Girard Sharp LLP announced today that Kai Lucid has joined the firm as an associate. Kai is experienced in complex litigation, with a background in securities and financial services. In his new role at Girard Sharp, Kai expects to concentrate on investment and ...

Plaintiffs pursuing claims against Apple over its “butterfly” keyboards in MacBook laptop computers sold from 2015 to 2019 recently obtained class certification.

The Court reasoned in part that “[n]one of the design differences that Apple points to changed ...

Plaintiffs in the Pacific Fertility Center litigation cleared an important pretrial hurdle on March 8, 2021, when the Court denied a motion for summary judgment filed by defendant Chart Industries, Inc.

Chart manufactured a storage tank containing Plaintiffs’ ...

U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh on February 22, 2021 appointed Dena Sharp as interim co-lead class counsel in an antitrust case alleging a scheme to delay generic competition that would have reduced the price of Xyrem (Sodium Oxybate), a prescription drug used to treat ...

On December 18, 2020, U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo granted final approval of a class settlement with LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. that benefits owners of approximately 1,550,000 refrigerators sold with an alleged design defect that causes them to stop ...

Girard Sharp, which filed the first class action against Google for monopolizing digital advertising services, recently moved to serve as lead counsel for advertisers and publishers of online display ads.

Plaintiffs allege Google rigs instantaneous ad auctions in ...

On January 8, 2021, U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner of the Central District of California granted preliminary approval of a $73 million class settlement of a sexual abuse case against UCLA and its oncology OB/GYN Dr. James Heaps. The final approval hearing is set ...

On November 2, U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven preliminarily approved a settlement of $7.85 million in the 21st Century Oncology Data Breach Litigation.

In October 2015, a breach exposed the personal and health information of 2.2 million oncology patients.

The ...

Girard Sharp, along with co-counsel from Gibbs Law Group and Erickson Kramer Osborne, has reached a $73 million class action settlement with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Dr. James Heaps. Plaintiffs, representing a proposed class of Heaps’s ...

Girard Sharp is pleased to announce that Scott Grzenczyk, Partner at the firm, is a recipient of the prestigious American Antitrust Institute’s “Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement by a Young Lawyer” award. Scott is one of only six attorneys honored ...

Girard Sharp is pleased to announce that the Daily Journal, California’s largest legal newspaper, has honored our firm with the prestigious “Top Boutiques in California” award for 2020. Girard Sharp is one of 16 law firms recognized in California, and the only ...

Partner Adam Polk will be presenting at this year’s ABA National Institute on Class Actions. The event will be held on October 13-15 as a virtual conference.

Adam is slated to moderate a panel entitled “Be Careful What You Wish For: Getting Tagged with Mass ...

On September 23, 2020, Chief U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia of the Western District of Texas granted Plaintiff’s motion for class certification and denied Defendant’s motion to strike. The case alleges that defendant USAA breached Plaintiff’s life ...

Girard Sharp is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers has recognized six of our attorneys for outstanding work in their practice and distinguished reputation among their peers.

Daniel Girard and Dena Sharp are included in the 2021 Best Lawyers in America list, which ...

On August 19, 2020, U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo issued an order preliminarily approving a proposed class action settlement with LG, and authorized the Settlement Administrator, Angeion Group, to begin issuing notice to the class of over one and a half ...

U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee on August 16, 2020 denied T-Mobile’s amended motion to dismiss claims brought against it for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Girard Sharp attorneys are prosecuting the case charging T-Mobile with continuing to ...

On August 13, 2020, U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton denied telecom giant Comcast’s motion to continue a stay pending a Supreme Court decision on the scope of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Together with co-counsel, Girard Sharp attorneys Daniel ...

On August 5, 2020, U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee denied in substantial part Comerica Bank’s motion to dismiss investor claims arising out of a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme operated by Robert Shapiro through his “Woodbridge” real estate investment companies.

Girard Sharp has been appointed to serve as co-lead counsel, along with Hausfeld LLP, in an antitrust class action against energy companies Vitol and SK Energy. The firm represents California gasoline purchasers who allege these defendants conspired to fix and ...

Girard Sharp attorneys Jordan Elias and Trevor Tan today filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit on behalf of Public Justice urging rehearing of the panel decision in Sonner v. Premier Nutrition Corporation, 962 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 2020).

The decision in Sonner would ...

Girard Sharp is pleased to announce that seven of the firm’s attorneys appear on the annual Northern California Super Lawyers list, which honors “outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and ...

On behalf of small business clients, Girard Sharp on May 27 filed the first class action lawsuit against Google for acquiring and maintaining a monopoly in digital advertising markets. The firm filed a first amended complaint on December 4.

Plaintiffs allege that ...

Girard Sharp has filed a class action lawsuit against energy companies Vitol Inc., SK Energy Americas, Inc., and SK Trading Co., Ltd. for conspiring to increase and maintain gasoline prices at supra-competitive levels. Plaintiffs seek to represent all people in ...

Girard Sharp has filed a class action lawsuit against TikTok following recent reports that the company may have violated the privacy rights of those who use the app, infringing the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Access a copy of the filing here.

As reported in Law360, end-payors of the prescription drug Restasis won class certification in pending antitrust litigation in Brooklyn federal court. The court also appointed Girard Sharp to serve as co-lead class counsel.

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Girard Sharp has filed a class action lawsuit charging British Airways with unlawfully denying refunds to customers whose flights were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Access a copy of the complaint here.

Adam Polk has been appointed to serve as Co-Lead Counsel in a class action lawsuit against Subaru for an alleged battery drain defect in certain Subaru vehicles.

Access a copy of the leadership order, entered on May 5, 2020 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider.

The ...

Girard Sharp has filed a class action lawsuit following reports that certain Subaru vehicles may have a defective battery system and that Subaru, though aware of this defect, has been unable or unwilling to eliminate it. Access a copy of the filing here.

U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer today denied Intuit’s attempt to force three consumer plaintiffs to drop their class action claims against Intuit and proceed individually in private arbitration.

Girard Sharp is co-lead counsel for the consumer plaintiffs ...

The American Law Institute on March 10 recognized Girard Sharp partner Jordan Elias for his new book chapter on the Supreme Court’s class action jurisprudence.

The chapter appears in the American Bar Association’s authoritative treatise Survey of Class Action ...

Partner Adam Polk has been appointed to serve on the Executive Committee in the In re: Allergan BIOCELL Textured Breast Implant Products Liability Litigation.

The lawsuit follows a worldwide recall of BIOCELL products following reports that Allergan’s BIOCELL ...

Girard Sharp is pleased to announce that Partner Dan Girard and Associate Elizabeth Kramer have been recognized for their work by The Best Lawyers in America in its 2020 rankings.

Dan and Elizabeth were both recognized by Best Lawyers for Mass Tort Litigation / Class ...

Girard Sharp partner Jordan Elias on February 4, 2020 filed an amicus brief on behalf of the American Association for Justice in a pending Eleventh Circuit appeal. The brief addresses the class action doctrine known as ascertainability and is available here.

The National Law Journal and ALM Media honored partner Dena Sharp at the 2020 Elite Trial Lawyer awards gala, which took place at the Loews Hotel in Miami Beach on Monday, January 20.

Dena was recognized as an “Elite Woman of the Plaintiffs’ Bar,” one of nine female ...

On January 6, 2020, a federal judge in Los Angeles said that he was inclined to grant final approval of the landmark $215 million class action settlement that recognizes all survivors of former student health center gynecologist George Tyndall, and establishes ...

Dena Sharp has been appointed to serve as Co-Lead Counsel in the JUUL MDL.

The litigation against JUUL alleges in part that the company sold and marketed its nicotine-delivery pods in a manner designed to attract minors, that JUUL’s marketing misrepresents or omits ...

A federal judge has granted final approval of a $7.25 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against Google regarding its Pixel smartphones. The plaintiffs alleged that Pixels manufactured before January 4, 2017 have a defect that leads to microphone or speaker ...

A federal judge has granted final approval of a $17.85 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo concerning automated calls and texts. Access a copy of the order here.

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @GirardSharp for settlement ...

After hearing oral argument on Apple’s motion to dismiss, U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila rejected Apple’s second attempt to end a class action brought by individuals who purchased MacBook laptops equipped with a butterfly mechanism keyboard.

Plaintiffs ...

Girard Sharp is pleased to announce that the firm has been named a finalist by ALM Media and National Trial Lawyers in several categories of the 2020 Elite Trial Lawyers Awards, and Dena Sharp has been honored as an “Elite Woman of the Plaintiffs’ Bar” for the second ...

A federal judge has granted final approval of a $9.75 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against Google concerning its Nexus 6P smartphones.

Dena Sharp has been appointed to the interim leadership team by a federal judge in the JUUL MDL. Follow us on Twitter @GirardSharp for future case-related updates. 

Girard Sharp is pleased to announce that it has earned national Tier 1 rankings in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions ‒ Plaintiffs and has been named to the U.S. News & World Report “Best Law Firms” list for the seventh year in a row.

The firm also earned a regional ...