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The American Law Institute announced on October 19, 2017, that Jordan Elias, a Girard Sharp partner, has been elected as a new member of the Institute.

ALI members are prominent judges, lawyers, and law professors who are confidentially nominated by their ...

In December 2016, Yahoo announced a massive data breach, affecting 1 billion user accounts. But, it turns out, the breach was much larger than Yahoo admitted.

On October 3, 2017, Yahoo’s new owner, Verizon, announced that the 2013 Yahoo breach was three times larger ...

Hosted by the Electronic Discovery Institute (EDI) and the Federal Judicial Center (FJC), Daniel Girard joins the faculty for the Second Annual Judicial Training Symposium for Federal Judges. The 2-day event held October 10, 2016 in Fort Lauderdale, FL brings ...

Girard Sharp LLP is pleased to announce that founding partner Daniel Girard was recently selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017 in the fields of Mass Tort Litigation and Class Action for Plaintiffs. Daniel Girard was also selected for inclusion ...

Daniel Girard will join the faculty of a Federal Judicial Center National Workshop for District Judges on July 25-26, 2016 in San Diego, California.

Daniel Girard has been recognized by his peers and the federal judiciary as an expert on class action and complex ...

On July 8, 2016, Northern California Super Lawyers released its annual listing of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, which honors “outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional ...

On June 27, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would not review a ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in litigation involving the timely payment of tax refunds to Guam residents. The Supreme Court’s ruling, which officially denied the Government ...

California Lawyer recently honored Jordan Elias with a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) award.

The CLAY awards are given each year to attorneys who have influenced law and society through groundbreaking work. Jordan was recognized for his role in In re ...

U.C. Davis School of Law has named alumnus and Girard Sharp LLP founding partner Daniel Girard as the March 2016 Alumni of the Month.

In an interview for the law school’s website, Mr. Girard credits a King Hall professor and advisor as a driving force in his decision to ...

Daniel Girard has been appointed by a Washington D.C. federal court judge to serve as lead counsel in consolidated national litigation against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”), OPM’s Director, OPM’s Chief Information Officer, and KeyPoint ...

Girard Sharp and co-counsel have helped deliver settlements worth more than $75 million on behalf of former customers of Peregrine Financial Group, Inc., in litigation against U.S. Bank, N.A., and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., arising from Peregrine’s collapse in ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Girard Gibbs LLP is pleased to announce that founding partner Daniel Girard has recently been named in The Best Lawyers in America 2016 in the fields of Mass Tort Litigation and Class Action for Plaintiffs. The 2016 edition marks the fifth ...

A unanimous panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling Wednesday, August 26, affirming the district court’s summary judgment and permanent injunction in favor of class action plaintiffs and a class of Guamanian taxpayers against the government of ...

SAN FRANCISCO, February 12, 2015 — On February 9, 2015, Girard Sharp filed a federal class action lawsuit against health insurer Anthem on behalf of Anthem members and employees whose personal information was exposed as a result of the data breach announced in ...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 20, 2015 — The law firm of Girard Sharp and co-counsel The Law Offices of Ignacio Cruz Aguigui have filed a class action complaint on behalf of Benny Crawford, a native citizen of Guam, and other ancestral landowners of the property now used ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The law firm of Girard Sharp is pleased to announce that thirteen of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars for 2014.

According to its website, “Super Lawyers is a rating ...

Girard Sharp has been appointed co-lead counsel in the pending class action lawsuit related to Lidoderms’ unfair marketing and pricing of its lidocaine patch. On May 23, 2014, the Honorable William H. Orrick of the United Stated District Court of the Northern ...

Daniel C. Girard has been appointed to the Consumer Cases Steering Committee in the pending class action lawsuit on behalf of customers concerning the Target Corporation customer data security breach. On May 22, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson ...

Girard Sharp joins the legal team representing 214 former NFL players in connection with settlement proceedings in the National Football League Players Concussion Injury litigation. With co-counsel Philip Thomas and John Giddens of Jackson, Mississippi, Girard ...

On October 23, 2013, Girard Sharp and co-counsel filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of investors in Strategic Realty Trust, Inc. (“the Company”) for breaches of fiduciary duties owed to the Company’s common shareholders. The firm was later appointed by the ...