Edwards, et al. v. CSX Transportation, et al.
Edwards, et al. v. CSX Transportation, et al. (E.D.N.C.): Cohen Milstein was appointed Interim Co-Lead Counsel in this putative class action against CSX Corporation. We represent a class of businesses and residents in the southern and western portions of Lumberton, NC who have twice suffered catastrophic flooding and damage in connection with a train underpass floodgate.
In re Marriott International Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation
In re Marriott International Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation (D. Md.): Cohen Milstein serves as Co-Lead Counsel to oversee a putative nationwide class action related to the data breach of personal information of nearly 400 million customers of Starwood-branded hotels, subsequently acquired by Marriott in 2016, making it one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history.
General Motors Litigation
General Motors Litigation (E.D. Mich.): Cohen Milstein, as court-appointed Lead Counsel and Plaintiff Steering Committee Chair, represents a certified class of consumers in more than 25 states who purchased or leased new and used vehicles manufactured by GM in a consolidated breach of warranty and deceptive and fraudulent business practices class action against GM. Plaintiffs bring their claims under state consumer protection statutes and express and implied warranty law of their respective states, related to GM’s manufacture and sale of defective eight-speed automatic transmissions (GM 8L90 or the 8L45), manufactured by between 2015 and 2019.
DZ Reserve et al. v. Meta Platforms
DZ Reserve et al. v. Meta Platforms (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein represents advertisers who claim that Facebook’s Potential Reach metric is false and misleading due to systemic inflation of the Potential Reach. The court granted class certification on March 29, 2022. On January 13, 2025, The U.S. Supreme Court declined Defendant’s petition to review the Ninth Circuit’s 2023 opinion affirming the lower court’s 2022 class certification.
In re MGM Resorts International Data Breach Litigation
In re MGM Resorts International Data Breach Litigation (D. Nev.): Cohen Milstein serves as Co-Lead Interim Class Counsel in this consolidated class action against MGM Resorts International for allegedly failing to implement reasonable data security practices, thereby allowing the personal information of tens-of-millions of MGM Resorts hotel guests and customers to be stolen in two massive data breaches in July 2019 and September 2023. On January 22, 2025, the court preliminarily approved a $45 million global settlement against MGM Resorts.
In re Blackbaud, Inc., Customer Data Breach Litigation
In re Blackbaud, Inc., Customer Data Breach Litigation (D.S.C.): On February 16, 2021, Cohen Milstein was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in this data breach class action in which Plaintiffs claim that Blackbaud failed to take reasonable steps to prevent a data beach, starting in February 2020, and failed to promptly or accurately provide notice of the data breach to those affected.
Baus, et al. v. Ford Motor Company
Baus, et al. v. Ford Motor Company (E.D. Mich.): Cohen Milstein represents plaintiffs who purchased or leased vehicles manufactured by Ford Motor Company in a consolidated breach of warranty and deceptive and fraudulent business practices class action against Ford Motor Company. Plaintiffs bring their claims under the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act and the consumer fraud statutes of their respective states, related to Ford’s manufacture and sale of defective Ford F-150 pickup trucks, Model Years 2018-2020 equipped with 5.0L engines.
Maugain, et al. v. FCA US LLC
Maugain, et al. v. FCA US LLC (D. Del.): Cohen Milstein represents owners of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, or RAM-branded vehicles across the United States in a consumer protection class action alleging that Fiat Chrysler America (FCA) sold defective Pentastar 3.6 liter V6 engines in 2014 or newer Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, or RAM-branded vehicles violating implied breach of warranty and unjust enrichment statutes under federal and state laws of California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Belyea, et al. v. GreenSky, Inc., et al.
Belyea, et al. v. GreenSky, Inc., et al. (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein, as Co-Lead Counsel, is reparenting consumers in this certified false advertising and unfair business practices class action, alleging that GreenSky, a financial technology company, operates in California as an unlicensed and unregistered credit services organization, finance lender, and broker in violation of California Financing Law the Credit Services Act of 1984, and other federal and state laws.