AT&T Data Breach Litigation
Unruh, et al. v. AT&T Mobility LLC (N.D. Ga.): Cohen Milstein is representing a putative class of AT&T customers, whose names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and other personally identifiable information (PII) were the subject of a massive data breach. Plaintiffs claim that upon learning of the breach in August 2021 when hackers auctioned the database of 70 million customers’ PII in an online hacking forum, AT&T denied the breach ever occurred and refused to investigate. Three years later when the contents of the database were publicly leaked on the dark web and independently verified did AT&T admit the breach occurred and began an investigation.
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.
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 putative 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.
Brooks, et al. v. Thomson Reuters
Brooks, et al. v. Thomson Reuters (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein is representing a class of putative plaintiffs who claim that Thomson Reuters’s CLEAR platform not only surreptitiously collects vast quantities of Californians’ personal data but then sells this information to third parties, including commercial and government entities. On October 9, 2024, the court verbally granted preliminary approval of a $27.5 million settlement.
California AT&T Data Breach Arbitration
Cohen Milstein is pursuing arbitration on behalf of victims of the 2024 AT&T data breach in California.
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 March 21, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s class certification ruling for the damages class.
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.
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.
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.