ITT Educational Services Securities Litigation
In re ITT Educational Services, Inc. Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.): Cohen Milstein, as Lead Counsel, represented Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund in this consolidated securities fraud class action against ITT Educational Services, Inc., and certain officers. Investors claimed that ITT made material misrepresentations and omissions related to the company’s liabilities involving certain risk-sharing agreements it had entered into with third-party lenders in connection with ITT student loans. On March 8, 2016, the Court granted final approval to an approximately $16.96 million cash settlement.
Orthofix International N.V. Securities Litigation
Plumbers & Pipefitters Nat’l Pension Fund v. Orthofix Int’l N.V. (S.D.N.Y.): Cohen Milstein served as Lead Counsel in this securities fraud class action against Orthofix International N.V., a medical device company, and three of its officers for making alleged material misrepresentations and omissions about the company’s financial performance and future prospects in the company’s financial statements. On April 29, 2016, the court granted final approval to an $11 million settlement.
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Securities Litigation
Mulligan v. Impax Laboratories, Inc. et al. (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein served as Co-Lead Counsel in this securities class action against Impax Laboratories, Inc. Investors claimed that Impax knowingly made false or misleading statements about serious deficiencies at a manufacturing facility, as well as its inability to timely remedy those deficiencies as was required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. On July 23, 2015, the court granted final approval to an $8 million cash settlement.
ACCT Holdings, Inc. ESOP Litigation
Cohen Milstein represents employee participants in and beneficiaries of the ACCT Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in a class action lawsuit against the ESOP trustee, Miguel Paredes, his firm Prudent Fiduciary Services, Inc. (PFS), the ACCT’s Board of Directors and its members, and the former owners of ACCT for participating in prohibited transactions […]
In Re Nike, Inc. Securities Litigation
In Re Nike, Inc. Securities Litigation (D. Or.): Cohen Milstein represents investors in a securities class action against Nike and certain directors and officers for making misstatements and omissions about the success of a key corporate strategy called “Consumer Direct Acceleration,” which had the purpose and effect of propelling long-term sustainable financial growth for the benefit of Nike and its shareholders. However, when Nike’s alleged fraud was finally revealed Nike’s stock collapsed nearly 20%—the largest stock price drop in Nike’s history, wiping out billions of dollars in shareholder value.
Elite Wall Systems Wage Theft Litigation
Calderon, et al. v. Elite Wall Systems LLC, et al. (D. Md.): Cohen Milstein represents construction workers in a class action case brought against Elite Wall Systems and multiple general contractors that retained Elite, in a wage theft action involving numerous construction projects across Maryland and Washington, D.C. The workers claim that Elite engaged in an unlawful wage theft scheme by misclassifying them as independent contractors, failing to pay overtime wages, and failing to pay workers prevailing wages.
U.S.A. v. RegalCare False Claims Act Litigation
Cohen Milstein represents the whistleblower in a False Claims Act case against a skilled nursing management company, RegalCare, and its affiliated companies and executives, alleging that they systematically overbilled Medicare and Medicaid for years. On February 18, 2025, the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts intervened in the case with the filing of their […]
DOD EEOC Age Discrimination Class Action
Schildgen v. Hegseth (EEOC): Cohen Milstein is representing overseas contractors who were removed from their positions during or after April 2020, when the Department of Defense deemed those over the age of 65 unfit for duty because of the risk of COVID-19 in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Rehabilitation Act.
In re Capital One Financial Corporation, Affiliate Marketing Litigation
Cohen Milstein represents more than 40 online community and marketplace creators and influencers throughout the United States in this high-profile consolidated fintech consumer protection class action against Capital One. The plaintiffs include online marketplace creators, influencers, YouTubers, website operators, and online publications, among others. They work hand-in-hand with online merchants to market and sell specific […]