Zillow Hidden Fees Litigation
Taylor v. Zillow, Inc. (W.D. Wash.): Cohen Milstein represents individuals who bought a home through Zillow in a consumer fraud and RICO class action. Consumers claim that Zillow misleads prospective home buyers in an elaborate scheme involving Zillow agents, Zillow Home Loans, Zillow Preferred Partners, and hidden fees.
In re Perrigo Company PLC Securities Litigation
In re Perrigo Company PLC Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.): Cohen Milstein, as sole Lead Counsel, represents investors of Perrigo Company PLC, who allege the company and executives failed to disclose critical issues about its infant formula product line, including its much-touted acquisition of Nestlé’s “Gateway” infant formula facility, while personally enriching themselves through insider trading and other tactics. As a result of these issues coming to light, Perrigo’s stock prices plummeted.
Cushman & Wakefield 401(k) Litigation
Kvek v. Cushman & Wakefield, et al. (W.D. Wash.): Cohen Milstein represents Cushman & Wakefield 401(k) plan participants and beneficiaries in a first-of-its kind ERISA class-action alleging that the company failed to properly protect workers’ 401(k) savings from material climate-related financial risks, while explicitly acknowledging climate change as a financial risk to its own business operations and client assets.
In re Organon & Co. Securities Litigation
In re Organon & Co. Securities Litigation (D.N.J.): Cohen Milstein, as joint Lead Counsel, represents investors of Organon, a pharmaceutical and medical device company specializing in women’s health products, in a putative securities fraud class action for misleading them about the Organon’s financial well-being and prospects, including patent exclusivity on Nexplanon, its best-selling contraceptive implant, and quarterly dividends.
Bennett et al. v. Board of Directors of J.J.F. Management Services, Inc. et al.
Bennett et al. v. Board of Directors of J.J.F. Management Services, Inc. et al. (D. Md.): Cohen Milstein represents participants and beneficiaries of the JJF Management Services, Inc. ESOP in a putative class action against the J.J.F. Management Services, Inc.’s Board of Directors, the JJF ESOP Trustees, and the sellers of JJF stock for ERISA violations in connection with the sale of company stock to the ESOP at an inflated price.
In re Frozen Potato Products Antitrust Litigation
In re Frozen Potato Products Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.): Cohen Milstein, as interim co-lead counsel, represents consumers in a putative antitrust class action against potato processing giants, McCain Foods, Lamb Weston, J.R. Simplot, Cavendish Farms, and third-party data analytics company, Circana, for allegedly conspiring to fix the prices of the market for frozen french fries, hash browns, tater tots, and other frozen potato.
Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. v. Doe I, et al.
Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. v. Doe I, et al. (U.S.): Cohen Milstein, on behalf of members of Congress submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the hope that a brief history of Congress’s actions to draft and enact the Torture Victim Protection Act, including its relationship to the Alien Tort Statute, is useful to the Court in its deliberations in Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. v. Doe I, et al. The underlying case centers on allegations that Cisco facilitated human rights abuses in China by providing tailored technological assistance to the Chinese government to identify and track practitioners of Falun Gong, a religious group persecuted in China.
Expedited Passport Fee Litigation
Bourque, et al. v. U.S. Department of State (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein represents American citizens in a certified consumer class action against the U.S. Department of State for allegedly imposing arbitrary and capricious expedited passport processing fees since at least 2018. Despite audits of the State Department’s consular fee-setting in 2017 and 2022 raising concerns about these fees, the government still continues to charge them.
Customs and Border Protection Sex Discrimination Litigation
Candemeres v. Mullin (D.D.C.): Cohen Milstein represents women who applied for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer positions and were denied employment because of the agency’s discriminatory pre-employment fitness tests. Specifically, the plaintiffs claim that CBP’s push-up requirements for applicants in its pre-employment assessments discriminate against women in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.