On August 7, 2015, Kohn Swift filed a proposed class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”), KeyPoint Government Solutions, and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), alleging that their negligence led to a data breach that compromised the personal information of… Read More
Kohn Swift brought a suit on behalf of the Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit (“PFRS”) and a class of all persons who acquired the IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-AR5 certificates (collectively, the “Certificates”) of defendant IndyMac MBS, Inc. (“IndyMac”) pursuant and/or traceable to false and misleading Registration Statements filed… Read More
Kohn Swift brought a suit on behalf of the Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit (“PFRS”) and a proposed class of all persons who acquired the GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-4F Mortgage-Backed Certificates (collectively, the “Certificates”) of defendant GS Mortgage Securities Corp. (“GS Mortgage”) pursuant and/or traceable to a false and… Read More
Kohn, Swift & Graf represents a group of objectors to a settlement reached in a class action brought on behalf of all Rohm and Haas retirees who took their pensions in the form of a lump sum distribution. The case, Williams v. Rohm and Haas Pension Plan, which is pending in the U.S. District Court… Read More
No. 08-MD-01952 (E.D. Mich.) Kohn, Swift & Graf is lead counsel in this multidistrict litigation alleging a conspiracy to allocate customers and territories in the U.S. for Packaged Ice in violation of the Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. “Packaged Ice” is ice packaged in bags and also ice sold in… Read More
Strauss v. Crédit Lyonnais, S.A. Strauss v. Crédit Lyonnais, S.A., CV-06-0702 (CPS) (KAM) (E.D.N.Y.) – Steven Steingard and Stephen H. Schwartz serve as Litigation Counsel for the plaintiffs, United States citizens, their estates, survivors and heirs who were victims of terrorist attacks in Israel in this action currently before the Honorable Dora Lizette Irizarry. The… Read More
Weiss, et al. v. National Westminster Bank, PLC Weiss, et al. v. National Westminster Bank, PLC, CV-05-4622 (CPS) (KAM) (E.D.N.Y.) – Steven Steingard & Stephen H. Schwartz serve as Litigation Counsel for the plaintiffs, United States citizens, their estates, survivors and heirs who were victims of terrorist attacks in Israel in this action currently before… Read More
Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit v. KLA-Tencor Corp., No. 06-4709-MHP (N.D. Cal.) KSG is co-counsel in this securities fraud class action brought against against KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) on behalf of all investors who purchased KLA-Tencor securities between June 30, 2001 and May 22, 2006. The Complaint alleges that KLA and… Read More
In re: Yahoo Litigation, No. 06-2737-CAS (C.D. Cal) KSG and spyware expert Ben Edelman are co-lead counsel in this consolidated litigation brought on behalf of people and companies who purchased advertising from the defendants, Yahoo! Inc. and Overture Services, Inc. The Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint, filed on July 14, 2006, alleges that defendants breached their advertising… Read More
Alco Industries, Inc. v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., et al. Alco Industries, Inc. v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., et al., Civil No. 04-6090 (E.D.Pa.) – In this ERISA case, KSG represents Plaintiff Alco Industries, Inc. as plan administrator of its pension plans in which Defendant Wachovia Bank and its subsidiary Evergreen Investments serve as investment managers. Plaintiff… Read More
