December 8, 2016
Hattis Law announces that today, as co-counsel with the Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer and the law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein, it has filed four consumer fraud civil enforcement actions against national retailers: …
Hattis Law Files Lawsuit Against Comcast For Bogus Fees
October 15, 2016
Today Hattis Law filed a lawsuit against Comcast to put an end to the cable giant’s massive illegal bait-and-switch scheme of advertising and promising one price but then charging its customers a much higher price in the …
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Confirms Consumers Can Sue for False Discount Advertising
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a false-advertising lawsuit brought against Kohl’s Corp. in California.
The action again allows a Los Angeles area man and his lawyers to pursue a potential class-action claim that Kohl’s falsely portrayed merchandise …
Hattis Law Reaches Settlement With Dell, Inc. in False Discount Class Action
Hattis Law reached a settlement with Dell, Inc. in a Class Action charging that Dell falsely advertised price discounts of computers on its website.
In October 2011, the Court approved a settlement that provided a $50 payment to each class …
U.S. Supreme Court blocks class action bias suit against Wal-Mart
The U.S. Supreme Court today threw out an enormous employment discrimination class-action suit against Wal-Mart that had sought billions of dollars on behalf of as many as 1.5 million female workers.
The suit claimed that Wal-Mart’s policies and practices had …
U.S. Supreme Court blocks class action lawsuits where arbitration clause is present
In a victory for large corporations against wronged consumers, the Supreme Court ruled in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion that the Federal Arbitration Act pre-empts state law allowing consumers to participate in class actions. The Supreme Court overturned California law …
CA Supreme Court confirms consumers can sue for false advertising
On January 26, 2011, the California Supreme Court confirmed that consumers have standing to bring lawsuits alleging retailers have engaged in false advertising or false labeling of products.
In Kwikset Corporation v. The Superior Court of Orange County, plaintiff …
Court appoints Daniel Hattis as class counsel in Dell lawsuit
U.S. District Court Judge Ronald M. Whyte appointed Daniel M. Hattis, along with co-counsel Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, as class counsel in Brazil v. Dell, No. C-07-01700 RMW (N.D. Cal.).
Class counsel represents online purchasers of Dell computers …