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 …
Court Approves Settlement Reached by Hattis Law in McAfee Antivirus Class Action
August 30, 2016
Today San Jose District Court Judge Edward J. Davila preliminarily approved a nationwide class action settlement that Hattis Law and co-counsel Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein reached with McAfee, Inc. The lawsuit alleged that McAfee engaged in …
Hattis Law Files Lawsuit Against California Board of Equalization to Revoke Illegal Mobile Phone Sales Tax
November 19, 2015
Today Hattis Law filed a lawsuit against the California Board of Equalization to revoke Regulation 1585, an illegal sales tax on mobile phones bundled with service contracts that has cost California consumers hundreds of millions of dollars …
Court Approves $40 million Settlement Reached by Hattis Law in TracFone Class Action
Today San Francisco District Court Judge Edward Chen approved a $40 million nationwide class action settlement that Hattis Law and co-counsel Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein reached with TracFone Wireless, Inc. The lawsuit alleged that TracFone falsely advertised its mobile …
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 …