On May 1, 2024, nine years after a pipeline ruptured along the Santa Barbara coastline spilling oil onto private property, Refugio State Beach and into the Pacific Ocean, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez granted preliminary approval of a $70 million class action settlement to property owners to resolve all outstanding class claims
The annual Champions Luncheon fundraising event for the Treehouse for Kids nonprofit took place on April 23, 2024 at the Sheraton Grand Seattle, and KR is both proud and grateful to have participated once again as a sponsor.
We are thrilled to announce that Keller Rohrback partner, Derek Loeser, has been selected by Law360 as one of its Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2024!
The New York Times reports that the consulting firm MultiPlan, in partnership and major health insurance companies, evaluates charges for patient care from out-of-network providers and often recommends that insurers and health plans pay significantly less than the amount of the actual bills, which can mean thousands of dollars in unexpected medical bills for consumers.
Recent news reports have revealed that Honda, Hyundai, and Kia routinely share information about drivers’ habits with insurance companies. If you own or lease a Honda, Kia, Hyundai, Acura, or Genesis vehicle that is a model year 2019 or newer, we’d like to hear from you.
Recent news reports have revealed that driver data has been routinely collected by General Motors and its OnStar partner, processed by LexisNexis and Verisk, and marketed to the insurance industry.
The Department of Justice has filed suit against telecommunications giant Apple, Inc. for using “shapeshifting rules and restrictions” on app developers to “throttle competitive alternatives.”
Keller Rohrback is very proud to announce the selection of senior partner Derek W. Loeser to Forbes inaugural list of America’s Top 200 Lawyers. This recognition highlights “the finest practitioners in the profession—lawyers with stellar track records in their specialties, those who have broken barriers to emerge as leaders in their fields, and attorneys most respected by peers and clients.”
The leaked data reportedly includes the names, phone numbers, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers and other sensitive personal information of confirmed AT&T customers.
We are elated to share the news that the significant verdict reached by a Portland jury in the 2020 Oregon fires case was selected by the Courtroom View Network as the first in its Top 10 list of most impressive plaintiff verdicts for 2023.
Change Healthcare, a unit of the Optum division of the United Health Group, which handles some 14 billion clinical, financial, and operational transactions in the U.S. annually, suffered a recent extensive cyber-attack.
In the second trial set to determine damages for individual victims of the 2020 Labor Day fires that devastated Oregon, a jury in Portland has awarded 10 survivors $42.4 million in economic, non-economic, and punitive damages springing from PacifiCorp’s liability for the blazes.
If you purchased replacement tires for your car that were manufactured by one of several major brands since January 20, 2020, you may have paid an unlawful or artificially inflated price for this vital part.
We’re excited to announce that associate attorney, Zachary Gussin, has been selected as one of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s monthly “Next Gen in Law” honorees. This honor is bestowed by the publication upon attorneys who have been practicing for 10 years or less, and who it describes as “rising stars in the Puget Sound region who are helping the business community thrive.”
Keller Rohrback is proud to announce that the firm has once more been named to Law360’s select list of Practice Groups of the Year. In the awards’ 14th year, the admission range for case achievements was from October 1, 2022 to October 6, 2023, and for Keller Rohrback included successes in both the Class Action and Environmental practice area categories.
A jury in Portland, Oregon awarded approximately $84 million in compensation from PacifiCorp to nine survivors of the fires that swept across Oregon on Labor Day 2020.
Keller Rohrback takes great pride in announcing three new partners at the firm. Mirén First attained her title from within the firm’s Seattle office, while Jen Wagner and Matt Melamed each made lateral moves from other firms.
Keller Rohrback partners Lynn Sarko, Gretchen Freeman Cappio, and Derek Loeser have been included in Lawdragon’s 2024 500 Leading Lawyers in America list for the third year running.
The New York Times is reporting that blockbuster prescription asthma drug, Singulair (generic, montelukast), might be responsible for inducing states of “aggression, agitation and even suicidal thoughts” in those that taking it.
On the evening of Friday, January 5th, Alaska Airline Flight 1282 had a nearly tragic fuselage panel failure when a plugged emergency exit was ripped from the plane mid-flight, causing a rapid loss of cabin pressure.
Keller Rohrback is excited to welcome associate attorney Katherine Klein to the Complex Litigation team. Katherine, who will be joining the Denver, Colorado office, has significant experience working with environmental and conservation issues. Katherine earned her JD in 2021 from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
On December 6, 2023, Keller Rohrback partner David Ko was appointed to the Executive Committee for the Self-Funded Payer Track of the MDL In Re Insulin Pricing Litigation.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to share the news that Judge Kronstadt in the District Court of the Central District of California has granted Final Approval of a settlement between the Toyota Defendants and consumer Plaintiffs in In Re: ZF-TRW Airbag Control Units Products Liability Litigation.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to announce that Portland Associate Sarah Osborn has earned the Oregon New Lawyers Division's (ONLD) 2023 Member Services Award. Each year, the ONLD honors one of its members for contributions to the Division membership and mission, which is expressed as assisting new lawyers with the transition to practicing law in Oregon and helping them align with the mission, functions, and values of the Oregon State Bar.
Keller Rohrback is honored to have been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms® rankings. The firm was recognized with multiple tiered rankings in various practice areas and locations that signify a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
This year's Legal Foundation of Washington Associates Campaign was an opportunity for Keller Rohrback associates to strut their trivia stuff, and did they ever! Aided by a trivia contest that was expertly hosted by Adele Daniel, the KR team raised $29,880 for the LFW! The local nonprofit, created in 1984 by the Washington Supreme Court, funds 40 civil legal aid programs that serve low-income citizens throughout the state.
Keller Rohrback proudly announces that associate attorney Adele Daniel has been selected as one of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s monthly “Next Gen in Law” honorees. The publication confers the respected title upon attorneys who have been practicing for 10 or fewer years, and who it describes as “rising stars in the Puget Sound region who are helping the business community thrive.”
On October 10, 2023, District Court Judge Vince Chhabria, issued an order granting final approval of the $725 million class action settlement in In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation. No. 3:18-md-02843-VC. The settlement represents the largest recovery ever achieved in a data privacy class action and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a private class action. Once the appeal period has run, the order paves the way for the Settlement Administrator, Angeion Group, to begin distributing payments to the millions of class members who filed claims.
This year, Keller Rohrback's Seattle office participated in the Elizabeth Gregory Home summer donation drive, providing clothing and vital supplies to this worthy charity. the Elizabeth Gregory Home is a Seattle area non-profit that serves homeless women by providing transitional housing, a Day Center and case management services, while providing a welcoming and respectful refuge where homeless and at-risk women can access compassionate care.
Keller Rohrback is proud to recognize its Juul Labs litigation team for securing Final Approval of the Juul Nationwide Class Action Settlement, which was approved on September 19, 2023.
A recent FDA panel stated that multiple studies have shown that phenylephrine, which is a common ingredient in many of the most popular over-the-counter oral cold medicines such as types of Sudafed, Mucinex and Robitussin, among others, is no better than a placebo in its ability to act as a decongestant.
Keller Rohrback is proud to announce that associate attorneys Felicia Craick and Natida Sribhibhadh have been recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal in its monthly feature “Next Gen in Law.”
Did the Maui wildfires destroy your world? The physical destruction of homes, businesses, and personal belongings has been devastating, but the emotional and financial toll imposed by the fire is immeasurable. Although we at Keller Rohrback cannot give you back what you have lost, we can help you hold accountable those who were responsible for this tragedy.
Keller Rohrback was among the first firms in the Country to sue pharmacy benefit managers for conspiring with insulin manufacturers to drive up the cost of insulin for American consumers. These abusive practices continue today, and they increase the costs that cities and counties pay for insulin.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to announce that 22 of our attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 editions of either The Best Lawyers in America® or Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
Keller Rohrback congratulates partner Josh Ross, who was named as one of the Oregon 2023 Super Lawyers Top 50 attorneys. The firm is proud to support Josh in this distinct honor, which recognizes the outstanding work he does on behalf of clients in a wide variety of civil matters. These include trust and estate litigation, shareholder disputes, consumer and securities fraud actions, class actions, breach of professional and fiduciary duty, and property and contract disputes.
Keller Rohrback L.L.P. is investigating reports that electric car manufacturer, Tesla, has been rigging its range-estimating software to intentionally show inflated projections for the distance its vehicles can travel on a full battery. But this was not a matter of a mere miscalculation: according to reports, Tesla intentionally programmed its cars to show drivers more realistic range estimates only after the battery fell below 50% of its maximum charge.
Congratulations to Derek Loeser, who was selected to the Washington 2023 Super Lawyers Top 100 list! Keller Rohrback is thrilled to support Derek in this distinct honor, which recognizes his ongoing work in prominent nationwide class-action mass tort cases.
Keller Rohrback is proud to announce that 21 of our Seattle attorneys have been named to the 2023 Washington Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list of honorees!
Keller Rohrback partner, Ryan McDevitt, was recently recognized by the prominent legal news website, Law360 as one of their 2023 Rising Stars. This exclusive list recognizes attorneys under the age of 40 “whose legal accomplishments belie their age.” Ryan was one of only 83 attorneys recognized nationally as a Rising Star, and only one of 4 recognized in the category of Product Liability.
Keller Rohrback is investigating whether AI companies, such as OpenAI (ChatGPT), Google (Bard), and Meta Platforms (LlaMA), are infringing on the rights of copyright holders and violating consumer protection laws.
Was your property lost or damaged in the catastrophic Marhsall Fire in Boulder County Colorado? More than 1,000 homes and commercial buildings were damaged or destroyed, and approximately 6,000 acres of land were burned, in this tragic but preventable disaster in Boulder County, Colorado. Keller Rohrback wants to help.
Keller Rohrback L.L.P. is thrilled to announce that on June 14th, an Oregon jury returned a decision that Berkshire Hathaway owned power company, PacifiCorp, must pay punitive damages for its role in the Labor Day wildfires that that devastated vast areas of Oregon in 2020.
Keller Rohrback associate attorney, Felicia Craick, was recently featured in a King 5 news story discussing the ongoing litigations being brought by school districts from around the country seeking to address the role that social media companies play in the nation’s youth mental health crisis. The story comes in light of the recent public health advisory issued by the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy.
Between February 26, 2023 and March 7, 2023, the largest dental insurer in the nation, Managed Care of North America (MCNA), was subjected to a ransomware attack which compromised the personal and private health information of nearly nine million people across the United States.
Keller Rohrback wants to congratulate the six members of our team recognized by prominent legal media company, Lawdragon, in their 2023 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers guide.
The Keller Rohrback complex litigation team was recently featured in a "Lawdragon limelight." Derek Loeser, Lynn Sarko, and Gretchen Freeman Cappio represented the department for the feature.
Below is an excerpt from the feature titled, "A TEAM TAKING CORPORATIONS TO TASK: COMPLEX LITIGATION AT KELLER ROHRBACK"
Keller Rohrback is thrilled to announce a $235 million settlement with Altria and related companies, in the massive nation-wide JUUL e-cigarette youth vaping predatory advertising, fraud, addiction and injury litigation.
Keller Rohrback was a proud sponsor of the UW (University of Washington) NALSA (Native American Law Student Association) 2023 Salmon Bingo Dinner. The dinner took place on Friday, April 28, at wǝɫǝbʔaltxw (Intellectual House) on the UW campus. The dinner featured Indigenously prepared foods, and bingo with prizes focused on Native-created items or Native-owned businesses.
Keller Rohrback Managing Partner, Lynn Lincoln Sarko, was recently named as one of Law360 “Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar” for 2023. The “Titans” award seeks to recognize influential members of the plaintiffs’ bar who have had significant wins over the past year. Lynn is one of only 12 attorneys recognized for this honor this year.
Please join us in congratulating Managing Partner, Lynn Sarko, for being featured as a 2023 Law360 Titans of The Plaintiffs Bar honoree. Lynn was one of 12 attorneys selected who lead class action and mass torts litigation, shareholder derivative suits, and multidistrict litigation.
March is Women’s History Month, and this month we take a moment to recognize and learn a little bit about women who have served on the United States Supreme Court. The Court is the highest tribunal in the Nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States. As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution. To date, six women have served on the Court, with four of them still actively serving.
Keller Rohrback’s Portland office is growing! Two established Portland lawyers, Josh Ross and Keil Mueller, join Yoona Park in Keller Rohrback’s newest office in Portland, Oregon. These three partners will collaborate closely with KR’s teams in its other six offices to continue the firm’s work in providing valued legal expertise to clients and representing government entities and other plaintiffs in large-scale, impact litigation.
The attorneys and staff of Keller Rohrback are honored to sponsor Elizabeth Gregory Home, supporting the mission of providing homeless and at-risk women with respect, dignity, and empathy.
Keller Rohrback is investigating a potential design flaw that causes ice to build up in certain French door refrigerators causing expensive repair bills and loss of food. Are you affected?
Keller Rohrback is investigating reports that the manufacturer of the drug, Humira, has been using patent manipulation and other tactics to keep competitors out of the market for years in order to keep the price of its blockbuster drug outrageously high.
For the second year in a row, Keller Rohrback partners Gretchen Freeman Cappio and Derek Loeser, along with Managing Partner Lynn Sarko, have been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. Congratulations to Lynn, Gretchen and Derek on earning this high honor!
For decades, appliance manufacturers have created marketing campaigns that portray gas stoves as as safe, efficient, and effective cooking tools. What those campaigns have omitted are the noxious gasses that those products emit, even when they are off.
We are excited to announce that Keller Rohrback has been recognized by Law360 as one of its “Practice Groups of the Year” for 2022 in two categories: Product Liability and Cybersecurity and Privacy! Law360 is the country’s foremost online publications for legal news and analysis and the Practice Group of the Year awards “honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated through the legal industry.”
Keller Rohrback is investigating allegations that Jeep used false claims about some of their vehicles’ green electric capabilities to market their 4xe hybrid line. Were you misled?
On Friday, January 6, 2023, Seattle Public Schools took the first step towards holding social media companies accountable for the harm they have wreaked on the social, emotional, and mental health of its students by filing a lawsuit against the companies operating TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, SnapChat, and YouTube.
Keller Rohrback is investigating reports that certain college athletic departments are taking huge payments from sportsbooks to allow them to promote and advertise online gambling on various campuses and even partnering with them to promote gambling to students directly in some instances.
Syngenta and Corteva, two major agricultural chemical companies, have allegedly engaged in illegal anticompetitive behavior. These practices may have forced the farmers that feed our nation to pay inflated prices for crop protection products.
Facebook User Plaintiffs and Defendant Facebook have agreed to resolve In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litig., No. 3:18-md-02843-VC, the class action arising out of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, for $725 million—the largest settlement ever of a privacy class action in the United States.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to announce that on December 15, 2022, Monsanto Company has agreed to pay $698 million to the State of Oregon to resolve the State’s claims against the giant multinational chemical company for PCB contamination throughout Oregon. Monsanto, the sole manufacturer of PCBs in the United States, made and sold over 1.4 billion pounds of PCBs despite knowing they are toxic, bioaccumulate, and last effectively forever.
The Keller Rohrback ERISA team, along with co-counsel at Stris & Maher and the Seattle City Attorney, completed its successful defense of a landmark Seattle ordinance when the Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari brought by a nationwide employer association. The ordinance requires large hotels to spend a certain amount for their employees’ health care or pay the employees additional compensation so as to enable them to afford such care.
Keller Rohrback is honored to have been included in the 2023 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s– Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" publication receiving multiple tiered rankings in various recognized practice areas and locations. Achieving a tiered ranking in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
Keller Rohrback partner, Derek Loeser has recently been featured in the popular Lawdragon.com Lawyer Limelight interview series. In his interview, Derek discusses his early career working for the US Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division, and what drives him to take on large corporations who abuse their power, and where he sees the future of complex litigation going, among other topics.
Keller Rohrback is investigating the high price of Nuvigil (generically known as armodafinil). Nuvigil is a critical medication used to reduce extreme sleepiness in sufferers of narcolepsy and other sleep-related disorders.
Keller Rohrback is honored to have been recognized by the American Antitrust Institute (AAI) for its work on the In re EpiPen Marketing, Sales Practices, and Antitrust Litigation. The Keller Rohrback team of Lynn Sarko, Gretchen Freeman Cappio, Alison Chase and Felicia Craick will be recognized, alongside co-counsel from Burn Charest LLP, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Pritzker Levine LLP, Sharp Law LLP, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, on November 9th at the 2022 AAI Awards Night in the category of Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice.
On September 20, Federal District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez granted final approval of a combined $230 million class action settlement arising out of Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Refugio Oil Spill on the Santa Barbara coast.
On Friday, August 26, 2022, Facebook User Plaintiffs and Defendant Facebook informed the court that they have reached a settlement in principle in the action In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litig., No. 3:18-md-02843-VC.
Keller Rohrback is investigating reports that certain models of Ford Super Duty trucks manufactured between the years of 1999 and 2016, may have dangerously weak roofs that are susceptible to crushing in a roll-over accident, potentially leading to grievous bodily injury or even death. Is your safety at risk?
Congratulations to Keller Rohrback partner, Cari Laufenberg for being recognized by Best Lawyers ® as the 2023 Litigation - ERISA “Lawyer of the Year” award winner in Seattle!
Credit reporting agency, Equifax, has announced that between March 17th and April 6th of 2022, a coding issue in a “legacy application” may have sent incorrect credit scores for potentially millions of consumers to lending agencies and banks. Were you affected?
From the 1950s through the 1980s, people living or working at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, were potentially exposed to contaminated drinking water.
Keller Rohrback partner, Gretchen Freeman Cappio has recently been featured in the popular Lawdragon.com Lawyer Limelight interview series. In her interview, Gretchen discusses her international journey to becoming lawyer, her law professor father’s influence and what drives her to leave the world in a better place through the practice of law among other topics. An excerpt of the interview can be read below:
Keller Rohrback is investigating reports that U.S. Bank employees opened bank and/or credit card accounts in customers’ name without their consent. Are you concerned? We want to hear from you.
Congratulations to Derek Loeser, who was selected to the Washington 2022 Super Lawyers Top 100 list! Keller Rohrback is thrilled to support Derek in this distinct honor.
Keller Rohrback is proud to announce that twenty-two of our attorneys have been named to the 2022 Washington and Northern California, Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists!
Keller Rohrback is investigating the recent Flagstar Bank data breach that resulted in the theft of over 1.5 million customers’ names, personal identification, and Social Security numbers.
Nissan has announced more than 180,000 Nissan Frontier and Titan pickups, model years 2020-2022 are at risk for potentially rolling away while in Park.
Lawdragon.com has recently featured Keller Rohrback Managing Partner, Lynn Sarko, in its popular Lawyer Limelight interview series. In the interview, Lynn, who was previously recognized by Lawdragon as one of the 2022 Leading Lawyers in America, discusses his path to becoming a lawyer, how his early life on farm in Illinois prepared him for his current role leading a nationally recognized law firm, and the work that he is most proud of amongst other interesting topics
Keller Rohrback Is Pleased to Announce That Portland-area Air Quality Researchers Will Be Acquiring Air Pollution Monitoring Equipment as the Result of a Recent Class Action Settlement.
Keller Rohrback is investigating reports that social media giant Twitter (TWTR) misused users’ telephone numbers and email addresses to sell targeted ads, profiting off of consumers’ private information.
Keller Rohrback is pleased to have been recognized for its antitrust work in the 2021 Antitrust Annual Report published in partnership by the Center for Litigation and Courts at UC Hastings College of Law and The Huntington National Bank. Keller Rohrback was included in their rankings for the category of “Top 50 Cases with Settlements Reaching Final Approval 2009-2021.” Keller Rohrback achieved this ranking by having been a part of one of the largest antitrust settlements reached during this time period. Congratulations to the Keller Rohrback Antitrust Team!
According to an article published by The Practice magazine, between the years 2000 and 2015, the number of Asian American lawyers practicing in the United States has grown from 20,000 to 53,000, and now comprise nearly five percent of lawyers Nationwide. In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage month, we’re taking some time to feature some of the amazing and important work currently being done by our Keller Rohrback attorneys of AAPI heritage.
Earth Day, celebrated annually on April 22, is an important reminder to support and protect the environment, raise awareness on the climate and ecological crises, and to make a conscious effort to reduce our environmental impact.