In re Visa Check/MasterMoney Antitrust Litigation, Case No. CV-96-5238, (E.D.N.Y. 2003);The Visa/MasterCard antitrust case, in which the Mr. Keller was class co-counsel and co-trial counsel for five million of the nation's merchants, was settled in April 2003 for compensatory relief of $3.383 billion and injunctive relief valued by the Court at $25-87 billion over the following decade. The Court found that this was the largest federal court antitrust settlement in history and the largest … [Read more...]
24 Hour Fitness
In the 24 Hour Fitness case, Keller Grover was co-lead counsel on behalf of 1.5 million class members where the case settled in July 2010 for $295 million. The nationwide lawsuit accused 24-Hour Fitness of violating federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA) after consumers came forward alleging that 24-Hour Fitness continued to withdraw membership fees from their bank accounts even after they had cancelled their gym … [Read more...]
Verizon Landline Cramming Case
Keller Grover was co-counsel on the Verizon Landline Third Party Cramming Settlement (Moore et al. v. Verizon Communications Inc. et al., case number 4:09-cv-01823, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California) that made it possible for Verizon landline customers to receive 100% refunds for unauthorized third-party charges. The settlement was approved by United States District Court Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong on August 28, 2013. The Complaint alleged a practice of … [Read more...]
Butler v. Apple Inc.
On March 28, 2014, San Francisco class action lawyers Keller Grover LLP and their co-counsel filed a class action complaint against Apple Inc. in California Superior Court alleging that Apple released iPhone operating system (iOS) updates which damaged the ability of many iPhone 4s users to connect to the internet via Wi-Fi and to connect to other devices via Bluetooth. The complaint alleges that Apple was negligent and violated strict product liability laws, California’s Unfair Competition … [Read more...]
Nwabueze v. AT&T Inc., Land Line Cramming Case
Keller Grover was co-counsel in this nationwide class action lawsuit filed on April 7, 2009 against AT&T and Pacific Bell Telephone Company ("AT&T") alleging a practice of intentionally charging consumers for products and services they have not requested or authorized and the illegal billing and collection of such charges. Plaintiff alleged violation of the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968; violation of the Telecommunications Act of 1934, 47 … [Read more...]