We represent consumers and investors in class actions and complex litigation throughout the United States.
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Securities
McKesson, Inc. - On December 20, 2004, the Delaware Chancery Court upheld claims brought by the firm on behalf of McKesson, Inc, by certain of its shareholders, against the company's board of directors that presided over the collapse of the merger between McKesson, Inc. and HBOC and Co., Inc. in January 1999. McKesson and HBOC closed their merger in January 1999 and by April were forced to disclose accounting violations that resulted in a one day drop in the company's stock of $9 billion. On January 18, 2005, the Company announced that it would pay certain former shareholders $960 million to settle their claims against the company and a trial for criminal securities fraud began against Richard Hawkins, McKesson's former Chief Financial Officer. Our case seeks to recover as much as possible of the losses suffered by the company from those responsible. Use our online form to report securities claims. Click here > Financial Services
Webloyalty.com: Unauthorized Credit Card Charges - Green Welling is investigating the business practices of Webloyalty.com in relation to its Reservation Rewards program. Many consumers have been charged by Webloyalty.com for membership in a program known as Reservation Rewards that they did not join. Webloyalty.com has a history of complaints concerning deceptive marketing and selling strategies, unauthorized charges on consumers' credit cards, and non-cancellation of memberships following cancellation requests Learn more >
OnStar: Unauthorized Credit Card Charges - If your credit card has been billed for OnStar service, but you cancelled or are not an OnStar subscriber, you may be entitled to a refund. If the unauthorized charge was billed to you within the past 40 days, click here. and fill out the linked web form – we may be able to dispute the charge on your behalf. Learn more>
Consumer Reward Network and Star Communications: Unauthorized Credit Card Charges by the - If you are a credit card user who has been billed for unauthorized charges by Consumer Reward Network, Inc. or Star Communications, LLC (or one of their affiliates listed after the jump), you may be entitled to a refund of that amount. If you have been billed for such an unauthorized charge within the past 40 days, click here. and fill out the linked web form and we may be able to dispute the charge on your behalf. Learn more >
Bank of America - Green Welling brought an action against Bank of America on behalf of all Bank of America credit cardholders alleging that the bank's practices violate the Truth in Lending Act and other consumer protection statutes. The lawsuit primarily obtained equitable relief in the form of an injunction stopping the bank's practices. Learn more > Citibank - The U.S. District Court in New York ruled that Citibank's monthly credit card billing statements failed to include the information about variable interest rates that is required by federal law. Learn more > Prata v. GE Capital, "Same As Cash" Class Action Settlement: The California Superior Court in Los Angeles County approved a settlement between class members and GE that includes a $2.5 million cash fund to be distributed to authorized claimants on a pro rata basis after payment of notice and administrative fees. Learn more > Consumer Protection
DirecTV & Best Buy -Green Welling, LLP is investigating the representations DirecTV and Best Buy make to consumers regarding their purchases of DirecTV receivers and digital video recorders. Many consumers pay large amounts of money to “buy” DirecTV equipment, only to later discover that the equipment they “bought” is actually leased and must eventually be returned to DirecTV. If you purchased DirecTV equipment from DirecTV or Best Buy, please contact us. click here and fill out the linked web form for more information. RCI Weeks Program - Green Welling named Co-Lead Counsel for a potential class of 2.7 million members of the RCI Weeks Program; a time share exchange service that is alleged to skim the most desirable vacation weeks out of the exchange pool in order to profit from renting those weeks to general public. Learn more >
Toshiba - Toshiba Satellite A70, A75, M30X, and M35X notebook computers alleged static discharge defect settlement. On October 10, 2006, the Los Angeles Superior Court preliminarily approved a settlement for claims arising from the alleged computer static discharge defect of Toshiba Satellite A70, A75, M30X, and M35X notebook computers. Settlement notices will be sent to Class Members starting on November 7, 2006. Learn more >
Tenet Hospitals - Settlement Reached in Over-Billing Cases. Learn more > Firm Supports Consumer Agencies with Settlement Funds - Settlement means Millions for Consumer Advocacy. Re-printed from Consumer Action News (Fall 2004). Learn more>
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Defective Product
Liquid Crystal Displays - In February 2007, Green Welling LLP filed a class action lawsuit in United States District Court on behalf of persons or entities who purchased Liquid Crystal Displays ("LCD") indirectly from the world’s leading LCD manufacturers, including: LG Philips, Samsung, Sharp Electronics, Toshiba, Hitachi, Sanyo Epson, NEC, IDT, AU Optronics, Chi Mei Optronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, and Hannstar Display. Plaintiffs allege that, in violation of federal and state antitrust and state consumer protection laws, Defendants colluded among themselves and certain co-conspirators to fix the price of LCDs sold in the United States at supracompetitive prices. As a result of this allegedly unlawful conduct, Plaintiffs allege they paid artificially high prices for LCDs. Currently pending in the District Court for the Northern District of California, this lawsuit was coordinated for pre-trial proceedings with a number of related actions and is captioned In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1827.
HP Pavilion Settlement -Court grants preliminary approval of a settlement for certain HP Pavilion notebooks alleged to have defective power plugs and graphics cards. Class members are entitled to submit claims for repairs, cash reimbursement for out-of-pocket repair expenses, and/or discount coupons. For more details, Click Here >
Baycol Fatalities - This widely-used cholesterol lowering drug manufactured by Bayer is alleged to cause dangerous side effects, including fatal rhabdomyolysis, a condition typified by muscle cell breakdown. Bayer has now withdrawn Baycol from the U.S. market. Learn more > Antitrust
SRAM - In December 2006, Green Welling LLP filed a class action lawsuit in United States District Court on behalf of persons or entities who purchased static random access memory ("SRAM") chips directly from the world’s leading SRAM manufacturers, including Samsung Electronics Co., its subsidiary Samsung Semiconductor, and Micron Technology, Inc. Plaintiffs allege that, in violation of federal and state antitrust and state consumer protection laws, Defendants colluded among themselves and certain co-conspirators to fix the price of SRAM at supracompetitive levels. Currently pending in the District Court for the Northern District of California, this lawsuit was coordinated for pre-trial proceedings with a number of related actions and is captioned In re Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1819. Green Welling LLP was appointed by the Court to the Steering Committee for the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs. Learn more >
Green Welling LLP, who previously litigated against Rambus in California Superior Court, filed a new class action lawsuit in Federal District Court. Learn more >
TelecommunicationsMCI Bills Recurring Charges To Former Customers - This national class action was filed on behalf of thousands of former customers billed monthly charges for phone service they had previously terminated. As one customer describes it, "It was like me telling them to go away, and MCI deciding to move in. MCI wouldn't leave me alone."
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Textainer
- Green Welling is prosecuting a lawsuit on behalf of holders of
limited partnership units issued by TCC Equipment Fund, a California
Limited Partnership, Textainer Equipment Income Fund II, L.P., Textainer
Equipment Income Fund III, L.P., Textainer Equipment Income Fund,
IV, L.P., Textainer Equipment Income Fund V, L.P., and Textainer
Equipment Fund VI, L.P. 
SSB Analyst Cases - Green Welling LLP is co-lead counsel on behalf of XO Communications, Inc. shareholders against Salomon Smith Barney and its former telecommunications research analyst, Jack Grubman, in connection with their reports touting the investment merits of XO common stock even as XO slid toward bankruptcy. 
Sony DRM - Green Welling
prosecuted an action that alleged that copy-protected Sony BMG audio CDs released after January 1, 2005 contain unlawful, unauthorized and potentially damaging software that is not disclosed to the consumer when the disc is inserted in a Microsoft Windows-based personal computer. Furthermore, the software can not be un-installed or removed by the end user without considerable time, expense and expertise. 
Vegas Grand Condos - Condominium purchasers signed Reservation Agreements and made deposits of $10,000 to $25,000 to purchase specific condominium units for a specific price at the Vegas Grand, an 880-unit luxury condominium project now under construction in Las Vegas. Then, after Las Vegas real estate prices skyrocketed, the developer notified buyers that unless they agreed to a significant price increase their deposit would be returned and the condominium reserved for them would be sold to someone else at the higher price. Green Welling LLP
litigated legal claims arising from the actions of Del American, the developer, and other related parties. 
HP's Notebook Computers
The Santa Clara Superior Court certified claims to
proceed as a class action against Hewlett-Packard
Company relating to Pavilion model notebooks
suffering from dim, dark or flickering screens
resulting from a defective inverter. If your
Pavilion laptop screen does not work, but you can
use your laptop when plugged into an external
monitor, you may be a class member. 
Ford
Explorers
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AUDI
TT Instrument Cluster Settlement – Court
grants preliminary approval of a nationwide
settlement for Audi TTs (model years 2000 – 2004,
and certain 2005 models) alleged to have defective
instrument clusters. Three types of relief are
available to class members, including a 2-year
extension of the existing warranty, free repairs or
replacements of defective instrument clusters, and
full reimbursement of qualified, out-pocket expenses
incurred for instrument cluster repairs or
replacements. For more detail 
Hyundai Tiburon Clutch -
Green Welling filed a nationwide class action in Orange County, California on behalf of all persons who purchased or leased a 2003 GT Coupe Hyundai Tiburon with a 2.7 liter engine.
General Motors (GM) "Piston Slap" - Green Welling LLP filed a lawsuit on behalf of owners of General Motors vehicles who purchased or leased a 1999-2003 model with a 3.1, 3.4, 4.8, 5.3, 5.7 (LSI), 6.0, or 8.1 liter engine and whose vehicles produce "Piston Slap." Piston Slap is a loud knocking noise produced during and shortly after engine start-up caused by the engine pistons knocking against the cylinder walls as a result of excessive clearance between the piston and cylinder wall. 
Collusion Among Funeral Service Providers - Green Welling is investigating possible anticompetitive conduct by the nation’s largest owners and operators of funeral homes, taken in concert with certain manufacturers and sellers of caskets, in violation of state and federal antitrust laws. As a result of this alleged anticompetitive conduct, Independent Casket Dealers (“ICDs”) may have lost a significant percentage of sales to funeral homes and, in some instances, may have gone out of business altogether. 
Price Fixing by United Airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic - On August 8, 2006, Green Welling LLP filed an antitrust class action against United Airlines, Inc.; British Airways, PLC; and Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited seeking damages on behalf of all individuals victimized by price fixing on air passenger tickets for international flights, such as trips between London’s Heathrow Airport and U.S. airports such as San Francisco International, Los Angeles International, New York’s LaGuardia International or Chicago’s O’Hare International. The complaint alleges that starting in 2004, the airlines conspired to set and artificially raise certain fees such as surcharges for fuel. 
Del Monte's Allegedly Anti-competitive Conduct - Green Welling filed a class action suit on behalf of California residents who purchased "Del Monte Gold" or "Del Monte Extra Sweet" pineapples at any time from March 1, 1996 to May 6, 2003. The complaint alleges that purchasers paid supracompetitive prices for whole extra-sweet pineapples as a result of Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.'s anticompetitive conduct. (Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. is not to be confused with Del Monte Food Company, with which it has no affiliation). 
Collusion Among Auto Manufacturers - Green Welling filed a class action on behalf of purchasers and lessees of new cars to recover supracompetitive prices maintained by auto manufacturers' attempts to prevent less expensive Canadian cars from entering the U.S. market. 
Rambus' allegedly anti-competitive practices - On August 2, 2006 the Federal Trade Commission determined that computer technology developer Rambus unlawfully monopolized the markets for four memory technologies that were incorporated into industry standards for dynamic random access memory, otherwise known as DRAM. DRAM is widely used in personal computers, servers, printers, and cameras.
Are you a buyer of computer memory - Nearly every computer uses some form of "DRAM" (Dynamic Random Access Memory.) If you purchased a computer, or you increased the memory in your computer, or you work for a company that buys and uses DRAM, you may have been impacted by price increases in computer memory during the time period from December 1, 2001 through May 31, 2002. The Justice Department is investigating price fixing and on August 2, 2002, Green Welling filed a lawsuit alleging violation of California's antitrust laws. 
NOS Communications and Its Complicated Tariff - This nationwide MDL action on behalf of consumers alleges that NOS deceives customers through its complicated and misleading tariff. We also invite you to check out our resume of cases that includes successful outcomes our attorneys have obtained for clients