Oklahoma City, OK (September 23, 2020) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood initiates an investigation into Long & Foster Companies or one its subsidiaries:  Prosperity home Mortgage, LLC; Fonville Morisey Companies, Long & Foster Insurance, Long & Foster Real Estate, RGS Title, LLC, Sage Title Group, LLC, Settlement Professionals LLC or Mid-States Title Insurance Agency, Inc. relating to a ransomware attack and data breach on August 22, 2020.  An investigation was completed and it was determined that personal information, including name, address, telephone number, date of birth, Social Security number, W-2 details and bank information may have been […]

Oklahoma City, OK (August 25, 2020) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood initiates an investigation into Filters Fast, LLC relating to malicious code being added to Filters Fast’s website.  Filters Fast was informed of a possible data security incident in late February 2020.  After an investigation by an outside expert forensics firm it was determined there was a breach of security.  The investigation revealed that attackers had succeeded in adding malicious code to FiltersFast’s website on July 15, 2019, which allowed unauthorized individuals to capture certain information during the checkout process.  The malicious code was removed on July […]

Oklahoma City, OK (July 17, 2020) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation of a possible subscription scam into Learn Our History, the company that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee co-founded in 2011. Learn our History was formed to make it fun for kids to learn American History.  The former Governor of Arkansas, talk show host and two-time presidential candidate’s firm said it is giving away its educational booklets – such as “The Kids Guide to President Trump” for free, or just $1 per item, in a “patriotic bundle” special.  But the offer is far […]

Oklahoma City, OK (May 8, 2020) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation into CytoDyn Inc. [OTC: CYDY] and its officers and directors, with respect to possible violations of federal securities laws.  On April 27, 2020, CytoDyn, a late-stage biotechnology company, issued a press release indicating it had submitted a “Biologics License Application (“BLA”) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Leronlimab as a combination therapy with HAART for highly treatment experienced HIV patients.” On May 7, 2020, CytoDyn announced that its BLA for Leronlimab “will be considered completed after the clinical datasets are […]

To complete a Confidential Questionnaire, please click here: http://www.federmanlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Questionnaire-AceUniverse.pdf Oklahoma City, OK (April 22, 2020) – Federman & Sherwood, a boutique class action litigation law firm, is investigating ACE Universe, Inc. for its failure to refund customers money for the ACE Comic Con Northeast event that was to be held in Boston in March, 2020. ACE claimed the three day event was nearly sold out through ticket sales by GrowTix LLC. Over $2 million in ticket sales were reported before the coronavirus pandemic State of Emergency was announced on March 11, 2020. Although ticket sales should have been refunded, it is […]

Federman & Sherwood, a boutique litigation law firm that has been appointed counsel in several data breach cases, has initiated an investigation into the data breach at Solara Medical Supplies, LLC. (“Solara”).  On June 28, 2019, Solar discovered that an unknown actor gained access to its employees Office 365 Accounts as a result of a phishing email campaign.  Customer and employee personal information that may have been accessed included first and last names, address, date of birth, social security number, employee identification number, personal medical information, health insurance information, financial information, credit / debit card information, driver’s license / state […]

Oklahoma City, OK (November 15, 2019) –Federman & Sherwood, a boutique litigation law firm that has been appointed counsel in various data breach cases, has initiated an investigation into Hy-Vee, Inc. relating to a data breach affecting debit and credit payment card data from cards used on point-of-sale (“POS”) devices at certain Hy-Vee fuel pumps, drive-thru coffee shops and restaurants (which include Hy-Vee Market Grilles, Hy-Vee Market Grille Expresses and the Wahlburgers locations that Hy-Vee owns and operates, as well as the cafeteria at Hy-Vee’s West Des Moines corporate office).  The data breach affecting cards used at these locations may […]

Oklahoma City, OK (October 15, 2019) –Federman & Sherwood, a boutique litigation law firm that has been appointed counsel in various data breach cases, has initiated an investigation into Chegg, Inc. relating to a data breach affecting personal information of more than 40 million student users of chegg.com.  Chegg reported that about 40 million user’s data, including user names, email addresses, shipping address and hashed Chegg passwords were accessed.  Chegg reported that the unauthorized party gained access on or around April 29, 2018 to the company database that hosts user data for chegg.com and certain of Chegg’s family of brands […]

Oklahoma City, OK  (August 23, 2019) – Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation of Merrill Lynch and UBS Group AG.  UBS Group AG (NYSE:  UBS) sold a very complex investment strategy called Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES). Merrill Lynch sold a similar product called the Collateral Yield Enhancement Strategy (CYES). The primary strategy of these complex trading strategies, both of which utilized leverage and borrowed money putting investors at further risk, is called an “Iron Condor”. This involves simultaneously entering into multiple option positions at the same time while essentially betting on the volatility of the market and certain indexes. […]

Oklahoma City, OK  (August 23, 2019) – Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation of UBS Group AG and Merrill Lynch.  UBS Group AG (NYSE:  UBS) sold a very complex investment strategy called Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES). Merrill Lynch sold a similar product called the Collateral Yield Enhancement Strategy (CYES). The primary strategy of these complex trading strategies, both of which utilized leverage and borrowed money putting investors at further risk, is called an “Iron Condor”. This involves simultaneously entering into multiple option positions at the same time while essentially betting on the volatility of the market and certain indexes. […]