Oklahoma City, OK (January 2, 2018) – On December 28, 2017, Apple, Inc. posted “A Message to Our Customers” regarding the problems consumers have experienced with their iPhone 5, 6 and 7. Consumers have experienced problems with their iPhones unexpected shutdowns and slower performance in certain situations. To review the message from Apple, click here. If you have own an Apple iPhone 5, 6 or 7 and have experienced unexpected shutdowns or slower performance and would like to join the class action, please click here to obtain the paperwork to be included. Once completed, please email these forms to rkh@federmanlaw.com, fax to (405) 239-2121 […]

Yesterday, December 21, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) fined private equity giant TPG Capital Advisors, LLC for not explicitly disclosing its use of accelerated management fees, related to funds raised nearly a decade ago. The wrist-slap penalty is $13 million, which is below what some rival firms have been forced to pony up. Accelerated monitoring fees are when a private equity fund signs a long-term “monitoring” agreement with a portfolio company (e..g, 10 years), but is allowed to receive all 10 years of payment even if it sells the company before the term expires. Leaving aside the absurdity of […]

A recent article by Scott Neuman of NPR reported that the Senate voted to get rid of a banking rule that allows consumers to bring class-action lawsuits against banks and credit card companies to resolve financial disputes. To read the complete article, please click here.

Last week, Plaintiff’s counsel took the deposition of former state seismologist Dr. Austin Holland in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  To read more about Dr. Holland’s testimony, click here for the full story.

Carin L. Marcussen Named a “Rising Star” Federman & Sherwood is pleased to announce that Carin L. Marcussen has been named a “Rising Star” for Class Action / Mass Torts by Super Lawyers, Oklahoma 2017. Ms. Marcussen has previously been named as a Rising Star in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Federman & Sherwood is pleased to announce that they successfully argued that the Samsung Top-Loading Washing Machine cases filed throughout the United States should be transferred by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to the federal district court in Oklahoma City (Western District of Oklahoma). The litigation concerns at least 26 lawsuits filed in different federal courts. The common allegations arise from claims that over 30 models of Samsung top-load washing machines have design and manufacturing defects that may cause machine parts to detach, break apart, or explode during the spin cycle. Samsung issued a recall in November 2016 which […]

A recent article by Lily Hay Newman of Wired reported after the Congressional Hearing six important issues that came out of the Hearing.  With each new revelation about the devastating Equifax breach, the company’s defenses and response appear increasingly inadequate. To read the complete article, please click here. 

The medical device maker St. Jude Medical played down the failure of some batteries in its defibrillators, shipping them for years before recalling the devices last fall, according to a warning letter the Food and Drug Administration issued this week.   The company, acquired by Abbott Laboratories in January, also failed to tell its own management and a medical advisory board that the battery problems had led to the death of a patient, the agency found.   The F.D.A. said St. Jude Medical had not shown it was taking sufficient action to fix the problems that led to the slow […]

Federman & Sherwood initiated litigation against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. on January 13, 2017 on behalf of any and all consumers who have a Samsung home washing machines which have an inherently dangerous defect or suffer catastrophic failure during a given machine’s normal usage. Click here to see if you have a model number that is included in the litigation. If you have a recalled Samsung Washing Machine and wish to be included in the litigation, please complete the Contingent Fee Agreement by clicking here. You can return the executed Contingent Fee Agreement either by U.S. mail, email […]