A federal court in Tulsa, Oklahoma found that a police officer’s shooting death of a 16 year-old boy was unnecessary. The Tulsa County DA refused to prosecute the officer. Judge Gregory K. Frizzel, in citing precedence for the decision, held “… an officer’s use of deadly force without probably cause to believe that a suspect, while driving a vehicle, presents a serious threat of physical harm to himself or others is a violation of clearly established law.” The Opinion and Order was filed in the case styled Tiffany Simpson v. Jon Little, et al., filed in the United States District […]

Federman & Sherwood is pleased to announce that it has been named the winner of the Corporate International Magazine Global Award for the Securities Litigation and Arbitration Law Firm of the Year in Oklahoma for 2020.

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 […]

To join this class action, please complete the following Investor Certification.  Oklahoma City, OK (October 14, 2019) – On October 11, 2019, a securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Vivint Solar, Inc. (NYSE: VSLR).  The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including allegations of issuing a series of material or false misrepresentations to the market which had the effect of artificially inflating the market price during the Class Period, which is […]

On July 9, 2019, the Honorable Judge David Alan Ezra entered a Preliminary Approval Order of the proposed settlement in the case styled Michael W. Tilleman v. LeafFilter North, LLC and LeafFilter North of Texas, LLC, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Case No. 18-cv-1152-DAE. Please visit www.consumerproductsettlement.com for any questions about the settlement and to file a settlement claim on or before November 5, 2019. If you have any questions about the settlement, you may contact Robin Hester rkh@federmanlaw.com or by telephone at (405) 235-1560.

To join this class action, please complete the following Investor Certification.  Oklahoma City, OK (October 10, 2019) – On October 7, 2019, a securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Sonim Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SONM).  The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, including allegations of issuing a series of material or false misrepresentations to the market which had the effect of artificially inflating the market price during the Class Period, which is pursuant and/or traceable to […]

To join this class action, please complete the following Investor Certification.  Oklahoma City, OK (October 10, 2019) – On October 8, 2019, a securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC).  The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including allegations of issuing a series of material or false misrepresentations to the market which had the effect of artificially inflating the market price during the Class Period, which is February 16, […]

To join this class action, please complete the following Investor Certification.  Oklahoma City, OK (October 4, 2019) – On October 3, 2019, a securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against Match Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTCH).  The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including allegations of issuing a series of material or false misrepresentations to the market which had the effect of artificially inflating the market price during the Class Period, which is August […]

To join this class action, please complete the following Investor Certification.  Oklahoma City, OK (October 2, 2019) – On September 27, 2019, a securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Utah against Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK).  The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including allegations of issuing a series of material or false misrepresentations to the market which had the effect of artificially inflating the market price during the Class Period, which is May 9, 2019 […]

To:  All persons and/or entities who purchased common stock in Akorn, Inc. [AKRX] during the period from November 3, 2016 through January 8, 2019, inclusive, and were damaged thereby; a settlement has been announced in the securities litigation known as In Re Akorn, Inc. Data Integrity Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-01713, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.  For additional information about this settlement, please see the Notice and Proof of Claim (links provided below): Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class Action and Settlement Fairness Hearing; Proof of Claim and Release. Claim […]