Featured Active Cases
Class actions in California and North Carolina on behalf of NordVPN consumers for deceptive advertising and autorenewal practices.
In July 2022, a Federal Judge in the Southern District of New York granted final approval of a $62 million settlement of Wittels McInturff Palikovic’s nationwide class action complaint against weight-loss app company Noom, Inc. for Noom consumers who were automatically enrolled in multi-month plans and/or had difficulty canceling their trial plans.
The class action alleges that HOP Energy agreed to provide heating oil at the prevailing retail price, but instead HOP Energy took advantage of consumers and charged massive premiums.
A class action on behalf of thousands of customers who were charged exorbitant electricity rates after switching from their local utility to Major Energy.
A class action on behalf of thousands of New York customers who were charged exorbitant electricity and gas rates after switching from their local utility to XOOM Energy.
A wage and hour class action seeking overtime wages for home health care aides who are owed overtime and additional damages.
A $100M+ class action on behalf of women suffering from the July 2019 recall of Allergan’s textured BIOCELL breast implants which increase the risk of lymphoma.
Featured Resolved Cases
$3.65M class action settlement on behalf of Ambit’s Budget Billing customers in New York, New Jersey, and Maryland
A class action lawsuit settled for $27M on behalf of Ocwen’s mortgage customers who were enrolled in home warranty and home service plans through check solicitations, also called activation checks.
Steven Wittels was lead trial counsel in the largest gender discrimination case ever tried to a jury.
Federal Court Grants Final Approval of Class Action Settlement.
A $50,000,000 Class Action Against IDT Energy For Failing to Warn its Energy Customers that Prices Can Spike and for Low-Balling its Promised Rebates.
A wage and hour class action seeking overtime wages for more than 1,000 home health care aides cheated out of proper wages.
The Wittels Law Firm successfully negotiated a settlement in a sexual harassment and gender discrimination case filed against an employee benefits administration company in New York and one of its former employees.
Steven Wittels obtained a $27 Million settlement for employees of the telephone giant who were misclassified as exempt from overtime in this wage and hour lawsuit.
Steven Wittels served as counsel in over 200 Vioxx cases against the drug manufacturer Merck. The Vioxx class action settled for approximately $5 billion.
Steven Wittels settled this nationwide overtime suit for $14,000,000 on behalf of 12,000 C&S employees who were denied their fair wages by their employer.
Steven Wittels represented high-level Human Resources representatives in a class action alleging pay and promotion discrimination. The case was settled in 2009 with non-public terms.
Steven Wittels represented nearly 6000 female sales employees in their gender discrimination claims and obtained a settlement of over $15 million on behalf of the class.
A lawsuit for customers challenging a modem lease fee on consumers' bills.
Steven Wittels successfully challenged the abusive and inhumane treatment of prisoners at the hands of jail personnel and medical staff.
One of a handful of landmark class actions challenging the widespread practice of taking advantage of students and young people desperate for work.
Steven Wittels successfully represented a former General Counsel of GE Transportation, and two groups of female executives. The settlement's terms are confidential.
Steven Wittels successfully represented the family of a deceased child in a complicated medical malpractice action resulting from a flawed amniocentesis procedure. The case settled for a substantial six figure sum during discovery.
Steven Wittels represented an employee at a waste-management facility who was severely burned due to a defective on-site furnace. After extensive litigation, Steven was able to achieve a remarkable multi-million dollar settlement for his client.
After NY Appellate Division Second Department held that it is improper for a defendant to try to buy off the individual lead class plaintiff, the parties entered into a multi-million dollar settlement on behalf of credit card customers nationwide who were charged late fees on payments that were not overdue in violation of consumer fraud statutes.
Superior Court of Bergen County approved $250,000 class-wide settlement to equipment lessees charged excessive late fee payments in violation of NJ Consumer Fraud Act.
Wittels Law obtained a substantial confidential settlement for a number of employees who challenged a metro-area hospital’s discriminatory termination of pregnant employees.
Steven Wittels obtained a substantial six figure settlement to investor group defrauded by unscrupulous business venture.
Steven Wittels obtained a substantial seven figure recovery for investors defrauded by hedge fund managers.
Wittels Law successfully represented a whistleblower in his challenge to Ungerer’s drug abuse, security of controlled substances, and workplace safety policies.
Wittels Law successfully represented a whistleblower who was fired after warning the Company of spoiled food and dangerous working conditions in the store where he worked.
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