Barclays iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP (www.kaplanfox.com) and Co-Counsel Sperling & Slater LLC has filed a class action suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, James E. Staley, Tushar Morzaria and C.S. Venkatakrishnan (“Defendants”). … Read More
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. A complaint was filed against Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. alleging the company and its executives concealed illegal importation of nonhuman primates used for research. The complaint was filed in Massachusetts federal court against Charles River, James Foster, David Smith and Flavia Pease. This is a class action on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Charles River securities between May 5, 2020 and February 21, 2023, inclusive (the Class Period)…. Read More
Digital Currency Group, Inc. On November 13, 2023, Lead Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint against Digital Currency Group, Inc., Barry Silbert, Glenn Hutchins, Lawrence Lenihan, Michael Kraines, Mark Murphy, Soichiro “Michael” Moro, and Derar Islim alleging violations of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and violations of New York and Connecticut consumer protection statutes. A copy of the November 13, 2023 amended complaint can be viewed here…. Read More
Caustic Soda Antitrust Litigation Kaplan Fox and its’ co-counsel represent several large direct purchasers of sodium hydroxide, (commonly known as caustic soda) in civil antitrust litigation against several leading chemical manufacturers who have conspired to artificially inflate the price of sodium hydroxide dating back to at least October 1, 2015…. Read More
Envision Healthcare Class Action Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP announces that a class action was filed Thursday, February 8, 2018 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against physician staffing firm Envision Healthcare Corporation and its affiliates, EmCare Holdings Inc., Emcare Inc., and Baxley Emergency Physician Services LLC, (collectively, “Envision”)…. Read More
Packaged Seafood Antitrust Litigation Kaplan Fox has to date filed seven complaints on behalf of Affiliated Foods, Inc., Associated Grocers of New England, Inc., North Central Distributors, LLC, Cash-Wa Distributing Co. of Kearney, Inc., URM Stores, Inc., Western Family Foods, Inc., Associated Food Stores, Inc.,Giant Eagle, Inc., McLane Company, Inc., Meadowbrook Meat Company, Inc., and Associated Grocers, Inc.The complaints allege manufacturers of packaged seafood, including Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, d/b/a Chicken of the Sea, King Oscar, Inc., Bumble Bee Foods, LLC f/k/a Bumble Bee Seafoods, LLC, and StarKist Co. conspired and fixed the prices of packaged seafood sold to customers in the United States from at least as early as January 1, 2003 to the present in violation of antitrust laws…. Read More
