Filed: Block & Landsman class action lawyers have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of parents of all children residing in areas throughout Illinois designated as posing high risk of exposure to lead-based paint. Opinions by the Illinois Appellate Court created precedent by establishing the right of these parents to collectively sue the manufacturers of white lead pigment for conspiring to conceal the dangers of their product. The court has certified the case as a class action and the parties are currently engaged in discovery.
Filed: Block & Landsman class action lawyers have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of investors who maintain brokerage accounts with a major brokerage firm who allege that firm overcharged its customers for costs purportedly incurred.
Rosenbach v. UBS Financial Services: Block & Landsman class action lawyers obtained a settlement on behalf of current and former registered representatives of UBS Financial Services for recovery of underpaid commissions relating to the sale of Auction Rate Certificates..
Elliott v. Chicago
Housing Authority: Block & Landsman class action lawyers obtained a settlement on
behalf of 25,000
children residing in
publicly subsidized
housing that established
a one-of-a-kind medial
monitoring program in
cooperation with area
hospitals that was
designed to detect
neuropsychological
injuries known to be
associated with lead
poisonin.
Lewis v. Lead Industries Association, et al.: Block & Landsman class action lawyers filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of parents
of all children residing in areas throughout Illinois designated as posing high risk of exposure to
lead-based paint. Opinions by the Illinois Appellate Court created precedent by establishing the right
of these parents to collectively sue the makers of white lead pigment for conspiring to conceal the
dangers their product posed to young children. The case was recently certified as a class action by
the trial court.
Settlement: Block & Landsman class action lawyers obtained a settlement on behalf of current and former registered representatives of UBS Financial Services alleging underpaid commissions relating to the sale of Auction Rate Certificates.
Settlement: Block & Landsman class action lawyers obtained a settlement on behalf of 25,000 children residing in subsidized public housing in Chicago that established a one-of-a-kind medical monitoring program in cooperation with area hospitals that was designed to detect neuropsychological injuries known to be associated with lead poisoning.
Settlement:Block & Landsman class action lawyers obtained a settlement on behalf of investors that involved obtaining preliminary injunction stopping a $160 million defensive recapitalization of a publicly-held limited partnership.
Settlement:Block & Landsman class action lawyers obtained a settlement on behalf of homeowners who alleged their mortgage lender improperly charged its customers a $50.00 fee if they paid off their loans prior to the maturity dates.
Settlement: Block & Landsman class action lawyers obtained a settlement on behalf of 2,000 criminal inspectors alleging that their employer, the U.S. Postal Service, failed to pay overtime wages.
Settlement:Block & Landsman class action lawyers obtained a settlement on behalf of homeowners who were improperly charged fees for obtaining payoff statements by mortgage loan servicing company.
Settlement: Block & Landsman class action lawyers obtained a settlement on behalf of homeowners who alleged that national title insurance company improperly assets charges for selling or refinancing their properties.
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