On Friday, August 26, 2022, Facebook User Plaintiffs and Defendant Facebook informed the court that they have reached a settlement in principle in the action In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litig., No. 3:18-md-02843-VC.

On April 19, 2022, Judge Harry D. Leinenweber of the Northern District of Illinois appointed Keller Rohrback as Interim Co-Lead Counsel.  Keller Rohrback attorneys Dean Kawamoto, Derek Loeser, Gretchen Freeman Cappio, and Felicia Craick are proud to represent the proposed class of Illinois citizens who have claims under BIPA based on Amazon’s collecting and using their biometric data through the Amazon Photo service.

Drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and three major drug distributors: Cardinal Health Inc., McKesson Corp. and AmerisourceBergen Corp., have announced that they will collectively pay $26 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits nationwide stemming from claims that they helped fuel the tragic U.S. Opioid epidemic.

We are thrilled to announce that Law360, the preeminent publication for legal news and analysis, has selected Keller Rohrback L.L.P. as one of their 2021 “Practice Groups of the Year” award winners in both the Benefits and Product Liability categories. The awards honor “the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.”

Keller Rohrback’s managing partner Lynn Sarko has been appointed to serve as part of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in this action.

It was recently reported that SanrioTown, a social networking community aimed toward young fans of Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters, was subject to a hack that caused over three million users’ to have their personal information compromised. As a leader in cyber security litigation, Keller Rohrback immediately began an investigation.

Keller Rohrback is investigating recent reports that Hello Barbie, a product of Mattel, Inc., violated children’s privacy by storing conversations between the Hello Barbie doll and child on a hackable cloud. Of particular concern is the potentiality that the doll could be hacked by a predator who could talk directly with a child through the doll.

The lawsuits recently filed against Volkswagen were consolidated on December 8th and transferred to the Northern District of California, which is in San Francisco.