James J. Pizzirusso

EXPERIENCE

Antitrust/Competition

• In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litig. – $136 million in settlements reached on behalf of direct purchasers of shell eggs.
• In re Fresh and Process Potatoes Antitrust Litig. – $19.5 million settlement reached on behalf of purchasers of potatoes.
• In re New Jersey Tax Sale Certificates Antitrust Litig. – $9.5 million settlement on behalf of victims of bid-rigging conspiracy related to tax sale certificates.

Deceptive Business Practices & Consumer Protection

• Morris v. Bank of America, N.A. (Appointed co-lead, $75 million settlement involving excessive overdraft and insufficient funds fees)
• In re Sony PS3 "Other OS" Litig. (Appointed co-lead counsel in case involving falsely advertised PlayStations: $4 million settlement)
• Radosti v. Envision EM/, LLC ($17.5 million nationwide settlement)
• In re Tyson Foods, Inc., Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics Consumer Litig. ($8 million nationwide settlement)
• Brown v. Transurban (USA), Inc. (Appointed co-lead counsel: nationwide settlement in this case involving excessive toll lane fees)
• In re Honey Transshipping Litig. ($4 million nationwide Lanham Act settlement on behalf of honey producers)
• Represented Vital Farms in Lanham Act litigation against competitor resulting in confidential settlement

Environmental & Product Liability

• Bhatia v. 3M Company - Appointed Chair of the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee; $32.5 million settlement for dentists who purchased defective Lava crown material.
• Wolph v. Acer America Corp. - Appointed co-lead counsel; disputed class involving defective computers certified on a nationwide basis; $22.7 million settlement later achieved.
• Pelletz v. Weyerhaeuser Company - Case involving defective decking product; nationwide settlement.
• In re Monsanto Company Genetically-Engineered Wheat Litig. - Chair of lead counsel group; settled claims for individual wheat farmers impacted by contamination from genetically engineered wheat.
• Represented numerous farmers and landowners in Barbados related to jet fuel contamination claims, confidential settlement achieved.

Public Entity

We have extensive experience representing public and governmental entities, including state Attorneys General Offices, municipal utility boards, and counties in high-stakes investigations and litigation involving a variety of legal practice areas, including antitrust, consumer protection, financial services, and environmental law. The firm’s public entity portfolio includes:

• Retention by state Attorneys General Offices for antitrust litigation against Big Tech platforms.
• Retention by the largest public water supplier in the country relating to environmental contamination.
• Retention by public entities to pursue antitrust claims relating to fraud in financial markets; and
• Retention by the state of West Virginia in one of the earliest cases against the pharmaceutical industry relating to the opioid crisis, filed decades before the current wave of opioid litigation.

Sports & Entertainment

• In re Warner Music Group Corp. Digital Downloads Litig. – Nationwide settlement of royalty dispute involving $11.5 million in past damages and future royalty increases in perpetuity.
• James v. UMG Recordings, Inc. - Nationwide settlement of royalty dispute involving $11.5 million in past damages and future royalty increases in perpetuity.
• Dryer v. Nat’l Football League – $50 million settlement on behalf asserting copyright and publicity rights claims from the NFL’s use of retired players’ images and likenesses.

Technology & Data Breach

• In re Equifax, Inc. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig. MDL No. 1:17-md-2800-TWT (N.D. Ga.) (PSC and Settlement Committee) ($500 million settlement with $1 billion in upgraded data security) (largest data breach settlement ever reached)
• In re T-Mobile Data Security Breach Litig., MDL No. 4:21-md-03019-BCW (W.D. Mo.) (Co-Lead Counsel) ($500 million settlement) (second largest data breach settlement)
• In re: Marriott International Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litig., MDL No. 19-md-2879 (D. Md.) (Co-Lead Counsel) (pending)
• In re American Medical Collection Agency, Inc. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig., MDL No. 19-md-2904 (D.N.J.) (Steering Committee) ($6.3 million partial settlement) (pending)
• In re Capital Health Systems, Inc., Data Breach Litig., No. 3:23-cv-23234 (D.N.J.) (Co-Lead Counsel) (pending)
• Doe v. Highmark, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00350-NR (W.D. Pa.) (PSC) (pending)
• In re LastPass Data Sec. Incident Litig., 1:22-cv-12047-PBS (D. Mass.) (Co-Chair of PSC) (pending)
• In re: Entertainment Partners Data Breach Litig., 2:23-cv-06546-CAS-PVC (PSC) ($10M settlement reached)
• In Re: Overby-Seawell Company Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig., MDL No. 1:23-md-03056 (N.D. Ga.) (PSC) ($6M settlement reached)
• Miller v. NextGen Healthcare, Inc., 1L23-cv-02043 (N.D. Ga.) (PSC) (pending)
• Kolstedt v. TMX Fin. Corp. Serv., Inc., 4:23-cv-00076 (S.D. Ga.) (PSC) (pending)
• In re Enzo Biochem Data Sec. Litig., 2:23-cv-04282 (E.D.N.Y.) (Co-Lead) (tentative settlement reached)
• In re: T-Mobile 2022 Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig., 4:23-md-03073-BCW (W.D. Mo.) (Co-Lead) (pending)
• Silvers v. HCA Healthcare, Inc., 3:23-cv-00684 (M.D. Tn.) (Executive Committee) (pending)
• In re: MOVEit Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig., 1:23-md-03083-ADB (D. Mass.) (PSC) (pending)
• Gordon v. Zeroed-In Technologies, LLC, 1:23-cv-03284-BAH (D. Md.) (Co-Lead) (pending)
• Price v. Carnival Corp., 3:23-cv-00236-GPC-MSB (S.D. Cal.) (Co-Lead) (pending)
• Detrixhe v. Integris Health, Inc., CJ-2023-7235 (Dist. Ct. Okl. Cty) (Co-Lead) (pending)
• In re: HealthEC LLC Data Breach Litig., No. 2:24-cv-00026-JKS-ESK (D.N.J.) (Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee) (pending)
• In re: Postmeds, Inc., Data Breach Litig., No. 4:23-cv-05710-HSG (N.D. Cal.) (Co-Lead) ($7.5M settlement pending)
• In re Harvard Pilgrim Data Security Incident, NO. 23-11211-NMG (D. Mass.) (Co-Lead) (tentative settlement reached)
• In re Premera Blue Cross Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig., MDL No. 3:15-md-2633-SI (D. Or.) (Executive Leadership Committee) ($74 million settlement)
• In re Target Corporation Customer Data Security Breach Litig., MDL No. 14-25522 (D. Minn.) (Steering Committee on behalf of financial institutions, contested nationwide class certification granted, $60 million settlement approved)
• In re: Arby’s Rest. Group, Inc. Data Security Litig., 1:17-cv-514-AT (N.D. Ga.) (Co-Lead) (~$5 million settlement)
• Greater Chautauqua Federal Credit Union v. Kmart Corp., 1:15-cv-02228 (N.D. Ill.) (Co-Lead) (~$18.5 million settlement)
• First Choice Federal Credit Union v. Wendy’s, 2:16-cv-00506 (W.D. Pa.) (Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee) ($50 million settlement)
• In re SAV-RX Data Breach Litigation, 8:24CV204 (D. Neb.) (Co-Lead Counsel)
• Tanya Owens, et. al, v. MGM Resorts International, et. al., 2:23-cv-01480-RFB-MDC (D. Nev.) (Co-Lead Counsel)
• In re: Snowflake, Inc. Data Security Breach Litigation, 2:24-md-03126-BMM (D. Mont.) (Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee)