Oakland, CA, December 27, 2017 – Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued an order today permitting to be brought to trial on a class-wide basis claims brought by a group of former employees of Tata Consultancy Services who allege that they were discriminatorily benched and fired because of Tata’s alleged preference for Indians and other South…

San Jose, CA, December 1, 2017 – Kotchen & Low LLP filed a complaint today on behalf of a proposed class of employees and applicants alleging that Wipro Limited discriminates against non-South Asians in hiring, promotions, and terminations. Plaintiffs allege that Wipro discriminates against non-South Asians in four ways. First, Wipro uses fraudulent H-1B visa…

Santa Ana, CA, October 9, 2017 – K&L filed a motion today on behalf of Plaintiff Imagenetix, Inc. to enhance the jury’s damage award of $6.8 million, as well as for attorneys’ fees and interest, following a unanimous jury verdict finding willful patent infringement by Robinson Pharma and its co-defendants. In its motion, Imagenetix argues…

Santa Ana, CA, September 25, 2017 – After a three-day trial, a jury entered a unanimous verdict in favor of Plaintiff Imagenetix, Inc., finding that Defendant Robinson Pharma, Inc. and related entities willfully induced infringement of Patent No. 5,569,676, which was owned by Imagenetix. The jury awarded damages in the amount of $6,832,842.  Based on…

Los Angeles, CA, September 18, 2017 – K&L filed a complaint today on behalf of a proposed class of employees and applicants alleging that Cognizant Technology Solutions discriminates against non-South Asians in hiring, promotions, and terminations. Plaintiffs allege that Cognizant furthers its discriminatory preference for South Asians in four ways. First, Cognizant uses fraudulent H-1B…

Atlanta, GA, September 1, 2017 –  Plaintiffs filed an appellate brief, available here, in a class action lawsuit alleging that Defendants Delta Air Lines, Inc. and AirTran Airways, Inc. overcharged tens of millions of airline passengers for first checked bag fees after the two airlines conspired to impose the fees. Plaintiffs argue that the District…

Minneapolis, MN, July 26, 2017 – Wholesale grocery supplier SuperValu, Inc. and a plaintiff class of certain retail grocers moved today for preliminary approval of an $8.75 million settlement related to plaintiffs’ claims that SuperValu and C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. conspired to allocate customers and territories. In 2002, SuperValu was C&S’s largest and closest competitor…

Oakland, CA, July 24, 2017 – In their briefing in support of their motion for class certification, including in a sur-surreply filed on July 24, 2017, Plaintiffs presented evidence that Tata Consultancy, Ltd. has a common practice or policy of discriminating in favor of Indians and South Asians. Plaintiffs argued that Tata has explicit instructions…

Atlanta, GA, March 28, 2017 – Defendants Delta Air Lines and AirTran Airways’s summary judgment motions were granted today in In re Delta / AirTran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2089 (N.D. Ga.).  The court previously certified a plaintiff class of over 30 million customers of Delta and AirTran alleging that the defendants conspired to…

Oakland, CA, February 21, 2017 – Plaintiffs Brian Buchanan, Christopher Slaight, Steven Webber, Seyed Amir Masoudi, and Nobel Mandili (“Plaintiffs”), represented by Kotchen & Low LLP, moved to certify two classes of applicants and employees who Plaintiffs allege were discriminated against on the basis of their race and national origin by Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd. (“Tata”). …