Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 7, 2016 – Judge Ann Montgomery issued an Order today granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification in In re Wholesale Grocery Products Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2090 (D. Minn.). The court certified classes of retail grocery stores that directly purchased from wholesale grocery supplier SuperValu, Inc. between December 31, 2004 and September 13, 2008, and paid prices that were…

Atlanta, GA, July 12, 2016 – Judge Timothy Batten issued an Order today granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification in In re Delta/AirTran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2089 (N.D. Ga.). The class consists of passengers of Delta Air Lines or AirTran Airways who paid one or more first checked bag fees between December 5, 2008…

San Jose, CA, June 28, 2016 – Plaintiff Cheryl Fillekes, represented by Kotchen & Low LLP, filed a motion for conditional collective action certification on behalf of a proposed opt-in class of certain unsuccessful applicants to Google, Inc. alleging age discrimination. Ms. Fillekes alleges that Google has engaged in a systematic pattern and practice of…

Washington, DC, May 16, 2016 – Kotchen & Low LLP welcomes their new summer associate, Irina Majumdar. Irina is a law student at The George Washington University Law School. She is a member of the Moot Court and Mock Trial Boards, and hopes to work in litigation. Prior to joining the firm, she interned with…

Santa Ana, CA, April 14, 2016 – Judge Josephine L. Staton, United States District Court for the Central District of California, fully adopted the Plaintiff’s proposed construction of the disputed terms of U.S. Patent 5,569,676 (the “‘676 Patent”). In the case, Imagenetix, Inc. v. Robinson Pharma Inc., et al., Plaintiff Imagenetix, Inc. alleges that the…

Atlanta, GA, November 17, 2015 – The Court overseeing In re Delta / AirTran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2089 (N.D. Ga.) issued an Order unsealing Plaintiffs’ Daubert motions against Dennis Carlton, Andrew Dick, and Darin Lee, who were retained by Defendants to offer expert economic testimony. Daubert Motion to Exclude Testimony of Dennis Carlton….

Atlanta, GA, November 10, 2015 – The Court overseeing In re Delta / AirTran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2089 (N.D. Ga.) issued an Order unsealing a number of Plaintiffs’ filings related to their Motion for Class Certification, Plaintiffs’ filings in opposition to Defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment, and Plaintiffs’ Daubert motions to exclude the…

Washington, DC, Nov. 2, 2015 – Kotchen & Low welcomes their newest associate, Lindsey Tremaine. Ms. Tremaine is a 2014 graduate of Boston College Law School and received her undergraduate degree from Boston College. Before joining the firm, Ms. Tremaine practiced at a plaintiff’s medical malpractice firm in Boston, MA where she assisted in all…

Atlanta, GA, August 3, 2015  – Following an extensive investigation by an independent expert into numerous instances of discovery misconduct exposed by Plaintiffs’ counsel, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia entered an order today sanctioning Delta Air Lines. The Court found that Delta has committed “colossal blunders,” and that Delta’s discovery…

May 8, 2015, Milwaukee, WI – District Judge Pamela Pepper denied Infosys’ challenge to plaintiffs’ complaint alleging systematic employment discrimination against Americans in hiring, termination, and other employment decisions. The Court held that “the complaint adequately pleads claims (a) under Title VII for disparate treatment and disparate impact on the basis of race and national…