Edelson has litigated against Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google for violating consumer privacy laws by improperly storing users' search, contact, and
biometric data. Edelson PC is co-lead counsel in the
NCAA personal injury concussion litigation brought against the
NCAA, its member institutions, and its conferences on behalf of college football players who allege the NCAA failed to protect them from concussions and brain damage, including
CTE. There are more than 369 total lawsuits filed. Edelson PC leads a number of actions on behalf of governmental entities and labor unions in lawsuits against drug manufacturers and distributors over the
opioid epidemic. Edelson PC filed numerous class actions arising in the aftermath of the
federal bailouts of US banks (e.g.,
Citibank,
Chase, and
Wells Fargo). The lawsuits alleged the banks unlawfully suspended home credit lines based on pre-textual reasons, and that certain banks failed to honor loan modification programs. Edelson PC achieved the first federal appellate decision in the country recognizing the right of Wells Fargo borrowers to enforce
HAMP trial plans under state law. The eventual settlements exceeded $3 billion in home equity lines of credit. Edelson PC prosecuted more than 100 cases on behalf of consumers who allegedly received unauthorized charges on their mobile phone bills, settling numerous nationwide class actions, including against industry leader
AT&T Mobility, collectively worth more than $100 million.
Class action settlements Edelson PC has regularly raised concern regarding the conduct of plaintiffs’ attorneys and objected to a number of settlements. Edelson has objected to or intervened in settlements with
TikTok,
Neiman Marcus, and
Equifax. The firm also brought a
RICO lawsuit against a “professional class-action objector” raising allegations of
extortion, which resulted in a judgment entered against attorney Christopher Bandas, prohibiting him from practicing law in the state of Illinois and limiting his ability to object to class action settlements in federal or state court. In December 2020, the firm filed a lawsuit against
Tom Girardi, the law firm of
Girardi & Keese, and
Erika Girardi, among others, alleging that Girardi had misappropriated client funds. Following the filing of that lawsuit, numerous other allegations against Tom Girardi came to light, and he and his law firm thereafter filed for bankruptcy.
Cases Spokeo v. Robins: Edelson PC successfully argued to the
United States Supreme Court that a plaintiff can have standing under
Article III of the U.S. Constitution by alleging that a website published inaccurate information about him, in violation of the
Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Mullen v. GLV, Inc., et al.: Edelson PC brought a
class action on behalf of several parents for failure to disclose
sexual abuse occurring within Sports Performance Volleyball Club. Its owners, Rick and Cheryl Butler, are charged with withholding and misrepresented information about the
sexual abuse allegations against Rick Butler. Edelson PC represented that it would donate any attorney's fees received in the case to charity. The case is one of the first
sexual abuse cases to be granted
class actions status.
Harris, et al. v. comScore, Inc.: Edelson PC was appointed class counsel in a suit alleging improper data collecting practices by one of the world's largest internet analytics companies and successfully certified a class estimated by several sources to be the largest privacy case ever certified on an adversarial basis.
In re Facebook Privacy Litigation: Edelson PC filed the first of its kind class action against Facebook under the
Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The lawsuit alleges that Facebook collected facial recognition data from its users without authorization. ==Firm culture==