On December 29, Don Barrett and David McMullan of the Barrett Law Group filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi on behalf of the State of Mississippi versus a group of online hotel reservation websites, including hotels.com and expedia.com.  The State of Mississippi claims that these websites have failed properly pay […]

Today, Judge James P. Jones of the Western District of Virginia granted final approval to a class action settlement in Sharon B. Healy v. Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, et al., Case No. 10-cv-23.  Don Barrett appeared at the final fairness hearing on behalf of certain Virginia landowners who alleged that the Defendant gas company had wrongfully […]

Last week, Don Barrett and his co-counsel filed a motion in the Illinois Supreme Court asking that a 2001 verdict of $1.05 billion against State Farm Insurance Company be reinstated because State Farm committed fraud on the court.  The Plaintiffs contend that State Farm bought a seat for a supreme court justice in 2004 so […]

Law360 has written an article about the Astellas lawsuit filed yesterday by the Barrett Law Group.  To view a copy of this article, please click the link below. Astellas Accused Of Delaying Generic Drug Approval

Today, members of the Barrett Law Group along with their co-counsel filed an antitrust class action in federal court in Massachusetts on behalf of The New Mexico United Food and Commercial Workers Union’s and Employers’ Health and Welfare Trust Fund and a class of indirect purchasers against Astellas Pharma US Inc.  The suit contends Astellas has abused […]

August 30, 2011 – Attached is the press release issued by Barrett Law Group and its co-counsel today regarding the Bank of America settlement. Press Release

August 30, 2011 – Today, Barrett Law Group filed a motion to intervene on behalf of borrowers in the Bank of America/Bank of New York Mellon litigation in New York. These borrowers simultaneously filed a separate class action complaint seeking an injunction to stop the implementation of the settlement, and to require the defendants to […]

June 22, 2011 – Today, Judge Jones of the Western District of Virginia granted preliminary approval of the class action settlement in Sharon B. Healy v. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, et al.  The court set a Final Fairness Hearing for October 4, 2011 at 9:00 EST.  This is the first such settlement by the Virginia Gas […]

June 8, 2011 – Don Barrett has been nominated for the 2011 Public Justice “Trial Lawyer of the Year Award.”  Mr. Barrett helped obtain a $142 million RICO verdict against Pfizer in March 2010.  At the trial, the Plaintiff Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. presented evidence that Pfizer knowingly marketed Neurontin for unapproved uses without proof that it […]