Breaking up a nationwide real estate monopoly to open doors for home ownership to millions of Americans.

This lawsuit challenged a conspiracy among real estate agents and brokers that forced home sellers to pay fixed commissions to buyers’ brokers, increasing the cost of homes by tens of thousands of dollars and putting home ownership out of reach for millions of Americans. 

The case settled for an agreement to reform and break up the monopolistic agreement on broker prices nationwide, along with creation of a  $1 billion — and growing — damages fund. The  widespread reform in the residential real estate industry secured by this lawsuit  has been hailed as the largest change in the housing market since the New Deal. The settlement will save homebuyers an estimated $30 billion to $60 billion annually.

Protecting tenants nationwide from inflated rental prices and housing scarcity 

This class action lawsuit seeks relief from a conspiracy among major landlords to drive up rents and restrict housing supply across many U.S. cities, exacerbating the nation’s housing crisis. 

It has produced more than two dozen settlements totaling more than $140 million in damage funds, inspired follow-on government suits, and intensified scrutiny of anti-competitive rent-setting software.

Upholding constitutional rights to be free from overdetention

This class action lawsuit seeks relief from law enforcement routinely jailing people in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for as many as 56 days past their ordered release. The lawsuit has revealed that Cuyahoga’s systemic overdetention practices continued  despite repeated notices for the previous two years from the Cleveland police about systemic overdetentions.

The case has prompted deeper scrutiny of the county jail’s operations.

Stopping the illegal collection, sale, and profiting from personal data without consent

This class action lawsuit sought relief from Thomson Reuters for collecting vast amounts of Californians’ private data without consent and selling it to third parties without their consent or knowledge. 

The case produced a $27.5 million settlement and led to Thomson Reuters changing their business practices. In the wake of the settlement, California passed and began implementing a law in 2026 protecting Californians from the collection and sale of their personal information and creating a pathway for individuals to regain control of their private data.

Securing healthcare and housing access for victims of the opioid epidemic

This class action lawsuit seeks relief from Salvation Army’s national discriminatory policy excluding people using doctor-prescribed medication for opioid use disorder, including methadone and buprenorphine, from its housing and rehabilitation programs.

The case seeks to expand Americans’ access to critical and lifesaving healthcare and reduce the massive costs of untreated opioid use disorder borne by communities and families.

Breaking up the telecom monopoly driving up prices for incarcerated people and their families 

This class action lawsuit seeks relief from major phone service providers colluding to inflate the price of collect calls made from prisons, with incarcerated people paying up to $14.99 for 15 minutes to speak with their family, friends, and attorneys. 

The case is ongoing, but so far has produced a $21.3 million settlement. In 2024 the FCC capped the price of prison calls nationwide.

Exposing a monopoly in American youth sports

This class action lawsuit sought relief from the U.S. All Star Federation, the largest governing body for competitive cheerleading, and Varsity Brands, a cheer apparel company, which conspired to dominate the national cheer market and drive up prices for cheer gyms, cheerleaders, and spectators. 

The case produced a $43.5 million settlement and imposed limits to lower costs for youth cheer participants and their families nationwide.

Securing damages for people unlawfully detained

This class action lawsuit sought damages on behalf of people Santa Clara County admitted it routinely failed to release from jail for more than 12 hours after prosecutors dropped charges against them.

The case produced a nearly $2.4 million settlement that established a new high bar for damages paid to individuals facing unconstitutional overdetention, setting an important precedent in protecting the constitutional rights of detainees.

Ending bank discrimination against DACA recipients

This lawsuit sought relief from Wells Fargo’s practice of denying auto loans to DACA recipients, regardless of their creditworthiness, and pulling credit reports despite Wells Fargo already deciding it  would never approve the loan. 

The case secured a $19.6 million settlement and led to policy changes at Wells Fargo to provide access to consumer lending products to DACA recipients nationwide.

Ending punishments based on faulty drug tests

This pair of state and federal lawsuits seeks relief from law enforcement and the manufacturers and sellers  of “field drug tests” in Massachusetts for the Massachusetts Department of Correction’s practice of using unreliable field drug tests on attorney-client mail, triggering hundreds of false positives that led to extreme punishment and chilling the communication with appointed counsel statewide. 

After plaintiffs in the state case won a preliminary injunction barring Massachusetts from imposing any punishment until after a confirmatory lab test, the Commonwealth stopped use of the faulty drug tests in its correction systems and adopted a statewide policy prohibiting punishments based on results not confirmed by laboratory testing. The federal case against the manufacturers and sellers of the faulty drug tests in Massachusetts is ongoing.

Winning relief for student loan borrowers

This lawsuit sought relief against Maximus, a major student loan contractor, for illegally collecting from borrowers who sought debt relief after being defrauded by for-profit colleges. 

The case secured a  settlement that brought greater scrutiny to Maximus’ unsavory actions and won significant relief for student loan borrowers.