Judge Allison H. Goddard (S.D. Cal. Case No.: 3:22-cv-01861-AHG) granted final approval of a $153 million settlement between life insurance policyholders and beneficiaries. The life insurance company is required to implement proper procedures to comply with California law, to ensure that current and future policyholders receive proper notices for lapses, grace periods and termination [...]
Nicholas & Tomasevic, LLP is pleased to announce that the Southern District of California has now finally approved the hard-fought settlement reached with Flowers Foods to resolve the claims of the certified class of Distributors in the Ludlow v. Flowers Foods, et al. matter. The settlement entails about $135 million in gross payouts to [...]
Nicholas & Tomasevic, along with co-counsel Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho and Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, are court-appointed Class Counsel in Munguia-Brown v. Equity Residential, a certified class action challenging the late fee that landlord Equity Residential has charged to over 100,000 of its California tenants for their late payment of [...]
We would like to congratulate our Partners, Craig Nicholas & Alex Tomasevic for being selected, once again, as Thomas Reuters Super Lawyers. Craig has been selected every year since 2008. Alex was selected in 2018 and 2019, and before then he was honored as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star.” "Super Lawyers" is a rating [...]
On October 23, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Jeffrey White, presiding) granted the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in Munguia-Brown v. Equity Residential. Nicholas and Tomasevic and co-counsel represent a statewide class of California tenants challenging the late fees that Equity Residential has charged them for late payment of [...]
Update – 7/12/ 16 N&T obtains settlement on behalf of a class of hundreds of apartment tenants living in several Los Angeles and San Diego apartment buildings who, as the Plaintiffs allege, were charged illegal late fees, security deposit charges, and other penalties by their landlord. Click here for a copy of the settlement notice. If [...]
Craig Nicholas featured in San Diego Attorney Journal. In June 2012, Craig Nicholas was the cover feature and named Attorney of the Month by San Diego Attorney Journal. The article focuses on Mr. Nicholas’ vision of a results-oriented, people first law firm and Nicholas & Butler’s complex business litigation practice, with an emphasis on high-risk [...]
Craig Nicholas defended a $5 million claim for lost profits and loss of business value as a result of terminated distributorship relationship that spanned more than 15 years. In response, Craig Nicholas’ client brought its own claims against the distributor for failure to honor contractual obligations. The complex litigation was pending for more than four [...]
Craig Nicholas prevailed in arbitration over the rights to purchase one of the largest and most sought after commercial office buildings in Fallbrook, California. Mr. Nicholas delivered over $4 million in value for his client and also recovered attorneys’ fees from the opposing party. The arbitrator needed to rule in favor of Mr. Nicholas’ client [...]
