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• Court Appoints C&T as Chair of the Executive Committee of Interim Lead Counsel in Cole Credit Property Trust III.

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• C&T files Consolidated Amended Complaint in Cole Credit Property Trust III.

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• Supreme Court of California Upholds Taxpayers’ Rights To Bring Class Action Claims For Refund Of Telephone Taxes

  Taxpayers’ Rights To Bring Class Action Claims For Refund Of Telephone Taxes Upheld By Supreme Court of California HAVERFORD, PA, April 25, 2013 — The [...]

• Court Grants Final Approval of $7.5 Million Settlement in Wells & Piedmont Cases

  Atlanta, Georgia – On April 18th, 2013, final approval was granted in two REIT cases filed in 2007 by Chimicles & Tikellis in the US [...]

• Consent Solicitation for removal of CommonWealth Board of Trustees

  Corvex and Related have commenced their consent solicitation to remove the CWH Board of Trustees.  Information about their business plan for CWH and the consent [...]

• Judge Grants Class Certification in Volvo Sunroof Class Action

  On March 26, 2013, the Honorable Dennis M. Cavanaugh of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey denied Volvo’s motions for [...]

• Orrstown Financial Services – Lead Plaintiff SEPTA files Amended Complaint

  On March 4, 2013, Chimicles & Tikellis LLP filed, on behalf of Lead Plaintiff Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, a 180-page Amended Complaint which asserts additional [...]

• Chimicles & Tikellis files a shareholder derivative suit on behalf of CommonWealth REIT

  On February 28, 2013, Chimicles & Tikellis LLP initiated Delaware County Employees Retirement Fund v. Barry M. Portnoy, et al., a shareholder derivative action in the [...]

• Citizens Bank – Zombie Account Fees Class Action

  Chimicles & Tikellis has filed a class action lawsuit in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas on behalf of former customers of Citizens Bank.  The [...]

• Empire State Realty Trust Settlement Granted Preliminary Approval

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• Honda Civic Hybrid Settlement is now Effective – Court Values Settlement at over $170M.

  The only appeal to this class action settlement valued by the Court at over $170M, was voluntarily withdrawn on October 19, 2012, which became the [...]

• In Honor of Morris M. Shuster, 1930-2012

  The Firm fondly remembers our colleague Morris M. Shuster, who for 20 years provided us with sage advice borne of a wisdom acquired in his [...]

• C&T Files Class Action Against Fannie Mae on Behalf of Pennsylvania Counties

  On August 10, 2012, Chimicles & Tikellis LLP filed a putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of [...]

• Court Grants Class Certification in Lawsuit Against Comerica Bank

  On August 10, 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in an action [...]

• Two C&T Attorneys Named “Lawyers on the Fast Track”

  Matthew D. Schelkopf and Benjamin F. Johns were recently named “Lawyers on the Fast Track” by The Legal Intelligencer.  They are two of only 35 [...]

• Chimicles & Tikellis settles Barnes & Noble Derivative litigation for $29 million

  Chimicles & Tikellis settles Barnes & Noble Derivative litigation for $29 million.  For additional information on this matter click here.

• Four C&T attorneys named Pennsylvania Rising Stars

  Chimicles and Tikellis Partner Kimberly D. Smith and Associates Christina D. Saler, Benjamin F. Johns and Matthew D. Schelkopf have been selected as 2012 Pennsylvania [...]

• Four C&T Partners named Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

  Chimicles and Tikellis Partners Nicholas E. Chimicles, Joseph G. Sauder and Steven A. Schwartz have been selected as 2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. Partner Pamela S. [...]

• Court Grants Final Approval to Settlement with an 80% increase in Merger Consideration Ltd. Partners received in Merger with AIMCO.

  Court Grants Final Approval to a Settlement that Will Provide the Limited Partners of Five Partnerships with an 80% increase in the Merger Consideration they [...]

• Delaware Court of Chancery Approves $20 million settlement in an action challenging the acquisition of Atlas Energy Resources, LLC by its controlling shareholder.