January 21, 2020
Class counsel in a car headlight fraud case against Osram Sylvania Inc. cannot be allowed to pocket the last $350,000 of a $30 million settlement in the case, and the excess funds will instead be awarded to a nonprofit, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Tuesday.
August 06, 2019
A consumer in a car headlight fraud class action against Osram Sylvania Inc. has denounced a request by class counsel to pocket the last $350,000 of a $30 million settlement, calling it a "money grab" that was "a black eye to the class action bar" and alleging class counsel were already overpaid.
July 29, 2019
Two New Jersey firms have urged a federal court to award them most of the roughly $350,000 left from a $30 million settlement with Osram Sylvania Inc. in a car headlight fraud class action, citing the "impractical" cost of distributing additional funds to consumers and the firms' efforts in representing them.
July 11, 2014
A federal magistrate judge on Friday gave her initial approval to Osram Sylvania Inc.'s $30 million settlement of a class action alleging the company falsely boasted about the superiority of its headlights to lure consumers into overpaying.
June 14, 2012
A federal judge on Thursday denied most of Osram Sylvania Inc.'s motion to dismiss a proposed class action claiming the company misled consumers into buying its SilverStar headlights through false advertising.
September 26, 2011
Osram Sylvania Inc. was hit with a putative class action in New Jersey on Thursday claiming it duped consumers into buying the manufacturer's SilverStar headlights through false and misleading advertising and packaging.