November 15, 2016
A California federal judge spared sanctions against attorneys from Tycko & Zavareei LLP and Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP on Tuesday after their lead plaintiff suing Jos. A. Bank lied about buying suits marked with deceptive prices, though he chastised them for poor vetting and ordered the client to pay $40,000.
October 24, 2016
A California federal judge on Friday allowed the lead plaintiff in a proposed class action against Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. to drop his claims after the retailer accused him of lying about buying suits that had been marked with deceptive prices.
October 05, 2016
Tycko & Zavareei LLP and Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP had no idea their lead class plaintiff was lying when he told them he'd bought suits from Jos. A. Bank that had been marked with deceptive prices, and when they found out, they quit, the firms told a California federal court Tuesday.
September 13, 2016
Jos. A. Bank urged a California federal judge Monday to force two law firms to hand over their communications with a former client who brought a misleading-advertising class action against the menswear retailer under false pretenses, arguing attorney-client privilege can't shield documents used to commit fraud.
September 01, 2016
Menswear retailer Jos. A. Bank on Wednesday demanded sanctions against counsel for a shopper alleging the company falsely inflates the prices of its garments at discount stores to make sale prices more alluring, telling a California federal court the suit is "ludicrous" and should never have been filed.
June 23, 2016
The consumer accusing Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. of inflating its suit prices to make discounts seem better has offered no evidence that he paid more than market value, and may not have even bought suits there in the first place, the retailer told a California federal judge Wednesday.
July 10, 2014
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. was hit with a putative class action in California federal court on Wednesday, claiming the retailer artificially raises prices of regular products in advance of sales in order to trick consumers into thinking they are buying discounted items, when they're actually full price.