KALAN et al v. MONTGOMERY MCCRACKEN WALKER & RHODES, LLP

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:14-cv-06985

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Labor: E.R.I.S.A.

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

WENDY BEETLESTONE

Firms

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  1. April 28, 2016

    Montgomery McCracken, Benefit Plans Reach $980K Deal

    Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP on Wednesday agreed to pay $980,000 to end a Pennsylvania federal court class action accusing the firm of inappropriately billing employee benefit plans plans for defending a Philadelphia attorney who allegedly embezzled plan funds.

  2. January 20, 2016

    Benefit Plans Score Cert. In Montgomery McCracken Fee Row

    More than 200 employee benefit plans and 500 participants and beneficiaries scored class certification Tuesday in a Pennsylvania federal court suit accusing Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP of inappropriately billing the plans for defending a Philadelphia attorney who allegedly embezzled plan funds.

  3. July 15, 2015

    Montgomery McCracken Can't Duck Suit Over Scammer's Fees

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday declined to absolve Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP of claims that it inappropriately billed employee benefit plans when representing an embezzler of plan funds, concluding it was "premature" to assess whether the firm was aware of the source of its fees.

  4. December 10, 2014

    Suit Says Philly Firm Billed Trusts To Rep Scammer

    Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP was hit Wednesday in Pennsylvania federal court with a proposed class action brought by benefit plan beneficiaries who say they were defrauded and claim that the firm billed trusts that held plan assets in order to represent an embezzler of funds.

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