Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP is currently investigating unfair or deceptive business practices by the following:

General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC)

Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP currently represents defrauded consumers and business owners by prosecuting class action suits against:

John Hancock Life Insurance Company for violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA.”)

Volkswagen and Audi for engaging in deceptive practices with respect to the engines in several of their models

Seven Massachusetts Automobile Insurance Companies for nonpayment of interest on arbitration awards

TJX Companies, Inc. related to the theft of personal and financial information of customers

H&R Block, Inc. related to its marketing of retirement savings plans known as "Express IRAs"

E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company for the potential of serious health hazards resulting from the manufacturing, sales and advertising of "Teflon"

Philip Morris for unfair and deceptive business practices in connection with their distribution and sale of Marlboro Lights Cigarettes

Gillette for engaging in deceptive practices with respect to its M3P product

Bayview Crematory for engaging in wrongful practices with respect to their cremation services

Southwestern Bell (doing business as Cellular One) for overcharging calls (Settled)

SmithKlineBeecham Corp. for antitrust violations with respect to its brand name drug Relafen (Settled for $175 million)

Abbott Laboratories and others for fraudulently overcharging for the brand name drug Lupron (Settled and Approved)

Stone & Webster for breach of fiduciary duty in violations of ERISA with respect to employee retirement plans (Settled)

You can read about our successes in earlier cases here.