On July 24, 2020, Judge Michael Anello of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego Division, granted final approval of the $65 million settlement in the SeaWorld Entertainment Securities Fraud Litigation that Nix Patterson and its co-counsel obtained on behalf of its client, the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System
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Nix Patterson and Wisnia PC File Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Target on Behalf of Young Artist
On May 19, 2020, co-counsel, Nix Patterson, LLP and Wisnia PC, filed on behalf of their client, Kristen N. Cooley, guardian of the estate of Nolan Ocean Cooley, a minor, a detailed First Amended Complaint for Violations of U.S. Copyright Laws and Demand for Jury Trial in the U.S. District Court for the Central District
Nix Patterson Announces $65 Million Settlement for Investors in SeaWorld Entertainment Securities Fraud Litigation
On February 11, 2020, Nix Patterson announced a $65 million settlement on behalf of its client, the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (“APERS”), and all investor members of the previously certified Class. The settlement was reached after more than 5 years of hard fought litigation and comes just 1 week prior to jury selection. On
NP and Whitten Burrage Win Motion to Remand in Oklahoma Opioid Litigation
As previously reported, NP and co-counsel, Whitten Burrage, represent the State of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter in litigation against several manufacturers of opioid pain killers in a lawsuit filed in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, entitled State of Oklahoma v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al. On June 13, 2018, the Purdue defendants filed a
NPR Obtains Final Approval of Settlement in Royalty Owner Class Action Against XTO Energy Inc.
NPR represented a class of royalty owners in this putative class action against XTO Energy Inc. for the alleged underpayment of gas royalties on gas and its constituents produced from wells in Oklahoma where XTO, including its predecessors or affiliates, is or was the operator or as a non-operator, XTO separately marketed gas. After vigorously
NPR Obtains Final Approval of Settlement in Royalty Owner Statutory Interest Class Action Against XTO Energy, Inc.
NPR, with Co-Class Counsel Ryan Whaley, represented a class of royalty and overriding royalty owners in this putative class action against XTO Energy Inc. for the alleged failure to pay statutory interest on royalty payments made outside the time periods set forth in the Production Revenue Standards Act for oil and gas production proceeds from
Former SeaWorld CEO Invokes Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in SeaWorld Securities Litigation
On February 23, 2018, Investigative Reporter Mike DeForest of News 6 in Orlando, WKMG Click Orlando, ran a story on the SeaWorld Securities Litigation, titled “Former SeaWorld CEO refuses to answer questions in shareholder lawsuit – Jim Atchison invokes Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.” The report details how SeaWorld’s former CEO, a named Defendant in
Court Sets Trial Date for Oklahoma’s Lawsuit Against Opioid Manufacturers
On Thursday January 11, 2018, Cleveland County Oklahoma Judge Thad Balkman ordered that the State of Oklahoma’s trial against several major manufacturers of addictive opioid drugs will begin on May 28, 2019. The State is represented by the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office and the law firms of Whitten Burrage and Nix, Patterson & Roach. Whitten
NPR Wins Motion to Compel Discovery on Behalf of Certified Class of Investors in SeaWorld Securities Litigation
On January 11, 2018, U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew G. Schopler of the Southern District of California granted the Second Motion to Compel Discovery that NPR and its Co-Class Counsel filed on behalf of the certified Class of investors in the SeaWorld Securities Litigation. The Motion, which NPR filed on December 8, 2017, sought an Order
NPR Wins Affirmance of Major Gas Royalty Judgment by Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals in Published Opinion
On January 5, 2018, the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, Division 4, issued a 31-page published decision affirming the trial court’s 2015 judgment in this declaratory judgment action, which asked the court to declare the rights of royalty owners and the obligations of lessees on four key issues of Oklahoma royalty law relating to: (1)