Successes

Payne & Fears represented a publicly-traded home builder in a complex, high-stakes insurance coverage dispute that was resolved in the builder’s favor. Although the terms of the settlement are confidential, the homebuilder was “thrilled” with the settlement. And the Payne & Fears partner that handled the matter calls the settlement...

Irvine partners Scott Thomas, Nathan Cazier, and Jared De Jong recovered more than $2.75 million from several primary and excess insurers on behalf of a homebuilder, reimbursing the homebuilder for defense costs it shouldered after the insurers denied coverage and refused to defend the homebuilder in several construction defect lawsuits. ...

Payne & Fears LLP client E*TRADE was granted a temporary restraining order by the federal district court in Chicago, barring a former employee—a financial consultant—from using confidential information to solicit E*TRADE’s clients away from the provider and to her new employer, Morgan Stanley.  In the case E*TRADE Financial Corp. v....

Payne & Fears LLP represented a national retail chain in a “second wave” class action lawsuit where the plaintiff alleged misclassification of the stores’ California‐based assistant store managers and purported wage-and-hour violations. Our attorneys were able to negotiate a very favorable settlement prior to the hearing on class certification, engaging...

Payne & Fears represented a large, multi‐facility healthcare organization which provides residential, rehabilitative, nursing and mental healthcare services to a wide range of patients. The plaintiff alleged she and hundreds of other employees were harmed by the employer’s failure to provide complete and accurate wage statements. Before the answer was due, we took...