CClaimWatch
Plaintiff counsel in 20 cases

Adam E. Polk

Girard Sharp LLP

Address of record
601 California Street, Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94108, 415-981-4800
Email
apolk@girardsharp.com
Phone
(415) 981-4800
Fax
Fax 415-981-4846

Contact details as filed with the court in the cases below.

20
Cases tracked
12 active · 8 settled
$102.3M
Plaintiff-side recovery
Disclosed settlement funds
—
Defense-side exposure
Resolved in settlements
4
Cases with values
of 20 tracked

Case history

Publicly tracked matters where this attorney is listed as counsel.

Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

X.AI Corp. Privacy/Personal Injury Class Action

A proposed class action has been filed against X.AI Corp. in federal court in Northern California, apparently concerning personal injury or privacy-related claims. The nature of suit code indicates an "Other" personal injury matter, though specific details are not available from the docket metadata provided.

Filed
August 26, 2026
Represents
Jane Doe 1
Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Flauto v. Valve Corporation

A proposed class action has been filed against Valve Corporation in federal court in Washington. The specific allegations are not detailed in the available docket information, though the nature of suit code (890) indicates this involves statutory claims outside the standard federal categories. The case may concern consumer product issues, software services, or other consumer-facing practices by Valve.

Filed
March 9, 2026
Represents
Carlos Matamoros
Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Winkler v. Louis Vuitton North America Class Action

A proposed class action against Louis Vuitton North America, Inc. has been filed in federal court. Based on the nature-of-suit classification, the complaint apparently alleges some form of personal injury or consumer harm, though specific details are not available from the docket entries provided. The case may concern alleged defects in Louis Vuitton products or related consumer claims.

Filed
January 27, 2026
Represents
Adriana Winkler
Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Uponor PEX Pipes Product Liability Class Action

A proposed class action alleges that Uponor's PEX (cross-linked polyethylene) pipes are defective and subject to failure, potentially causing property damage to homeowners and building occupants. The litigation consolidates claims involving the manufacturer's plumbing products, apparently concerning widespread defects affecting residential and commercial properties.

Filed
November 7, 2025
Represents
John Fitzpatrick, Diane Fitzpatrick, John McKenzie
Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Salesforce Customers Security Incident Class Action

This proposed class action alleges that Salesforce experienced a security incident affecting its customers. The lawsuit apparently concerns unauthorized access to or compromise of customer data stored on Salesforce's systems. Customers seek relief for damages allegedly arising from the company's handling of the security breach.

Filed
August 27, 2025
Represents
Juan Elias, Saroj Panigrahy, Freddrick Marshall, Michelle Garza
Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Binkley v. Uponor Product Liability Class Action

This is a proposed class action against Uponor, Inc. alleging product liability related to a contract dispute. The case concerns allegedly defective or non-conforming products sold by Uponor, though the specific nature of the products and defects are not detailed in the available docket information.

Filed
August 25, 2025
Represents
Larry Binkley, Gerald Chan, Orville Vogelgesang, Ronelli Quadra Lising
Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Farmers Security Incident Class Action

This proposed class action concerns an alleged security incident involving Farmers, apparently affecting personal information of customers or policyholders. The case appears to involve claims related to data protection and privacy violations arising from the security breach.

Filed
August 24, 2025
Represents
Yogendra Yadav
Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Uponor Defective Product Class Action

This is a proposed class action against Uponor, Inc., docketed as a property damage product liability case. The docket text indicates that the defendant sought to compel arbitration or dismiss or strike class allegations, and the plaintiff later filed a voluntary dismissal without prejudice. The allegations are not detailed in the docket text, but the case appears to concern a product defect causing property damage; these are allegations in a newly filed case and are not proven facts.

Filed
May 20, 2025
Represents
Edward P. Clifford
Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Blue Shield of California Privacy Class Action

A proposed class action against Blue Shield of California, apparently concerning privacy violations involving personal information. The available docket text indicates the court recently granted a motion to dismiss without prejudice and ordered an amended complaint by July 31, 2026. Specific allegations are not detailed in the docket entries provided, but the case appears to be ongoing.

Filed
April 9, 2025
Represents
Christine Padilla, Charlene Ramirez, Susan Reiman, Rachel Markovitz, Ana Maravilla, Jerry Jones, Arturo Garcia, Ronald Weis, Diane LaMarre, Austin Kahn, Lisa Reingold, Ellen Rentas Torres, Ashley Johnson, Belinda Foley, John Aiello
Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

PowerSchool Customer Data Breach Class Action

A proposed class action against PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. and PowerSchool Group, LLC, apparently concerning a customer data security breach. The case is pending as multidistrict litigation, and the allegations likely relate to the companies' handling of customer personal information.

Filed
April 8, 2025
Represents
Michelle La Count, Ty Maciejewski, E.R.M., R.E.M., Christine Garcia, R.G., I.G., Billy Ho, B.H., Christina Spicuzza, E.S., C.S.
Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Microsoft Browser Extension Class Action

A proposed class action against Microsoft, apparently concerning a browser extension offered by the company. Specific allegations are not described in the docket, but the nature of suit suggests claims related to personal property. These are allegations in a newly filed case, not proven facts and not yet a settlement.

Filed
January 14, 2025
Represents
Jennifer Brodiski
Plaintiff counselSettled — claims closed

Capital One Shopping Settlement

Capital One Shopping was involved in affiliate marketing transactions with merchants. Settlement Class Members claim they earned affiliate commissions related to these transactions but did not receive proper payment or compensation from Capital One Shopping.

Claim deadline
April 17, 2026
Represents
Jesika Brodiski, Peter Hayward
Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Providence St. Joseph Health Personal Injury Class Action

A proposed class action against Providence St. Joseph Health and related healthcare providers, apparently concerning personal injuries arising from health care or pharmaceutical treatment. The docket indicates multiple individual plaintiffs filed a first amended class action complaint, and defendants filed motions to dismiss and to strike class allegations. The case was later voluntarily dismissed, so these are allegations only, with no proven facts or settlement.

Filed
July 26, 2024
Represents
E.P., K.R., C.R., D.C., A.L., B.G.
Plaintiff counselSettled — claims closed

MOVEit Customer Data Security Breach Settlement

Cadence Bank used a third-party file transfer application called MOVEit Transfer that had a security vulnerability. This vulnerability led to a data breach between May 28, 2023 and May 31, 2023, where personally identifying information of customers was compromised. Cadence began notifying affected individuals in September 2023.

Claim deadline
June 4, 2026
Represents
Cynthia Scott
Plaintiff counselSettled — claims closed

MOVEit Nuance Data Security Breach Settlement

Nuance Communications, Inc. experienced a data security breach between May 27-31, 2023, affecting personally identifiable information of customers. The breach resulted from an alleged vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer, third-party file transfer software that Nuance used in its ordinary business operations. Nuance is settling claims related to this 2023 MOVEit Security Incident, though litigation against Progress Software Corporation (the MOVEit software licensor) continues.

Claim deadline
March 30, 2026
Represents
Cynthia Scott
Plaintiff counselSettled — claims closed

TMX Data Security Settlement

TMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc. and TMX Finance LLC experienced a data security breach that accessed, stole, impacted, or compromised customers' personal information. TMX is settling claims related to this data breach without admitting wrongdoing.

Claim deadline
August 6, 2025
Represents
Sophia Pickens
Plaintiff counselSettled — claims closed

AARP Video Privacy Protection Act Settlement

AARP allegedly violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by tracking and sharing video viewing data of AARP.org users with Facebook, without proper consent. The defendant denies no wrongdoing but has agreed to settle the lawsuit.

Settlement fund
$12.5M
Claim deadline
Represents
Jan Markels, Allen Ziman
Plaintiff counselSettled — claims closed

Natera Prenatal Testing Settlement

Natera allegedly violated certain laws in connection with sales of its noninvasive prenatal screening tests under the names Panorama or Vasistera. Natera denies any wrongdoing and denies violating any law. The parties agreed to settle to avoid the uncertainties and expenses of continued litigation.

Settlement fund
$8.3M
Claim deadline
July 24, 2026
Represents
Amanda Davis, Lisa Cassinis, Lillian Delaurie, Laura Ashley Heryla, Sara Martinez
Plaintiff counselSettled — claims closed

Flagstar Data Breach Settlement

Flagstar Bank suffered two data breaches in January 2021 and December 2021 that exposed the personal information of approximately 2.2 million individuals. The bank is paying to settle claims related to these breaches, though Flagstar denies wrongdoing and admits no liability.

Settlement fund
$31.5M
Claim deadline
August 11, 2026
Represents
Philip Angus, Mark Wiedder, Amber Chavez, Randy Moniz, Holly Ringling, Tania Garcia, Edward Burdick, Ray Harter, Ryan Martin, Arthur Dore, Danielle Meis, Keith Kelly, Ann Kelly, Jonathan Kelley
Plaintiff counselSettled — claims closed

MacBook Butterfly Keyboard Settlement

MacBook laptops sold between 2015-2019 were equipped with defective butterfly keyboards that resulted in characters repeating unexpectedly, letters or characters not appearing, and/or keys feeling sticky or not responding consistently. Apple denies the allegations and asserts that the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing.

Settlement fund
$50M
Claim deadline
March 6, 2023
Represents
Zixuan Rao, Kyle Barbaro, Joey Baruch, Steve Eakin, Kevin Melkowski, Lorenzo Ferguson, Michael Hopkins, Benjamin Gulker, Adam Lee, Bo Laurent, Ashley Marin

“Recovery” and “exposure” refer to total disclosed settlement funds in associated cases, not money personally won or lost by an attorney. Settlements generally resolve disputed allegations without a finding that either side won. Data comes from public court dockets and may be incomplete.