CClaimWatch
Defense counsel in 3 cases

Colleen Carlton Smith

Latham and Watkins LLP

Address of record
12670 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, CA 92130, (858) 523-5400
Email
colleen.smith@lw.com
Phone
(858) 523-5400
Fax
Fax (858) 523-5450

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

4
Cases tracked
1 active · 3 settled
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Plaintiff-side recovery
Disclosed settlement funds
$8.5M
Defense-side exposure
Resolved in settlements
2
Cases with values
of 4 tracked

Case history

Publicly tracked matters where this attorney is listed as counsel.

Defense counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Offerpad Brokerage TCPA Class Action

A proposed class action against Offerpad Brokerage CA, Inc., apparently concerning alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The docket does not detail the specific calls or texts at issue, but the case was filed as a putative class action. Procedurally, the individual claims were dismissed with prejudice and the class claims were dismissed without prejudice.

Filed
October 8, 2024
Represents
Offerpad Brokerage CA, Inc.
Defense counselSettled — claims closed

Masimo Securities Settlement

Masimo Corporation allegedly made misleading statements or omissions regarding its publicly traded common stock. Shareholders claim they were damaged by purchasing or acquiring the stock during the class period.

Claim deadline
April 28, 2026
Represents
Masimo Corporation, Joseph Kiani, Micah Young, Bilal Muhsin, Eli Kammerman
Defense counselSettled — claims closed

Virgin Galactic Holdings Securities Settlement

Plaintiffs claim that defendants violated federal securities laws in connection with publicly traded shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. and Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. Defendants deny all wrongdoing and deny that they violated any laws or that any member of the settlement class suffered damages.

Settlement fund
$8.5M
Claim deadline
August 13, 2026
Represents
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Michael A. Colglazier, George Whitesides, Doug Ahrens, Jon Campagna, Richard Branson, Chamath Palihapitiya, Michael Moses
CounselSettled — claims closed

Tricida Securities Settlement

Tricida, Inc. and defendant Gerrit Klaerner are alleged to have violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The defendant denies all claims and wrongdoing. The settlement resolves these allegations without admission of liability.

Settlement fund
$14.3M
Claim deadline
October 1, 2025
Represents
Renibus Therapeutics, Inc.

“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.