CClaimWatch
Plaintiff counsel in 5 cases

Krysta Kauble Pachman

Susman Godfrey LLP

Address of record
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90067, (310) 789-3100
Email
kpachman@susmangodfrey.com
Phone
(310) 789-3100
Fax
Fax (310) 789-3150

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

5
Cases tracked
1 active · 4 settled
$41.5M
Plaintiff-side recovery
Disclosed settlement funds
—
Defense-side exposure
Resolved in settlements
2
Cases with values
of 5 tracked

Case history

Publicly tracked matters where this attorney is listed as counsel.

Plaintiff counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Forbes Media Class Action

A proposed class action was filed against Forbes Media LLC, apparently involving statutory claims. The docket text indicates the parties have reached a class action settlement and are seeking the court's preliminary approval; specific underlying allegations are not stated in the docket entries provided.

Filed
December 20, 2024
Represents
Domenica Berman, Abygael Piehl
Plaintiff counselSettled — accepting claims

Forbes Media Website Tracker Class Action Settlement

Forbes Media collected IP addresses and unique identifiers without consent using trackers on its websites between December 20, 2023 and June 11, 2026, and shared this data with third parties, allegedly in violation of California's Invasion of Privacy Act and Unfair Competition Law. Forbes denies these allegations and any wrongdoing.

Settlement fund
$10M
Claim deadline
November 9, 2026
Represents
Domenica Berman, Abygael Piehl
Plaintiff counselSettled — claims closed

HCA Healthcare Data Breach Settlement

HCA Healthcare announced a data security incident on or about July 10, 2023, in which personal information of current HCA patients was compromised. HCA denies any wrongdoing.

Claim deadline
September 25, 2025
Represents
Jennifer Sperling, Leslie Sperling, Rasheed Abdul-Latif
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

Ripple Labs XRP Securities Class Action

Ripple Labs and its CEO Bradley Garlinghouse are being sued over allegations related to the sale of XRP cryptocurrency. The lawsuit alleges federal and California state securities law violations regarding how XRP was sold to purchasers in the United States.

Claim deadline
Represents
Bradley Sostack

“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.