FTX Crypto Investor Class Action Litigation

Partners Adam M. Moskowitz and Joseph M. Kaye brought a putative nationwide class action suit in federal court in Miami and state court litigation against former insiders (Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, and others) and Brand Ambassadors (Thomas Brady, Kevin O’Leary, and others) of FTX, a cryptocurrency trading platform, for a wide range of alleged deceptive claims, including the sale of unregistered securities, FTX’s Yield-Bearing Account, which offers guaranteed returns on cryptocurrency investments held on the platform, as well as the Brand Ambassadors’ violations of various anti-touting laws. If you or a loved one was affected, contact us today at 305-740-1423 or at info@moskowitz-law.com for a FREE CASE REVIEW.

The Moskowitz Law Firm filed suit with co-counsel Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, seeking damages, declaratory and injunctive relief for the Brand Ambassadors and other responsible parties to reimburse FTX’s customers for their losses and to put an end to FTX’s wrongful practices. If you wish to discuss this action and potentially join it as a plaintiff and/or class representative, we would like to speak with you about your experience.

Voyager Digital Crypto Investor Class Action

Partners Adam M. Moskowitz and Joseph M. Kaye brought a putative nationwide class action suit in federal court in Miami against Voyager Digital, a cryptocurrency trading platform, for a wide range of alleged deceptive claims, including false "no commission" promises and the sale of unregistered securities, the Voyager Earn Program Account, which offers guaranteed returns on cryptocurrency investments held on the platform. If you or a loved one was affected, contact us today at 305-740-1423 or at info@moskowitz-law.com for a FREE CASE REVIEW.

The Moskowitz Law Firm filed suit with co-counsel Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen, P.A., seeking damages, declaratory and injunctive relief to reimburse Voyager’s customers for their losses and to put an end to Voyager’s wrongful practices. If you wish to discuss this action and potentially join it as a plaintiff and/or class representative, we would like to speak with you about your experience.

EmpiresX Ponzi Scheme Litigation

EmpiresX is a web-based platform that was presented to consumers throughout South Florida and South America as an “opportunity to participate in the best experience of investing in a safe and efficient platform,” which purportedly utilized an algorithmic trading bot that utilized artificial intelligence to generate guaranteed returns of 1% per day through its day trading activities in the cryptocurrency and other financial markets. When it was revealed that the EmpiresX platform was in fact a Ponzi Scheme, attorneys Adam M. Moskowitz, Joseph M. Kaye and Barbara C. Lewis filed a class action lawsuit alongside other co-lead counsel to seek compensation for these defrauded investors. A preliminary approval for class action settlement was recently granted.

The Moskowitz Law Firm immediately sought the appointment of a Receiver to take control of the EmpiresX business entities in order to ensure that assets are located, marshalled, and preserved to potentially reimburse defrauded investors. If you or a loved one was affected by the EmpiresX Ponzi Scheme, contact us today at 305-740-1423 or at info@moskowitz-law.com for a FREE CASE REVIEW.

Florida Universities Campus Fee Litigation

Adam M. Moskowitz and his team brought suit in state court in Leon County, Florida, in state court seeking a prorated refund of fees paid for campus services students did not receive when the system's dozen institutions shifted to remote learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examples of the kinds of funds being targeted are a capital improvement trust fund fee, financial aid fee, activities and services fee, athletic fee and transportation fee, among others. Contact us at 305-740-1423 or at info@moskowitz-law.com for a FREE CASE REVIEW.

The Moskowitz Law Firm and its partners seek to represent a class consisting of “all Florida residents who paid fees for or on behalf of themselves or other students enrolled in classes at any campus in the state university system of Florida for the spring 2020 semester, including students and/or their families or guardians who paid fees.”

The suit affects Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, Florida Polytechnic University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida and University of West Florida.

COVID-19 Business Interruption Protection Insurance Litigation

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States in March 2020, millions of businesses were forced to shut down their operations in response to the presence of the COVID-19 virus on their properties and orders by civil authorities restricting non-essential businesses from operating. In response to these shutdowns, many businesses retained The Moskowitz Law Firm to bring claims against their property insurance companies for coverage under their policies’ business income, extra expense, and civil authority provisions, which generally provide businesses with the right to recoup business revenue lost because of direct physical loss of or damage to property.

After dozens of such cases were filed against Erie Insurance Company (“Erie”), the federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation entered an order centralizing and coordinating all of the cases against Erie before the Honorable Judge Hornak in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Thereafter, Judge Hornak appointed Adam M. Moskowitz as Co-Lead Counsel for all Plaintiffs in the multi-district litigation. In that capacity, The Moskowitz Law Firm lead an effort to file a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint on behalf of all Erie Plaintiffs and responded to Erie’s motion to dismiss. In May 2022, Adam M. Moskowitz presented oral argument before Judge Hornak concerning Erie’s motion to dismiss, and a decision remains pending.

Coral Springs Gas Leak Litigation

When a contractor working on an extensive road expansion project in the City of Coral Springs negligently caused a third gas leak while conducting horizontal directional drilling (HDD) operations, hundreds of businesses in the area—particularly restaurants that depended on gas to cook—were forced to cease operations and sustained extensive damages. Partners Adam M. Moskowitz and Joseph M. Kaye filed a class action lawsuit with Conrad Scherer in the Circuit Court for the 17th Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida, to seek compensation for these businesses for the damages directly caused by the defendant’s negligent conduct.

Although HDD is a less intrusive means of underground utility excavation, it carries with it the inherent risk that the drill will strike hidden underground objects unless adequate precautions are taken. The team at The Moskowitz Law Firm has considerable experience in litigating these single incident mass torts on a class wide basis to successful conclusion.

Mortgage Convenience Fee Litigation

Adam Moskowitz and Howard M. Bushman, partners at The Moskowitz Law Firm in Coral Gables, have recently secured $12.5 million to settle a nationwide class action against PHH Mortgage Corp. and OCWEN Loan Servicing. The Firm represented homeowners who were subjected to abusive collection practices via “convenience”and “processing” fees. This mediated settlement could be a framework for settlements with other companies in numerous pending class actions nationwide. Read the Motion for Preliminary Approval of Settlement.

Adam M. Moskowitz and his team have filed various suits in federal court against the largest mortgage servicers in the country for claims that servicers are unfairly charging “convenience fees” for homeowners to make mortgage payments over the phone or online. These “convenience fees” are not authorized by the mortgage contracts or existing laws and are therefore violative of various federal and state consumer protection laws.

The Moskowitz Law Firm and its partners seek to represent several statewide and nationwide classes of homeowners against Select Portfolio Servicing, PennyMac, Mr. Cooper, LoanCare, Rushmore, Ocwen, and others. If you are a homeowner and have been charged a fee for making a mortgage payment over the phone or online, we would like to speak with you about your experience, particularly if you are a Florida homeowner.

Security Benefit “Synthetic Index Fund” Class Action

The Moskowitz Law Firm and its partners filed a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) class action lawsuit in federal court in the Southern District of Florida alleging that Security Benefit Life Insurance Co. defrauded consumers by implementing a fraudulent scheme involving proprietary indices used in its equity-indexed annuity products.

Security Benefit, utilizing uniformly misleading marketing materials and illustrations to implement its scheme, marketed these products as “uncapped” and with a “100% participation” rate, and capable of producing double-digit returns. In reality, the proprietary indices were engineered to produce near-zero returns.

Adam M. Moskowitz and his team seek to represent a nationwide class consisting of “All persons who purchased a Secure Income or Total Value Annuity from Security Benefit within the applicable limitations period,” as well as Florida, California, Illinois, Arizona, and Nevada state subclasses.

EquiAlt Investor Litigation

The Moskowitz Law Firm and its partners represent individuals who were advised to invest in EquiAlt LLC, which the SEC has accused of being a Ponzi scheme worth over $170 million that targeted mostly elderly investors. They also sued four companies and their principals, accusing them of selling EquiAlt securities by promising their real estate investments were a safe opportunity while operating as a fraud.

Adam M. Moskowitz and his team filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in the Middle District of Florida alleging claims for breach of Arizona and California securities laws, negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duties and sale of unregistered securities.

FieldTurf Multi District Litigation

Numerous class actions brought against Fieldturf were consolidated in the District of New Jersey Court earlier this year. The class actions were brought by many of the best class action firms in the country for the same allegedly defective artificial fields, which serve as the basis for pursuing the recovery of millions of dollars in damages.

Adam M. Moskowitz of The Moskowitz Law Firm is appointed as co-lead counsel.

He is joined by Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP, while James Cecchi of Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello, PC serves as liaison counsel for the plaintiffs.

The court already denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss and the parties are now preparing to seek class certification.

1 Global Investor Class Action Cases - 2019

1 Global Capital, a corrupt payday-lending and merchant cash advance business, sold unregistered securities to investors over the course of several years. The Moskowitz Law Firm and Bonnet, Friedman, Fairbourn & Balint PC represent plaintiffs in two 2019 class action cases against the company and a variety of parties who participated in 1 Global’s securities law violations and other fraudulent activities.

The Moskowitz Law Firm and co-lead counsel are currently pursuing additional individuals and entities who may be liable to these investors.

Judge William Thomas, of the Complex Business Division of the Miami-Dade Circuit Court, recently granted preliminary approval for eight proposed settlements between thousands of investors and broker/agents, regarding the purchase of unregistered securities from 1 Global. A final hearing of approval is set before Judge Thomas and the Honorable Robert Mark in federal bankruptcy court. The Moskowitz Firm will continue to coordinate settlements with the Special Counsel for the Bankruptcy Estate. Working with The Moskowitz Firm are Jeff Sonn as well as Michael Budwick and Sol Genet of Meland, Russin & Budwick.

AmerisourceBergen Opioid Litigation

The Moskowitz Law Firm brought these lawsuits on behalf of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Indians of Florida. The Tribes and their members have been battling the effects of the opioid epidemic and seek to recoup money and resources expended to build rehabilitation facilities and fund treatment programs.

Opioid addiction, overdose, and mortality is a major issue throughout Indian Country and the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes have filed these suits to put a stop to the dangerous and deceptive marketing and distribution practices of opioid manufacturers and distributors.

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians

The Moskowitz Law Firm currently represents the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida in various matters, as part of our burgeoning Native American Law practice.

The attorneys at the Moskowitz Law Firm have worked on issues related to tribal law, sovereign immunity, treaty and trust rights, and administrative law related to Native American tribes.

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida have played an important role in our state’s history, with a proud legacy of culture, service, and growth.

As a people who have long contributed so much to enrich our communities, our Firm is proud to represent them and their interests.