Class Actions
Case Results

Joseph Lyon served on the leadership team in a nationwide healthcare pixel tracking class action involving the alleged disclosure of patient health information through the Meta Pixel, affecting approximately 1.3 million class members. Court-approved settlement of $6,660,000 (non-reversionary common fund).

The Lyon Firm served as counsel for the plaintiffs and the proposed nationwide class in a data security incident class action involving patient health and identifying information. Final approval granted August 15, 2025 for an $8,150,000 settlement fund.

Court of Common Pleas, Hamilton County, Ohio, Case No. A2204749. Joseph Lyon was appointed co-lead counsel by Judge Christian A. Jenkins in a healthcare pixel tracking class action involving the alleged disclosure of patient health information through the Meta Pixel and Google Analytics. Final approval of a $7,000,000 settlement fund, one-year privacy protection subscriptions, and business practice changes, with a total gross settlement value of $96,893,540 for over 320,000 class members.

The Lyon Firm and Joseph Lyon contributed across all phases of a nationwide healthcare pixel tracking class action involving the alleged disclosure of patient information to Meta and Google, affecting at least three million individuals. Final approval of a non-reversionary $12,225,000 settlement fund granted July 10, 2024.

Member of Plaintiffs’ Counsel and represented a lead plaintiff; Participated in settlement process; Final Approval for $1,400,000 non-reversionary common fund.  

Member of Plaintiffs’ Counsel and represented a lead plaintiff; Participated in all phases of mediation; Final Approval for $1,500,000 non-reversionary common fund.

Data Breach Class Action. Settlement Co-Class Counsel; Final Approval for $1,550,000 non-reversionary settlement fund for patients whose personal and medical information was compromised in a data breach; minor class members will receive 10 years of identity theft defense.

Data Breach Class Action. Member of Plaintiffs’ Counsel and represented a lead plaintiff; Participated in all phases of motion practice and settlement process; Final Approval for $2,200,000 hybrid common fund.  

Member of Plaintiffs’ Counsel and represented several lead plaintiffs; Participated in all phases of motion practice and discovery; Final Approval for $2,500,000 non-reversionary common fund.  

(W.D. of Texas): Member of Plaintiffs’ Counsel and represented a lead plaintiff; Participated in all phases of motion practice and mediation; Final Approval for $2,516,890 non-reversionary common fund.  

(S.D. of Florida): Appointed to Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in data breach class action impacting 3.2 million patients’ personal and healthcare information. Motion to Dismiss denied in part and granted in part; Final Approval granted for a $3,000,000 non-reversionary common fund.

(S.D.N.Y.): Member of Plaintiffs’ Counsel and represented lead plaintiff (Third Party Discovery Committee) in data breach impacting over 200,000 individuals during applications for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program; Final Approval for $4,950,000 non-reversionary common fund.  

(D. Minn.): Member of Plaintiff’s counsel involved in all aspects of motion practice and preliminary discovery related to the hospital’s use of tracking technology installed on the hospital’s web properties that was transmitting patient health information to Facebook and Google; Final Approval granted for $6,000,000 common fund settlement.

(Dist. of Maine): Member of Plaintiffs’ Counsel in data breach class action and participated in all aspects of the motion practice and mediation; Final Approval granted for $7,250,000 non-reversionary common fund.

(N.D. Ga.): Member of Plaintiffs’ Counsel in data breach class action impacting over 4 million individuals and participated in all aspects of the pleading drafting and motion practice; Final Approval granted for $8,733,446.36 non-reversionary common fund.

(N.D. Ga.): Member of Plaintiffs’ Counsel in data breach class action impacting over 400,000 individuals and participated in all aspects of the pleading drafting and motion practice, focusing on GIPPA claims; Final Approval granted for $8,900,000 non-reversionary common fund.

(N.D. Ill.): Member of Plaintiffs’ Counsel for data breach impacting over 3 million individuals and participated in all aspects of pleading drafting, motion practice, discovery, and mediation; Final approval granted for $21,000,000 non-reversionary common fund.  

(N.D. Ga.): Appointed to Plaintiff’s Executive Committee in consolidated action involving a data breach impacting over a million consumers. Preliminary pleadings and case management issues are ongoing.

(N.D. Ga.): Appointed to Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in data breach class action impacting the personal information of over 21 million customers; Representing lead plaintiff. Final approval granted for $32,800,000 nationwide settlement.

Wisniewski v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals, et al. Co-Counsel for bellwether trial in Philadelphia County. Jury awarded $2,340,000.00 in compensatory damages.

MDL No. 1598: Following the discovery of over 14,000 consumer complaints involving severe cardiovascular events thought to be related to the use of products containing ephedrine alkaloids, the litigation was consolidated in the Southern District of New York.

MDL No. 2327: Following regulatory concern over the Gynecare Prolift device, and thousands of adverse event reports of severe complications related to the surgical mesh, mass litigation evolved with centralization in the Southern District of West Virginia.

(L.A. Super. Ct.): Appointed interim co-lead class counsel in a data breach class action involving 15,037 customers; Final Approval granted for a non-reversionary common fund of $700,000.  

(N.D. Ill.): Appointed co-lead class counsel in healthcare data breach impacting over 80,000 consumers; Final Approval granted for $970,000 non-reversionary common fund.

(Dist. of North Dakota): Appointed co-Lead Counsel; Final Approval granted for non-reversionary common fund of $865,000 for nationwide class of 66,732 individuals.

C.P. Phila. County): Appointed co-lead class counsel in data breach action against law firm alleging negligent data security practices impacting 86,287 individuals; Final Approval granted for $800,000 non-reversionary fund.

(Muskingum County, Ohio): Appointed co-lead class counsel in data breach class action impacting 29,972 patients; Final Approval granted for $650,000 non-reversionary common fund.

Miranda v. Xavier University (S.D. Ohio): Appointed as interim co-lead class counsel for nursing students in a class action arising from the breach of contract to provide clinical education and experience through the coursework; Final Approval granted for a $700,000 non-reversionary common fund for tuition reimbursement.

(C.D. Cal.): Appointed interim co-lead counsel in data breach impacting over 300,000 consumers; Preliminary approval granted for non-reversionary $1,300,000 common fund.

(D.C. Super. Ct.): Appointed co-lead class counsel in highly publicized consolidated action involving a data breach impacting the health insurance marketplace for the District of Columbia; Final approval for $1,450,000 settlement.

(Cook County, Ill.): Appointed co-lead class counsel in consolidated action involving a data breach; Final approval for $1,500,000 settlement.

(S.D. Ohio): Appointed co-lead in consolidated data breach class action involving ransomware attack on Ohio hospital that compromised the PII and PHI of 216,478 patients; Final Approval granted for a $1,750,000 non-reversionary common fund.

(N.D. Ohio): Appointed co-lead class counsel by Judge Polster in data breach class action against multi-national manufacturer impacting 115,843 current and former employees; Final Approval granted for a $1,750,000 non-reversionary common fund.

Wade v. U.S. Bank National Association, Case No.A-1501522 (Hamilton County, Ohio): Appointed co-lead class counsel in state mortgage satisfaction class action; Final Approval granted for non-reversionary common fund of $1,750,000 providing monetary compensation to a class of over 45,000 mortgage holders.

(Hamilton County, Ohio): Appointed co-lead counsel in consolidated data breach class action impacting two Ohio hospital systems and 420,433 patients’ healthcare information; Final Approval granted for nationwide non-reversionary common fund settlement of $1,950,000.

(D. Colo.): Appointed interim co-lead class counsel in consolidated action involving a data breach; Final Approval for non-reversionary common fund of $2,500,000.  

(E.D. Pa.): Appointed interim co-lead class counsel in consolidated action involving a data breach impacting over 1 million consumers; Final approval granted for $2,625,000 common fund.  

Appointed co-lead class counsel in data breach; Final Approval granted for non-reversionary common fund of $2,700,000.

(Mecklenburg County, NC): Settlement Class Counsel; Final Approval granted for $5,050,000 non-reversionary common fund for 1.3 million consumers.

Appointed interim co-lead counsel in data breach impacting over a million patients; Motion Practice and Mediation. Final approval in a parallel state court action for $6,500,000 common fund.  

Appointed Interim co-lead counsel in pixel health care class action impacting over 250,000 medical patients; Preliminary approval for $7,000,000 maximum fund settlement.  

Appointed co-lead class counsel in TCPA class action; Final Approval granted for nationwide class and non-reversionary common fund settlement of $9,250,000 providing monetary compensation for a class of over 66,000.

Appointed co-lead class counsel in a data breach class action impacting over 300,000 medical patients; Final Approval granted for nationwide claims made settlement providing monetary benefits and additional identity theft protection with claimed value of $1,700,000 and offered class value of $49,800,000.

Appointed co-lead class counsel in consolidated data breach class action involving 141,149 medical patients; Final Approval granted for a claims-made nationwide settlement providing monetary benefits and additional identity theft protection valued atover $12,500,000.