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Four Constantine Cannon Lawyers Recognized In 2026 Best Lawyers Awards

Constantine Cannon LLP is delighted to announce that four lawyers from our firm have been included in the 32ⁿᵈ edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, 2026 Edition, showcasing the top 5% of the nation’s attorneys through a comprehensive peer-review survey process.¹ Best Lawyers is committed to its process for lawyers identifying their most outstanding peers “at the highest level.” This time around,...

Three Constantine Cannon Attorneys Selected to “2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” 

(NEW YORK) June 6, 2025 -- Constantine Cannon is pleased to announce that three of the firm’s lawyers, Jean Kim, Marlene Koury, and Taline Sahakian, were named in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers guide.¹ This announcement follows Ms. Sahakian’s selection to Lawdragon’s 2025 Leading Global Antitrust and Competition Lawyers guide.  

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Constantine Cannon, Lead Class Counsel, Submits Settlement Agreement for Preliminary Approval in Sutter Health Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit

March 25, 2025 - Upon submission of a settlement agreement for preliminary approval by the Court, Plaintiffs and Sutter have issued the following joint press release regarding the Settlement: "Sutter Health and Plaintiffs Djeneba Sidibe, Jerry Jankowski, Susan Hansen, David Herman, Optimum Graphics, Inc., and Johnson Pool & Spa, on behalf of themselves and a certified class of similarly situated persons, have...

Constantine Cannon, Lead Class Counsel, Agrees to Settle on Behalf of Premium Payers with Sutter Health in Long-Running Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit

We are pleased to announce that Constantine Cannon, on behalf of a California premium paying class, has reached an agreement in principle to settle a long-running healthcare antitrust case against California’s Sutter Health, one of the nation’s largest and most powerful hospital chains. The parties’ settlement is subject to Court approval.  The certified class included roughly 3 million health insurance...

10th Circuit Rejects Expansion of Collateral Order Doctrine for Public Disclosure Bar

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed for-profit college Colorado Technical University's (“CTU”) appeal of the district court’s denial of its motion to dismiss, holding that CTU failed to meet the high burden required to expand the collateral order doctrine to include the False Claims Act’s public disclosure bar. This case alleges CTU fraudulently misrepresented compliance with federal credit hour...

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Featured in The Hill on How Trump May Be Clearing a Path for Whistleblowers

Last Thursday (February 27), The Hill published an OpEd piece by Constantine Cannon whistleblower lawyer Gordon Schnell on how President Trump may be clearing a path for whistleblowers.  Schnell offered three reasons why an unintended consequence of President Trump’s efforts to dramatically cut federal agency staff and resources may be to create an opening for whistleblowers to step into the void. First, Schnell...

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Published in Automotive News on Whether NHTSA Will Finally Take Its Auto Safety Whistleblower Program Seriously

On February 12, Automotive News published an OpEd piece by Constantine Cannon whistleblower partner Gordon Schnell calling for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to step up its whistleblower game.  It was prompted by the agency's recent release of its long-awaited rules governing the auto safety whistleblower program, which provides financial awards to whistleblowers for reporting auto safety...

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Published in Washington Technology on DOJ's Enforcement Crusade Against Cybersecurity Fraud

On Wednesday (October 28), government contracting magazine Washington Technology published a commentary by Constantine Cannon whistleblower partner Gordon Schnell on the recent string of False Claims Act enforcement actions DOJ has brought against government contractors for cybersecurity failures.

As Schnell points out, the most recent of these actions is last week's DOJ settlement with Penn State University for...