On December 5, 2018, Poulos LoPiccolo PC, along with co-counsel, Lite DePalma Greenberg LLC and Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP filed a class action lawsuit against Marriott International, Inc., a multinational corporation headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland (“Marriott”) related to a data breach that potentially affected up to 500 million Marriott guests.

Marriott is one of the largest hotel and hospitality companies in the world. Marriott and its various entities currently have more than 6,700 properties in more than 129 countries. Since 2014, approximately 500 million people have stayed at Marriott and

UNITED STATES – July 23: Matt Whitaker (R) Iowa is interviewed at Roll Call office in Washington, D.C. (Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)

JOSEPH LOPICCOLO, Shareholder and Chair of the class action group at Poulos LoPiccolo PC, recently appeared in an article by the Wall Street Journal regarding Poulos LoPiccolo’s class action against World Patent Marketing, along with Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s involvement in World Patent Marketing’s allegedly fraudulent activity.

In addition to Poulos LoPiccolo’s class action, the Federal Trade Commission filed a case accusing World Patent Marketing

On December 21, 2016, the law firms of Poulos LoPiccolo, P.C. [1305 South Roller Road, Ocean, New Jersey 07712; www.pllawfirm.com] and Nagel Rice, L.L.P. [103 Eisenhower Parkway, Roseland, New Jersey 07068; www.nagelrice.com] filed a class action lawsuit against Desa Industries, Inc., a New York based corporation, doing business as World Patent Marketing, headquartered in Miami Beach Florida (“WPM”), and W.P.M.’s Chief Executive Officer, Scott J. Cooper. You can review a copy of the Class Action Complaint and Jury Demand here.

WPM markets itself on the internet and through other marketing materials