Class Action Defense
Our Class Action Defense lawyers have extensive experience defending companies against the financial, legal, and reputational risks of class action lawsuits nearly everywhere in the world they do business. Companies across a wide range of industries seeking practical, effective defense strategies leverage our counsel to navigate the often-perilous class action landscape. Our lawyers combine in-depth substantive knowledge, a command of intricate class action rules and procedures, and an understanding of our clients’ businesses to provide strong and cost-efficient defenses. Our distinguished experience includes authoring Defense of Class Action Litigation in Federal Court, a leading treatise on class actions.
Our lawyers defend class actions across numerous subject matters, including false advertising, environmental and toxic torts, and data privacy and security. We counsel clients from the moment they receive pre-suit demands through and including class action claims administration. When lawsuits arise, we secure suitable forums, pursue arbitration if possible, seek early dismissal, negotiate favorable settlements, handle complex litigation through trial if necessary, and defend successful outcomes on appeal.
Capabilities
Our Class Action Defense lawyers possess comprehensive knowledge of the legal principles governing class actions, which they effectively apply across a wide range of industries and subject areas, including consumer products, environmental and toxic torts, as well as data privacy and security.
Consumer Products
Our lawyers have experience defending consumer product class actions on behalf of all links in a supply chain, from raw material suppliers to manufacturers to online and brick-and-mortar retailers. We defend against suits alleging false advertising, unfair and deceptive sales practices, breach of warranty, deceptive pricing, violations of consumer protection statutes, and more. Our team is well equipped to spearhead coordinated defenses in consumer product class actions that also involve government investigations or enforcement actions at the federal, state, or local level. In fact, we have handled multiple parallel class actions and coordinated proceedings and have acted as nationwide coordinating counsel for several client portfolios.
Environmental and Toxic Torts
Class action suits are frequently used to aggregate tort claims such as personal injury, medical monitoring, property damage, or nuisance claims. Often, these claims are based on an alleged chemical exposure. Our lawyers have successfully shepherded some of the largest manufacturers in the world through highly publicized incidents and related class action litigation involving industrial fires, permitted and episodic chemical releases, and alleged environmental contamination.
Data Privacy and Security
A data breach incident may lead to multiple class action lawsuits. These cases often assert tort-based and statutory claims that seek to recover damages and expenses related to data theft, lost time, and diminution in the value of information. By leveraging aggressive early motions and negotiated resolutions, our team successfully defends against these class actions for clients in multiple industries.
In addition to these areas, our experience extends to several associated industries and services, including:
- Securities and Derivatives
- Wage and Hour Disputes
- Employment and Workplace Safety
- Biometric Information Privacy Act
- Antitrust and Trade Regulation
- The Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- Consumer Finance and Mortgage Banking
Our knowledge and capabilities encompass class actions of every shape, size, and subject matter. Our practice prioritizes teamwork to pursue the best value and outcomes for our clients.
