Sentences with phrase «class action claims»

We have defended both individual and class action claims alleging violation of a wide variety of consumer protection laws in both state and federal courts.

Offers robust strengths across both defense and plaintiff - side work, with considerable experience in areas including constitutional law, intellectual property disputes, employment issues and wider class action claims.

This involved individual litigation as well as class action claims.

If you believe that you have been hurt in a situation that involved a group of people, you may have a valid class action claim.

Individual consumers can't afford to exercise their legal remedies, while class action claims are usually far more lucrative for plaintiff's lawyers than the plaintiffs themselves.

We believe that class action claims often help the attorneys more than they help the individuals affected by defective implants.

Investigation and defense of class action claims against international cruise line company by passengers alleging personal injuries and breach of passenger contracts

Defense of class action claims against multi-level marketing firms alleging that the defendants were participating in illegal Ponzi schemes

Two gay men filed class action claims against ChristianMingle's parent company, Spark Networks, in 2013.

His legal experience also includes the defense of manufacturers in product liability litigation and corporations and individuals in class action litigation, including class action claims for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Chicago Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance.

We have also assisted clients in defending against mass tort and class action claims based on a wide variety of environmental issues, as well as obtaining insurance coverage to pay for remediating contamination.

Defended class action claims against life insurer alleging false and deceptive practices in marketing of annuity products.

Eight new cases were filed in 2014, including the Wivenhoe dam case following the 2011 Queensland floods and a shareholder class action claiming Treasury Wine Estates breached its continuous disclosure obligations.

He has worked cooperatively with lawyers from across Canada on a national class action claiming compensation for institutional child abuse.

Successfully defending a financial institution against class action claims by removing the case under the provisions of the Class Action Fairness Act and then obtaining dismissal of all claims in federal court prior to any ruling on class certification.

Nor does it preclude the civil class action claims brought on behalf of residents.

We draw on a unique depth of expertise in all practice areas and sectors across our global network in which class action claims are prevalent including banking and financial services, consumer products and manufacturing, business and human rights, environment, competition, energy, mining, infrastructure, TMT and utilities, to add value for our clients.

For example, it obtained a dismissal of a multibillion - dollar class action claim on behalf of Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd. at the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2005's David Polowin Real Estate Ltd. v. Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co..

«The Blogosphere Examines Lawyer Bios Main Facebook Sued Again; Class Action Claims Use of Kids» Names and Pics Violates Calif..

Official statistics show that lower court decisions tend to favor plaintiffs, but that state appeals courts have dismissed more class action claims than they have upheld.

His legal experience also includes the defense of corporations and individuals in class action litigation, including class action claims for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Chicago Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance.

In Thornton v. Pinnacle Food Groups LLC, the Court denied a motion to dismiss putative class action claims where the plaintiff alleged that a label describing a manufacturer's muffin mix contained false and misleading statements about the product's ingredients.

Represented one of two defendants in White River, Indiana fish kill case involving federal, state and class action claims seeking civil damages and penalties exceeding $ 50 million and federal criminal prosecution under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

The named plaintiffs filed this putative nationwide class action claiming that AT&T violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending text - message advertisements to its wireless customers about upgrading their cellular telephones after AT&T acquired their former wireless provider.

Handled class action claims asserting age discrimination in employment as litigator and mediator

Over recent years, the firm has defended food and pet companies in multiple consumer class action claims, over a dozen of which were based in California.

He has also won arbitrations for clients including complex issues between medical entities, mediated a successful resolution of a real estate matter for a rapidly expanding and well - known national company, and settled two class action claims at very low cost for clients who had significant potential statutory exposure.

Successfully resolving claims against clients for over 25 years on terms favorable to clients, including technology vendor contract disputes and other commercial litigation, lease disputes for national and regional companies, and early resolution of several class action claims against national retailers and international travel company.

product liability, including complex, multijurisdictional class action claims and in individual cases involving products from a broad range of industries.

In future class action claims against nationwide corporate defendants, it appears that the U.S. Supreme Court is generally requiring piecemeal litigation in each state where a plaintiff was injured, instead of allowing for a single consolidated class action in a single state court lawsuit.

Striking all state class action claims and limiting conditional certification of an FLSA collective action to three units of a hospital in a class / collective hybrid action brought by a former nurse against a hospital in Wisconsin state court for meal period and overtime claims;

Perell J. dismissed the proposed Lipson class action claim against the defendant law firm as statute - barred.

Most class action claims focus on financial injuries that can easily be remedied by compensation.

Analyzed a client's hiring, promotion and compensation practices in the context of preventing anticipated class action claims.

In Brown v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce the Court of Appeal denied certifying yet another «misclassification» class action claiming overtime pay.

Negotiated a complex settlement resolving class action claims and related FTC and State Attorney General investigations for Airborne in a consumer class action challenging advertising and product claims made regarding Airborne dietary supplements.

She has a record of success, including obtaining a complete dismissal, prior to discovery, in a multi-district class action claiming damages of hundreds of millions of dollars resulting from an alleged Ponzi scheme.

Class action costs and exposures (even if only one law firm is the target of the every single class action claim (to date) has hit the $ 1 million policy limit.

While there, Ted tackled billion - dollar class action claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), first - chaired jury trials under Illinois» Forcible Entry and Detainer statute and won multiple appeals on behalf of his D&O, E&O, products and commercial clients.

5.29.12 - Abbey Spanier, LLP Investigating Class Action Claims Relating to Unfair «Force - Placed Insurance» Practices

These matters run the gamut of securities and commodities claims, including suitability, churning, misrepresentation and sales practices claims, cases alleging research and investment banking conflicts of interest, margin liquidations, incentive stock option exercises, shareholder derivative class action claims, customer solicitation claims, unfair business practices litigation, and audit and compliance advisory work.

Class action claims require a certain degree of commonality among the group members in order to be certified.

In a decisive win for Umeken USA Inc., Hueston Hennigan prevailed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Tuesday when Judge Cormac Carney granted its motion to dismiss expansive fraud, labeling and RICO class action claims against the leading manufacturer of dietary supplements.

He also did not strike class action claims or comply with a request by Oasis for a change of venue to Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago.

Lead trial counsel successfully defending one of the world's leading manufacturers of fire protection systems in some 20 claims and cross-claims resulting from a large factory fire, including a product liability / environmental class action claiming C$ 80 - million in damages

The securities litigation practice has been ranked as one of the country's best by Chambers USA in 2015, 2016 and 2017, with the team «often called upon by Silicon Valley - based companies to assist with a wide variety of securities disputes» and particularly noted for its «in - depth experience in handling post-IPO class action claims.»

In part one of my interview with advertising lawyer, Catherine Bate, we speak about the filing of a Quebec class action claim against McDonald's restaurants.

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