Not exact matches
In September 2011, the Animal Legal
Defense Fund (ALDF) filed a
class action lawsuit against Barkworks, a southern California pet store chain, «claiming the stores repeatedly engage in fraud and false advertising in an effort to conceal
from customers that they source their puppies
from abusive «puppy mills» — large - scale commercial dog breeding facilities.
Stiehl arrives to Akerman
from Seyfarth Shaw, where he served as co-chair of the Commercial
Class Action Defense Practice Group.
Our experience covers a broad range of litigation,
from complex commercial matters to
class actions and qui tam
defense.
Organization and management of the
defense of thousands of claims brought by individual opt - outs
from consumer - fraud
class actions.
Toyobo —
Defense of Toyobo, a major Japanese fiber manufacturer, in consumer fraud
class actions throughout the United States, False Claims Act
actions, suits and investigation by states attorneys general, claims and lawsuits by body armor manufacturers, and personal injury claims arising
from the sale of a high ‐ performance fiber used in the manufacture of hundreds of thousands of bullet ‐ resistant vests.
Matters of note include the coordination of multiparty
defense in a wrongful death
action arising
from a construction accident, arbitration of a complex network agreement between healthcare organizations, and
defense of
class action cases brought by uninsured patients against a chain of hospitals.
Defense of Pfizer Inc. in Massachusetts state court product liability
class action alleging mental retardation and other neurological impairment
from mercury ‑ containing preservative thimerosal in pediatric vaccines
Our reputation as one of the top
class action defense firms in the country results
from our significant experience in defending against alleged
class actions across a broad range of pharmaceutical and other products litigation, as well as antitrust, employment and securities litigation.
Our partners include nationally recognized securities
class action defense counsel, former federal prosecutors and attorneys
from the SEC and DOJ.
We have specific experience coordinating the
defense of both regulatory and
class action litigation stemming
from the same occurrence, which requires careful navigation of different timelines and different discovery requirements.
Robin Largent has a regular presence in California state and federal courts and has been lead
defense counsel and appellate counsel for large and small California employers in litigation (and arbitration) ranging
from individual discrimination and harassment claims to complex wage and hour representative and
class actions.