Industries & Practices
Class Actions & Collective Actions
We have successfully devised early defense strategies that result in the dismissal of many cases before class certification and discovery.
Having successfully defended class action claims in state and federal courts for several decades, our attorneys offer tailored advice to clients in a variety of industries.
In each class action suit, we assess the following:
- Pre-certification dismissal options
- Other strategies for early pleading, including fail-safe class definitions, ascertain ability and no-loss classes
- The significance of the potential threat to the business
- The preclusive effect of early global resolution
Our experience includes:
- Breach of fiduciary duty
- Collection of premium taxes
- Consumer protection and consumer sales practices
- Derivative suits
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Financial regulation and litigation
- Insurance practices
- Property rights
- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
- Servicing of annuity products
- Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)
- Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
- Photo enforcement
Class action lawsuit victory
Successfully argued before the Eleventh District Court of Appeals on behalf of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) in a case in which the plaintiff attac...
MoreClass action lawsuit regarding appropriation proce...
Represented the State of Ohio, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and its director in a class action lawsuit brought by all Lake Erie lakefront property owners regarding appropriation proceed...
MoreClass action dismissal
Achieved dismissal of more than a dozen putative class actions, prior to class certification, on behalf of a large international government vendor in collaboration with its client municipalities. More
Class action litigation
Served as Special Master, overseeing the administration of an $850 million class action lawsuit.
MoreClass action defense
Defended insurer in a Kentucky class action suit alleging misapplication of local government premium taxes.
MoreLehman Brothers class action defense
Successfully represented defendants in a national class action brought in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy case in the Southern District of New York, which sought to claw back hundreds of millions of...
MoreClaims adjusting class action
Successfully represented several national insurance companies in a class action lawsuit in Arkansas pertaining to allegations of misuse of claims handling software in the adjustment of bodily injur...
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Drew H. Campbell
Partner & Class Action/Insurance Chair
Kara H. Herrnstein
Partner
Anne Marie Sferra
Partner & Litigation Practice Group Chair
Sommer L. Sheely
Partner