Our experience in class action representation spans industries and subject matters. Our clients include corporations and consumers, and we litigate class action claims involving antitrust banking, consumer claims, environmental, employment, ERISA, insurance, product liability, securities and tax. The hallmark of our success in defending against class actions is serving our clients’ business objectives by aggressively seeking early dismissal, effectively opposing class certification and obtaining favorable resolution.
We are also deeply experienced in defending companies in large, multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings, often involving product liability claims. In both class action and MDL settings, we are adept at challenging our opponents’ expert opinions, with a focus on strategies to position the claims for dismissal and successful resolution.
We are frequently retained to obtain results of national significance. For example, upon an unsettled question of law certified by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, we successfully argued that a putative class action against a chemical manufacturer was time-barred. The decision established that New York recognizes cross-jurisdictional tolling until it is no longer objectively reasonable for absent class members to rely upon the putative class action to vindicate their rights. Matter of Chavez v. Occidental Chemical Corp., 35 N.Y.3d 492 (N.Y. 2020). Likewise, we have been retained as settlement counsel to successfully and favorably resolve national consumer and product liability class actions in MDL settings.
On the defense side, our focus on strategies to pursue early dismissals and successful opposition to class certification is rooted in achieving our clients’ goals. Likewise, we are also adept at designing creative class settlements to meet our clients’ needs.
Our class action litigation experience includes work with clients in many industries and classifications, including:
We advise our clients in risk mitigation strategies by identifying current trends in class actions and targeted industries. We also provide up-to-the-minute advice regarding the best current business practices to provide our clients with strategic, cost-effective defense. For example, in addition to defending financial institutions in overdraft fee class actions, we also counsel financial institutions regarding risk mitigation measures in light of the proliferation of overdraft fee class actions.
Our experience spans class actions in federal and state courts across the country and a broad range of industries and subject matters.
Phillips Lytle attorneys have represented clients in class actions in a broad range of practice areas.
Our attorneys have represented financial institutions, health insurers, utility providers, and numerous other businesses across a broad spectrum of industries in a wide range of class actions.
Learn MorePhillips Lytle is a national leader in environmental law. Our environmental experience dates back to the advent of water pollution legislation in 1970, the enactment of waste management laws in 1976 and the landfill cleanup laws of 1980.
Our rich history of progressive environmental representation has enabled our Environmental Law Practice to evolve into one of the most sophisticated practices in New York State and the nation. Our clients come from numerous industries and businesses, and many of them are Fortune 500 companies.
Learn MorePhillips Lytle has handled a wide range of state and federal employment and wage and hour matters, defending clients in individual, collective and class actions. We have defended both off-the-clock and misclassification class and collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the New York State Labor Law.
Learn MoreOur national expertise in product liability, chemical exposure and toxic tort litigation has contributed to our selection as national, regional and statewide counsel, as well as national science counsel, in lawsuits involving class action and other aggregated litigation, including defending global manufacturers in significant class actions and MDLs across the U.S. involving pharmaceutical and consumer products. We have also successfully defended manufacturers in class actions brought in countries outside of the United States.
Learn MoreOur Class Action Team has extensive experience representing defendants and, in some instances, plaintiffs in securities-related lawsuits and arbitration proceedings. Matters defended by our attorneys include actions brought under Rule 10b-5 and other provisions of state and federal securities laws.
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