Commercial Class Action & Business Litigations

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Widespread Experience in Business and Commercial Class Actions

Our attorneys have represented clients from a wide range of industries and professional settings facing class actions. Thanks to our representation of global financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies and numerous other businesses, our team has the experience and expertise to provide comprehensive representation in class action cases.

Business and Commercial Class Action Representation

Examples of our work with Business and Commercial Class Actions include:

Served as co-lead counsel in a consumer class action venued in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey. The class action alleged that defending provisions contained in form agreements utilized in leasing self-storage properties violated New Jersey consumer statutes.
Defended a global financial institution in obtaining a defense verdict at trial on claims brought by a class of the borrower’s former employees seeking unpaid wages and benefits.
Defended a client in a class action pertaining to oil and gas royalties.
Defended a client against a class action in the Western District of New York brought on by 200 physicians on behalf of a purported class of 14,000. We successfully moved for summary judgment. The case was affirmed on appeal.
Defended global financial institutions in mortgage and brokerage account termination charges.
Defended business clients in employee and retiree benefits class actions.
Obtained summary judgment dismissing a purported class action brought under The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and New York General Business Law against a financial institution and its law firm.
Defended a Japanese pharmaceutical company in “vitamins” litigation, which was one of the largest price-fixing cases ever brought at the time. Following the class settlement, approximately 75% of the market, based on value, opted out. These cases were consolidated for pre-trial purposes in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia.
Represented a financial institution in massive multidistrict litigation stemming from the unsuccessful 2007 leveraged buyout of the Tribune Company.
Represented claimants and obtained a favorable result on the merits in a tax challenge action, after class certification, in City of Buffalo v. Wysocki.