Class & Mass Tort Actions
Both American and international businesses continue to face bet-the-company class action litigation. With offices in St. Louis, Missouri, and Madison County, Illinois, we are well-positioned to assist companies embroiled in this high-stakes area of the law in some of the most difficult jurisdictions in the country.
Overview
Our attorneys are knowledgeable concerning the intricacies of class action jurisdictional case management and class settlement procedure and nuanced by practical application of true consideration to advance our clients’ prospects for successful resolution of class action cases.
Our significant experience includes:
- Defending hundreds of class actions of numerous varieties, such as consumer fraud, Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), environmental claims, product labeling, wage and overtime pay, and more
- Being the only Madison County-based firm to have actually defended a class action case to verdict in Madison County
- Defending thousands of mass tort cases involving talc, asbestos, benzene, opioids and other pharmaceuticals, medical implants (e.g. hip, knee, neck, mesh, IUDs) and other devices, catastrophic events (e.g. fatal bus accident, train derailment), baby formula, and more
- Trying to verdict a consumer fraud class action case in Madison County, Illinois, and numerous mass tort claims in both Missouri and Illinois state and federal courts
- Advocating for a wide range of industries, including:
- Insurance
- Pharmaceutical
- Tobacco
- Automotive manufacturing
- Telecommunications
- Video/DVD rental
- Securities
- Information Technology
- Tire manufacturing
- Lending/mortgage
- Car rental
- Tax preparation
- Airfreight/package delivery
- Consumer credit
- Consumer Products & Fraud
- Trade/commerce organizations
Our support staff has in-depth and broad experience, including a dedicated staff of paralegals supporting our complex class action defense strategies, e-discovery, management of high-volume discovery and data, and coordination with national counsel or counsel in other jurisdictions.
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