Consumer class actions magnify the potential liability as well as the associated defense and business costs faced by defendants. The attorneys in Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP’s Consumer Class Action Practice are well-versed in the unique issues that arise in class action cases. We are well equipped to evaluate claims asserted against our clients and provide practical, business-oriented advice on how to avoid or mitigate risk and cost.
Experienced, Pragmatic Counsel
At Katten, we provide candid assessments of our clients’ prospects for success as well as the potential for liability in any class action lawsuit. The attorneys in our Consumer Class Action Practice have defended numerous consumer class action lawsuits at all levels of state and federal courts, including the appellate courts. Our litigators are skilled at obtaining early case resolution, and they have applied their extensive experience, talent and creativity to achieve success in all phases of consumer class action defense, including motions to dismiss, motions to enforce arbitration clauses, oppositions to class certification, motions to decertify, motions for summary judgment, trials and appeals.
While formulating and implementing the defense strategy, we simultaneously help our clients address the business issues implicated by class action litigation. In addition to defending class action claims, we counsel our clients on how to avoid becoming the next target of the plaintiff’s bar. Among other things, we have implemented a system that tracks new class action filings nationally so we can monitor developments and evaluate trends that may impact our clients.
National, Multidisciplinary Approach
Katten’s national presence allows us to draw on the expertise of attorneys in offices across the country to provide a cost-effective defense wherever our clients may be sued, including when multiple class actions are filed against a single client in different jurisdictions, as so often is the case. In addition, attorneys in our Consumer Class Action Practice routinely draw on the knowledge and experience of practitioners in the firm’s other practice areas to formulate comprehensive defense strategies that meet our clients’ legal and business needs and objectives.
Given the significant cost and other challenges associated with electronic evidence preservation and production, clients defending against a consumer class action benefit from the expertise of the e-savvy litigators in our Electronic Discovery and Evidence Practice. Katten also has many attorneys—including former Assistant United States Attorneys—skilled in the representation and defense of clients who face regulatory inquiries that often are associated with or result from the filing of major class action cases.
We have helped our clients successfully defend consumer class actions alleging a broad range of consumer fraud and other common law or statutory claims in many industries, including: