Overview
Nicole Ozeran’s practice focuses on class action and mass tort litigation with an emphasis on product liability, false advertising, online and telephone marketing, and privacy issues. In federal and state courts across the country, she has obtained dismissals on the pleadings, defeated class certification and secured summary disposition in high-stakes cases.
Representative Experience
Nicole has defeated class certification involving false advertising claims for an international restaurant chain, a snack food manufacturer, a national cosmetic company and a company providing crowd-sourced reviews about businesses. She also has obtained early dismissals at the pleading stage for many clients, including restaurant chains and an NBA team. In addition, Nicole has negotiated favorable settlements for a large car dealership and an online pharmacy.
- Defeated certification in putative class action asserting unfair competition law and unjust enrichment claims, Consumer Legal Remedies Act restitution, and injunctive relief claims related to slack-fill claims against snack food manufacturer.
- Defeated certification in putative class action alleging a restaurant chain’s menu descriptions for sushi rolls containing imitation crab were false and misleading.
- Obtained partial denial of class certification in false advertising and breach of warranty class action alleging retailer’s private label electric chainsaws were defective.
- Defeated class certification in putative class action alleging TCPA violations by a company providing crowd-sourced reviews about businesses.
- Obtained summary judgment in San Diego Superior Court for claims brought under California’s Health Studio Services Contract Law against a national fitness club.
- Obtained dismissal of putative class action alleging violation of TCPA by BBQ restaurant chain.
- Negotiated very favorable class settlements for a large car dealership, life insurance company and an online pharmacy.
- Negotiated cost-effective and reasonable settlements in dozens of suits threatened under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act.
- Successfully litigated class action claims concerning flavoring ingredients in dairy products, resulting in individual settlement.
Faculty Positions
UCLA Law — Lecturer, “Class Actions in Practice,” Fall 2022
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Credentials
Bar Admissions
California
Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
California Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Languages
Russian
Education
UCLA Anderson School of Management
M.B.A. (2022)
William & Mary School of Law
J.D. William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law (2014)
University of California, San Diego
B.A. in Political Science - American Politics, Provost Honors (2011)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
News
Other Perspectives
- Rulings, FDA Guidance May Help Food Companies in Protein Suits
Law360, April 6, 2022 - TCPA Litigation Update — The U.S. Government Sides With Facebook — This Should Make Things Easy for SCOTUS
National Law Review, Sept. 18, 2020 - The Latest Labeling Issues for Plant-Based Substitute Foods
Law360, Sept. 4, 2020 - Ninth Circuit Delivers Bad News to Domino’s and ADA Website Accessibility Defendants
Bloomberg Law, Jan. 24, 2019 - The Latest on Article III Standing in False Ad Class Actions
Law360, Dec. 14, 2018 - A Mid-Year Review of the Current State of ADA Website Accessibility Lawsuits
Bloomberg Law, Aug. 16, 2018
Honors
- Best Lawyers® — "Ones to Watch," Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, 2024
- Super Lawyers — 2021 Rising Stars in Southern California
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.