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Class Actions
Overview
Class action lawsuits seek to exponentially aggregate claims and potential damages, magnifying the stakes of litigation. No matter the industry, subject or venue, Faegre Drinker’s deep bench of class action attorneys has been battle-tested and trusted in the toughest disputes, including the largest product recall in U.S. history and consumer fraud claims involving tens of millions of potential class members. Because of our track record, many of the world’s leading companies across a range of industries have trusted us as their national class action defense counsel.
For each client and case, our team crafts strategies specific to your goals. With that strategy in place, combined with our knowledge of each leading plaintiff firm’s strengths and tactics, we efficiently steer your case to your preferred objective, whether that is to achieve an early resolution on favorable terms or to vigorously defend your business.
Class actions can present exceptional challenges, especially if the right strategic calls are not made in the earliest stages, but some threatened class actions can be resolved quickly through motion practice. We have won pleading-stage dismissals in countless class actions. If a case reaches discovery, we develop plans with our clients to effectively manage discovery to avoid unfair costs and burdens. At all stages, we work with our clients to best position the case to defeat certification or win summary judgment, where we have been successful in actions claiming breach of contract, product defects, consumer fraud and other statutory violations.
Our class action teams have also handled interlocutory class action appeals before every U.S. court of appeals. We involve our appellate team early to make sure cases are positioned as strongly as possible if appeals are necessary.
While class action trials are rare, our trial teams have uncommon and valuable class action trial experience.
Class actions can be prevented, too. We advise on risk-reducing consumer communications and regulatory compliance, and we help clients draft and defend state-of-the-art consumer arbitration agreements. It is never too early or too late to adopt creative strategies to reduce class action exposure.
We also have represented numerous companies facing challenges to the enforcement of arbitration agreements and mass arbitration demands in circumstances where clients did not have or could not enforce provisions restricting mass filings and challenges to the enforcement of arbitration agreements. We have employed a variety of specially tailored strategies to manage each client’s mass arbitration problem.
Insights & Events
Latest
Minnesota Lawyer Names Faegre Drinker Partners to 2025 "Business Litigation Power List"
Fourth Circuit Affirms Exclusion of Ascertainability Expert and Denial of Certification
Second Court Rules Do-Not-Call Regulation Does Not Apply to Text Messages
Florida Federal Court Finds Air Conditioning Company’s Pre-Hurricane “Here for You” Text Was a Solicitation
District Court Limits the Impact of a “Stop” Text
McLaughlin and Loper Bright Lead to Decision That TCPA Does Not Apply to Texts
Faegre Drinker Attorneys Named to 2025 ‘Indiana 250’ Influential List
Intro to Governor Braun's Legal Team
2025 CPG Legal Headlines: UPF & ESG - Webinar
Cultivating the E-Discovery Unicorn: Advanced Project Management for Litigation Leaders - Webinar
Insights
Fourth Circuit Affirms Exclusion of Ascertainability Expert and Denial of Certification
Second Court Rules Do-Not-Call Regulation Does Not Apply to Text Messages
Florida Federal Court Finds Air Conditioning Company’s Pre-Hurricane “Here for You” Text Was a Solicitation
District Court Limits the Impact of a “Stop” Text
McLaughlin and Loper Bright Lead to Decision That TCPA Does Not Apply to Texts
FCC Ends Quest to Amend its Definition of “Prior Consent” in the Wake of Eleventh Circuit Ruling
Sixth Circuit Finds That High Volume of Calls Does Not in and of Itself Make TCPA Claims Plausible
Court Finds TCPA’s Fax Restrictions Do Not Apply to Online Services; Denies Class Certification Because Plaintiff Could Not Tell How Each Class Member Received Fax
Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) Amended to Expressly Allow After-Hours Debt-Collection Emails
FTSA’s Application to Nonprofits Remains Unsettled as Florida’s Legislative Session Will End Without Remedial Legislation
Events
Past Events
Intro to Governor Braun's Legal Team
2025 CPG Legal Headlines: UPF & ESG - Webinar
Business Judgment Rule: What Attorneys Should Know - Webinar
Negotiating the Scope of E-Discovery: Proportionality and Pre-Trial Preparation in Complex Litigation - Webinar
Cultivating the E-Discovery Unicorn: Advanced Project Management for Litigation Leaders - Webinar
News
Minnesota Lawyer Names Faegre Drinker Partners to 2025 "Business Litigation Power List"
Faegre Drinker Attorneys Named to 2025 ‘Indiana 250’ Influential List
NJBIZ Names Susan Sharko to 2025 Law Power List
Faegre Drinker Strengthens Nationwide Product Liability & Mass Torts Practice, Adding Medical Device Litigator Dan Smulian in New York
Daily Journal Names Cheryl Orr One of California's Top Women Lawyers
Faegre Drinker Continues Expansion of West Coast Litigation Team, Welcoming Antitrust Partner Heather Burke
Jim Volling Honored With Pro Bono Institute’s Esteemed ‘Chesterfield Smith Award’ for Extraordinary Dedication to Legal Advocacy Work
Faegre Drinker Litigation Team Secures Appeal Victory to Break Class Certification in Nissan Case
Minnesota Lawyer Names Faegre Drinker Partners to 2024 “POWER 30 Business Litigation” List
Faegre Drinker Litigation Practice Continues to Grow With Addition of Experienced Commercial Litigator Eli Burriss
Experience
Our Experience
Dole Packaged Foods Defeats False Advertising Class Action
Home Improvement Retailer Secures Significant Seventh Circuit Victory in Contract-Formation Dispute
Sports Wagering App Successfully Enforces Contractual Ban on Class Action Claims
Enservco Wins Motion to Dismiss in Securities Fraud Class Action
NeilMed Pharmaceuticals Defeats Class Certification and Beats Individual Claim in TCPA Case
Lenovo Wins Pleading-Stage Dismissal of Four Consumer Fraud Class Actions
Meet The Team
Meet The Full Class Actions Team
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Maria L. H. Lewis
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Alfred W. Putnam, Jr.
Senior Counsel and Chairman Emeritus -
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