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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 US 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 US 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
UK Government Signals Expansion of Consumer Class Action Regime
UK Set to Follow the EU's Lead on Product Safety
Surveillance Pricing: The Next Frontier of Privacy Litigation
Michael Daly Shares Insights on Concrete Injury in Data Breach Claims for ABA’s Litigation Section
Wayne Mason Inducted as Fellow to the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
SIFMA C&L Society Honors Sandra Grannum With 2026 Inclusion & Engagement Award
Ohio Federal Court Rules TCPA’s DNC Provision Doesn’t Permit Text Message Lawsuits
Courts in Eleventh Circuit Find No Private Right of Action Under 227(c) for Texts
Premium Finance Risks and Litigation: Assessing Risks, Defense of Claims, What Does the Future Hold? - New York, NY
Intro to Governor Braun's Legal Team
Insights
UK Government Signals Expansion of Consumer Class Action Regime
UK Set to Follow the EU's Lead on Product Safety
Surveillance Pricing: The Next Frontier of Privacy Litigation
Michael Daly Shares Insights on Concrete Injury in Data Breach Claims for ABA’s Litigation Section
Ohio Federal Court Rules TCPA’s DNC Provision Doesn’t Permit Text Message Lawsuits
Courts in Eleventh Circuit Find No Private Right of Action Under 227(c) for Texts
Renée Dudek Speaks With AmLaw Litigation Daily About How Noncompetes Are Being Interpreted in Contractarian Delaware
The Death of Deference? TCPA Litigation After Loper Bright and McLaughlin Chiropractic
England & Wales Litigation Brief — 2025 in Review
US and International Developments in Artificial Intelligence
Events
Past Events
Premium Finance Risks and Litigation: Assessing Risks, Defense of Claims, What Does the Future Hold? - New York, NY
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
News
Wayne Mason Inducted as Fellow to the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
SIFMA C&L Society Honors Sandra Grannum With 2026 Inclusion & Engagement Award
Helen Tuttle Named a 2026 NJBIZ Leaders in Law Honoree
Faegre Drinker Welcomes Labor & Employment Counsel Stephanie Albrecht in Los Angeles
Faegre Drinker Recognized Among Top Antitrust Firms in GCR 100 for 2026
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
Experience
Our Experience
Banner Life Insurance Company Defeats Putative Nationwide Class Action
Select Milk Producers, Inc. Defends Class Action Alleging Aiding and Abetting False Advertising of “fairlife” Milk Products
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
Meet The Team
Meet The Full Class Actions Team
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Andrew B. Joseph
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Maria L. H. Lewis
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Alfred W. Putnam, Jr.
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