Consumer Class Action Litigation
Leveraging New Developments in Class Certification, Causation and Reliance
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to class action counsel litigating consumer class actions. The panel will offer best practices based on recent developments in class certification standards, causation, reliance and damages.
Outline
- Pre-certification issues
- Standing
- Pleadings
- Discovery
- Motions to dismiss/summary judgment
- Class certification issues
- Reliance
- Causation
- Injury
- Choice of law
- Significant developments in California consumer class actions
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What are the trends in enforcing choice-of-law provisions in consumer contracts?
- What are the newest developments in pleading and proving causation and reliance?
- What has been the impact of California's Section 17200 decisions post-Tobacco II?
Faculty
Barry Goheen
Partner
King & Spalding
He has served as lead or co-counsel in over 50 class actions in all areas of the law, including antitrust,... | Read More
He has served as lead or co-counsel in over 50 class actions in all areas of the law, including antitrust, securities fraud, consumer protection, privacy/data breach, product liability and general commercial disputes in state and federal courts representing such clients as The Coca-Cola Company, SunTrust Banks, Countrywide, Equifax, General Motors Corporation, Humana, and Bank of America.
CloseNeal R. Marder
Partner
Winston & Strawn
He is Chair of the Litigation Practice Group in Los Angeles. He concentrates on complex business and commercial... | Read More
He is Chair of the Litigation Practice Group in Los Angeles. He concentrates on complex business and commercial litigation with an emphasis on class action defense. He handles disputes in federal and state courts involving business and consumer torts, intellectual property, securities, employment issues, contracts, RICO, antitrust, and unfair competition.
CloseTodd L. Nunn
Partner
K&L Gates
His practice emphasizes electronic discovery and document production and class action defense. His class action... | Read More
His practice emphasizes electronic discovery and document production and class action defense. His class action defense experience includes defense of numerous nationwide and statewide consumer protection class actions. He has also defended government regulation, products liability, environmental, employment and securities class actions.
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