Food, Beverage, and Alcohol Class Action
- Representing one of North America’s largest food companies as part of its national product labeling class action defense team:
- Defeated class certification in a putative consumer class action challenging purported origin claims on kettle chips products.
- Obtained summary judgment in a consumer class action challenging nutrient content labeling on spray food products.
- Obtained complete dismissals of putative class actions raising an array of flavor, ingredient, PFAS, and other alleged contaminants claims on food products.
- Defending against putative consumer class actions challenging purported sustainability claims and other food labeling claims.
- Representing a global Fortune 500 beverage company in consumer class actions raising flavor, ingredient, and purported PFAS and other alleged contaminants claims against beverage products in the client’s portfolio.
- Representing a global casual dining restaurant and sports bar chain against putative nationwide class claims challenging the chain’s boneless wings product.
- Providing ongoing litigation defense and regulatory counsel to alcohol, food, and beverage manufacturers, producers, and retailers regarding regulatory compliance, claim substantiation, and risk mitigation.
Insurance and Consumer Class Action
- Trial counsel for a life insurer defending against a class claim for breach of contract relating to cost-of-insurance rates.
- Providing strategic litigation counsel to insurers and entities operating in Georgia on time-limited (Holt) demands and bad faith insurance litigation.
- Defending an automobile distributor against putative class claims challenging charging times claims for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
- Obtained a dismissal on behalf of a Fortune 500 company and major wireless carrier in defense against a nationwide putative class action alleging violations of and compliance with the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
Complex Commercial Litigation
- Trial counsel for a Fortune 500 technology manufacturing services company in a breach of contract action against a Fortune 500 technology and manufacturing conglomerate.
- Representing a global coffee and donut chain in trademark infringement and dilution action concerning its use of the phrase “Great Taste, Plant-Based” for a breakfast sandwich.
- Obtained favorable settlements for a top global pet products company in separate lawsuits challenging the advertising and labeling of competitors’ products.
- Obtained dismissal on behalf of a software developer in a business dispute against one of the largest privately held hospitality management companies in the world.
- Obtained judgment in favor of a financing authority in bringing a constitutional challenge to legislation that would have eliminated the authority and impaired private education institutions’ ability to obtain financing.
- Defended a public utility holding company and subsidiary electric utility against fraud and breach of contract claims relating to the construction of an energy facility with favorable results for the client.
- Obtained summary judgment for an international engine manufacturer against wrongful termination and breach of contract claims brought by a regional engine distributor.
- Defended a reinsurance company against breach of contract, fraudulent transfer, and alter ego claims arising out of two reinsurance agreements with favorable results for the client.