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Hodgson Russ prosecutes and defends class action lawsuits on behalf of businesses and classes of individuals in cases arising from consumer actions, wage and hour violations, unfair and deceptive trade practices, catastrophic events, health and safety issues, director and officer liability, constitutional claims, and products liability matters.
Our attorneys possess considerable experience in complex and multi-jurisdictional litigation. We have represented numerous Fortune 500 companies, banks and financial institutions, health care entities, pharmaceutical companies, insurance providers, and medical device manufacturers.
Recent matters we have handled include a multimillion-dollar damages award in a trial over improper trust investments, the defense of numerous suits claiming hundreds of millions of dollars of steel-frame building damage arising from a California earthquake, representation of a direct broadcast satellite service in hundreds of satellite piracy cases, class-action employment discrimination lawsuits, and class- and collective-action wage and hour suits, among many others.
The matters we have handled include:
- Breach of fiduciary duty
- Director and officer liability
- Civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) disputes
- Fair Labor Standards Act claims
- Wage and hour claims
- Lender liability
- Products liability
- Securities class actions
- Truth-in-lending, fiduciary, and consumer protection actions
- Unfair competition claims
- 75-Plaintiff Class Action Involving Fraudulent Investment Scheme
- Class Action Data Breach Claim
- Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Employment Discrimination Ends Favorably for City of Buffalo
- Criminal Price Fixing Investigation and Follow-Up Class Actions
- Deceptive sales practices
- Defense of Healthcare Organization in Class Action Lawsuit
- Early Dismissal Obtained for a Class Action Alleging Public Health Law Violations
- Early Dismissal Obtained for Class Action Alleging Consumer Fraud and Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Favorable Settlement Negotiated in Class Action Claiming Consumer Fraud and Mortgage Release Violations
- Management of Multiple Shareholder Lawsuits Ends in Resolution to All Cases.
- Negotiated Voluntary Withdrawal of Class Allegations
- Public School District Ends 28-Year Class Action
- Wage and Hour Class Action Matter
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Publications
- Hodgson Russ Class Action Litigation Alert, May 29, 2020