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Carlton Fields has been defending class actions for more than 30 years. In the last two years alone, the firm has defended over 100 class actions throughout the United States for major corporations. We understand the unique challenges of class actions. The rules are different. The scope is enhanced. The stakes are higher.
Recent Class Action Matters
- We represent title insurance underwriters in seventeen separate class actions in six states in which classes or putative classes of borrowers allege that the underwriters and their agents overcharged by not giving discounted rates for title insurance policies. (You may read the court's decision in one of these matters here.)
- We represent two national automobile insurance companies in separate class actions in which plaintiffs purport to represent classes of MRI providers alleging that the insurance companies failed to make proper payment for the provision of MRI services. The cases have been or are being settled on very favorable terms for our clients.
- We represent multiple national homebuilders in several class actions, including several home construction defect cases and a case alleging that the purchase of condominium hotel units are investment contracts and must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (You may read the court's decision in one of these matters here.)
- We obtained dismissal for a national health insurance company of a RICO multi-district litigation class action brought on behalf of effectively all physicians in the United States against all Blue Cross Blue Shield licensees. (You may read the court's decision in this matter here.)
- We defeated class certification in several product defect cases, including one against a manufacturer of periodontal implants alleged to be defective and another against a manufacturer of an airplane engine alleged to be defective. (You may read the court's decision in one of these matters here.)
Class Action Experience
Our Class Action Team has significant experience defending complex litigation in state and federal courts, as well as those consolidated by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation, in a broad range of substantive areas, including:
- consumer fraud
- products liability
- insurance
- securities
- telecommunications
- antitrust
- toxic tort actions
- construction
- real estate
- tax
- employment
The Class Action Team defends clients in every facet of class action proceedings, including class certification, motions to dismiss, summary judgment, standing issues, unfair trade practice act issues, trials, opt-out and objector issues, jurisdiction, settlement administration, and all facets of parallel administrative proceedings, related criminal proceedings and derivative actions.
Collaborative Approach
Carlton Fields attorneys work seamlessly across practice areas and offices. Many members of the Class Action Team are members of other substantive litigation practice groups, such as Products Liability and Toxic Tort, Antitrust, Securities, and White Collar Defense, and bring additional experience to our clients' defense. The Team also works with the firm's Government Consultants to reach legislative solutions for our clients, and collaborates with the firm's litigation support teams including:
Authorities on the Subject of Class Action
Attorneys in the Class Action Team author “Classified: Carlton Fields’ Class Action Blog,“ a centralized source of information on class action litigation in the Southeast and the burgeoning area of class action arbitrations. Blogging attorneys constantly monitor the latest news and class action developments from federal and state courts in the Eleventh Circuit - Florida, Georgia, and Alabama - and class action arbitrations across the country.
Our class action attorneys are not only effective litigators, but prolific speakers and writers, as well. Articles written by the Team include:
- Joseph Ianno, D. Matthew Allen, Mac Richard McCoy, et al., "Class Action Law," Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation (2009 Edition).
- Joseph Ianno, Mac Richard McCoy, et al., "Class Action Law," Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation (2008 Edition).
- Gary L. Sasso, Matthew D. Allen, Samuel J. Salario, Mac Richard McCoy, Robert L. Ciotti, Marty Solomon, James R. Wiley, and Cathleen G. Bell, "Defense Against Class Certification," PLI Manual on Class Actions (2006).
Attorneys to Contact for Additional Information
Chris S. Coutroulis
Phone: 813.229.4301
Email:
D. Matthew Allen
Phone: 813.229.4304
Email: mallen@carltonfields.com
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