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According to Fulbright & Jaworski’s Fourth Annual Litigation Trends Survey, the bigger the company, the more likely it will end up in a class action suit. And Fulbright knows that class action lawsuits can transform even the most mundane lawsuit into a bet-the-company case.
For more information
please contact Reagan Brown, Dan McClure or
Christopher Warren-Smith.
Fulbright’s extensive class action and multidistrict litigation (MDL) experience has a proven record of success. Fulbright’s Class Action Group can handle all aspects of state, federal and multidistrict class litigation, including trials, appeals and national defense case coordination for individual and multiple clients. Also, Fulbright frequently handles class action lawsuits for international companies who are based abroad.
Fulbright’s class action litigation experience includes:
- Pre-certification hearing discovery
- Class certification hearings
- Interlocutory appeals of certification rulings
- Trying class actions on the merits
- Obtaining court approval of settlement classes
- Administering class action settlements
Typically, class actions involving the same claims are simultaneously filed in multiple state and federal courts. Under the rules of the Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, multidistrict federal class actions are often consolidated into one court. The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 has further accelerated this trend.
Fulbright’s Class Action Practice Group has represented clients across the nation in class action cases in both state and federal courts, handling hundreds of class actions and MDL matters in:
For further information or questions regarding Fulbright's class action practice, please contact Reagan Brown, Dan McClure or Christopher Warren-Smith.
Awards
- For the sixth year, Corporate Board Member named Fulbright one of the top 20 law firms in the nation. Read more . . .
- Fulbright California and Texas litigators gained accolades from Chambers U.S.A. 2006. Read More . . .
- Fulbright received the first-ever Client Choice Award from the International Law Office, the official online media partner of the International Bar Association (IBA) and an international media partner to the Association of Corporate Counsel. Read more . . .
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