Class Actions + Mass Torts

Morrison Foerster’s Class Actions and Mass Torts Group is consistently ranked as one of the top litigation practices in the United States and Asia. We have a long and successful track record of handling high-stakes class actions and mass tort cases that threaten a company’s brand reputation, business model, and bottom line—whether for a new startup or a household name.

Working closely with our clients, we successfully steer cases to favorable outcomes, whether by winning at trial, defeating class certification, prevailing on motions to dismiss, achieving favorable global resolutions through settlement, serving as global coordinating counsel in complex multiparty litigation, or handling other complex matters and disputes that may arise pre-litigation.  

We go beyond understanding the mechanics of class actions and mass tort actions: We know the shortest path to win and resolve cases. Our litigators take charge—we don’t wait and react as a case unfolds but guide our clients’ cases to where we want them to go. We use key pivot points in the litigation life cycle to determine the best path, at the right price, for our clients. From driving discovery and controlling costs to filing an early motion for limited summary adjudication, from moving to compel arbitration to decertifying a class, we spot the key issues, and we spot them early. We identify meritless claims and work creatively and aggressively to dispose of those cases at the outset, which saves our clients time and money.

Our clients come from a variety of industries, including the consumer retail, electronics, technology, pharmaceutical, financial, and manufacturing and supplier sectors. We regularly defend against bet-the-company class actions and mass tort actions seeking large-scale monetary damages and injunctive relief based on a wide variety of claims, including unfair competition, false advertising, unfair and deceptive trade practices, privacy violations, and tort claims. And when private litigation overlaps with litigation or inquiries from regulators and state or federal agencies, we devise global strategies to defend against parallel proceedings.