Areas of Focus
- Accounting & Professional Liability
- Business Litigation
- Business Separations and Partnership Disputes
- Competitor Litigation and Unfair Competition / Deceptive Trade Practices
- Complex Toxic and Mass Tort Litigation
- Consumer Litigation Defense
- Creditor Rights
- eDiscovery
- Employment Counseling and Litigation
- ERISA
- FCA/FCPA Investigations and Litigation
- Franchise and Distribution Counseling and Litigation
- Government Investigations
- Intellectual Property
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability / Product Safety and Recalls
- Regulatory Compliance
- Securities Litigation, Arbitration and Regulation
- Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants
- White Collar Defense
Class Action Defense
Although every lawsuit presents its own particular complications and burdens for our clients, class actions and other multi-claimant proceedings create a unique burden in today’s business climate. Since our inception, Berkowitz Oliver has worked with clients in state and federal courts throughout the United States providing hands-on experience litigating class actions from inception through trial. Our class action experience has allowed us to develop considerable expertise in a range of class action litigation and has involved a broad spectrum of subject matters including wage and hour, product liability, consumer protection, and shareholder disputes. Attorneys in this practice area have a proven track record of defending class action claims with creative, aggressive, and practical litigation strategies while providing clients with the partner they need when facing class action litigation.