Antitrust class actions are often industry challenges and frequently arise from a government investigation. The stakes can be enormous, with the potential results leading to costly fundamental business changes or even incarceration. Our antitrust team is experienced in multiple areas, from managing consumer protection litigation and counseling, including unfair competition claims involving price-fixing, monopolization, market allocation and false advertising. Our antitrust attorneys represent technology companies, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and research and development companies across the market spectrum. We have the necessary background and experience to craft strategies and approaches that are targeted, cost effective and highly attuned to each client’s strategic business needs. View Experience

Consumer class actions are on the rise throughout the United States. All companies that advertise and market directly to the buying public are at risk in this high-stakes area. Our attorneys have experience dealing with challenges arising from all of the major consumer protection laws, including in California, where consumer class action suits are prolific. Working across disciplines to leverage the strength and experience of attorneys, we protect consumer product company clients by deploying decisive measures that reduce their liability and, when feasible, shut down class-action litigation early and cost-effectively. View Experience

In employment class action litigation, meritless complaints can be just as costly as legitimate ones. When a company is hit with, for instance, a wage-and-hour or discrimination class action complaint, it can consume legal resources, tarnish a company’s reputation and undermine investor confidence. In addition, the monetary value of employment class cases can be staggering.

We leverage our experience and substantive knowledge to come up with creative strategies to, in some cases, quickly dispose of a putative class action before it gets off the ground. Our team has a proven track record of defeating the certification of complex putative class actions. And, although class action trials are rare, our employment class action team has the unique qualification of having tried—and prevailed—in employment class cases. View Experience

We help clients respond to regulatory inquiries from the FTC, FCC and state attorneys general, and we defend clients in private-party class action litigation, including claims based on privacy policy statements, consumer protection laws prohibiting deceptive or unfair practices, collection and disclosure of user information, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), Stored Communications Act (SCA), California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) call recording claims and California Song-Beverly Act claims, among others. We have specific experience coordinating the defense of both regulatory and class action litigation stemming from the same occurrence, which requires careful navigation of different timelines and different discovery requirements. View Experience

Securities class actions can put companies at tremendous risk and disrupt business. Mergers and acquisitions, regulatory changes, adverse business events, initial public offerings and government investigations are a few common events that may result in a securities class action, a derivative lawsuit or some other corporate governance litigation against the company or its officers and directors.

Perkins Coie has extensive experience litigating high-stakes cases for securities issuers and their officers and directors. We use our mastery of the applicable federal and state case law and our understanding of clients’ businesses and industries to achieve excellent outcomes that mitigate the impact of the litigation on our clients’ businesses. View Experience