Mass Arbitration: Processing Claims; Managing and Securing Information; Resolving Underlying Disputes

Mr. Herrington's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including class actions in the areas of false advertising, unfair competition, food and beverage, consumer products, insurance, and products liability. He helps sophisticated business clients address complex disputes and competitive challenges to their products, services and business practices.

Mark J. Levin is a senior counsel at Ballard Spahr LLP and a member of the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group and Litigation Department. His practice is focused on consumer financial services litigation, and he has extensive experience in the structuring and enforcement of consumer arbitration clauses and the defense of financial services companies in consumer class actions.  Mr. Levin has enforced consumer arbitration agreements with class action waivers in the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal and state appellate and trial courts and has tried both individual and class arbitrations.  He testified for the industry before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing on whether predispute arbitration provisions in consumer contracts are fair to consumers. Mr. Levin has published more than 50 articles on consumer arbitration including, for each of the past 25 years, an update on important arbitration law developments for The Business Lawyer’s annual survey. 

Mr. McCarthy focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and class action defense. Hel also specializes in financial institutions, construction, real estate, privacy and appellate litigation. Mr. McCarthy represents companies in a variety of industries, including retail, consumer products and financial services.