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

Mr. Ranlett defends businesses in complex class and representative actions in state and federal courts across the country, as well as in high stakes and mass arbitrations. His clients are national and multinational corporations in a variety of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, insurance, and Internet and technology sectors. He has successfully resolved a wide variety of claims, including allegations of false or deceptive advertising, data-breach and other privacy claims, and alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, federal securities laws, the Alien Tort Claims Act, and various consumer-protection and unfair-trade and deceptive-practices acts. Mr. Ranlett He also advises businesses in drafting and enforcing arbitration agreements and in establishing fair and effective dispute-resolution programs with consumers and workers. And he assists businesses with compliance with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and other consumer-protection laws. Mr. Ranlett is a co-editor of Class Defense, the firm’s blog on key issues affecting class action law and policy. He also has served as a Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School, where he teaches advanced appellate advocacy.

Mr. Tayman regularly represents clients in the financial services, banking, technology, AI, digital marketing and other industries in government investigations and enforcement actions, complex consumer financial and privacy class actions, mass arbitrations, and complex litigation. He frequently counsels clients on regulatory compliance enforcement and litigation risk avoidance with respect to federal and state consumer protection, privacy and marketing laws. Mr. Tayman is the lead editor of the firm’s Consumer Finance Insights blog and regularly publishes and speaks on current enforcement and litigation trends.

Mr. Janove is a relentless advocate for consumers, workers, and small business owners. He leverages his diverse career litigating antitrust, securities, business unfair competition, and consumer cases. Mr. Janove draws upon his experience as a former defense attorney to develop ambitious cases that advance consumer and public interests. Current matters include Lanham Act and unfair competition claims on behalf of small businesses against big tech companies, consumer claims against mobile game developers, data privacy claims against major corporations, and human trafficking claims against websites and immigration detention centers. He speaks regularly at mass arbitration and plaintiffs-side conferences, including the Mass Arb Conference.