Class Action Litigation Ethics: Navigating Gray Areas in Class Communications, Settlement

Mr. Marder focuses on class and mass actions, bet-the-company litigation, and complex business and commercial litigation. He handles disputes in federal and state courts across the country representing corporate directors and officers and public and private companies in matters involving complex business disputes and consumer torts, securities fraud, white collar, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), intellectual property, antitrust, unfair competition, and breach of fiduciary duty claims in mergers and acquisitions transactions.

Mr. Slowik represents employers in all aspects of litigation, with a particular emphasis in wage and hour class, collective, and representative actions, including those under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). He has defended dozens of class, collective, and representative actions in state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout California and beyond. In addition to his core wage and hour work, Mr. Slowik has defended employers in single-plaintiff discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases, and in labor arbitrations. He also regularly advises clients on a wide range of compliance issues and on employment issues arising in corporate transactions. Mr. Slowik has written extensively about PAGA on various platforms. 

Ms. Whitaker’s practice focuses on government and internal investigations, white-collar defense and complex commercial litigation, including class actions. She represents domestic and international clients in a variety of civil litigation cases, grand jury investigations, and government enforcement matters, including issues arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Melissa also routinely handles consumer protection litigation.