Mass Arbitration: Contending With the High Costs, Waivers, Pre-Dispute Resolution, Batching, Sequencing

Ms. Bryan is a data privacy and cybersecurity litigator experienced in the resolution of complex disputes. She has represented clients nationwide before state and federal trial and appellate courts and in arbitrations and mediations.

Mr. Harris focuses his practice on a range of matters of paramount importance to the business community, including class actions, arbitration agreements, contract and real estate disputes, administrative actions, and privacy and cybersecurity. He has also handled many First Amendment cases alleging defamation and other privacy torts. In addition, as a registered patent attorney, Mr. Harris has litigated patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets disputes. He also represents clients on appeal in both federal and state courts.

Mr. McCarthy advises clients facing consumer class actions and mass arbitrations nationwide. He represents industry-leading companies across a range of sectors, including apparel, automotive, electronics, financial services, home appliances, personal care products, retail, and video games. Mr. McCarthy also handles complex commercial litigation, entertainment litigation, and appellate matters. His work and client service have been recognized by Benchmark Litigation, The Legal 500, and The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. McCarthy is frequently asked to speak and write about class action, mass arbitration, and complex litigation strategies.

Mr. McTigue represents leading companies in class actions and civil litigation in jurisdictions across the country and has an extensive track record of success handling mass arbitrations. He is one of the leaders of Skadden’s mass arbitration practice and one of the country’s preeminent class action defense litigators. Mr. McTigue is widely regarded for his work representing companies in high-stakes litigation and mass arbitration matters and has been the architect of novel strategies and solutions for numerous industry-leading leading businesses across a range of industries, including retail, financial services, telecommunications, media and entertainment, sports and hospitality, technology, and pharmaceuticals/life sciences. He has an extensive track record of obtaining early dismissals and plaintiffs’ voluntarily dismissal of claims, defending cases on the merits, defeating class certification, negotiating favorable individual settlements and curtailing the efforts of professional litigants. Mr. McTigue routinely defends clients in matters that involve federal and state statutes, including the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), the Federal Wiretap Act, the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (WESCA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Washington Commercial Electronic Mail Act (CEMA) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), among many others.