Combatting New and Creative Plaintiff’s Bar Tactics in FDA Consumer Product Class Actions
Jason Meltzer
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Jason Stiehl
Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP
- Examining creative plaintiffs’ bar tactics being used in these types of class actions as well as winning defense strategies to combat them
- Identifying new types of causes of actions being brought: what do current trends in class claims predict about potential future class action activity?
- Exploring examples where plaintiff’s counsel has been successful in defeating preemption defenses
- In light of new developments in preemption, predicting how plaintiff’s bar tactics may change going forward