Representative Cases
CONSUMER CASES
- Breach of contract cases involving consumer protection claims relating to terms of use, delivery of goods and services promised, manufacturing, supply, licensing, franchising, stock options, restricted stock grants, compliance with non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, online and offline marketing agreements, vendor agreements and consulting agreements.
- Consumer cases involving claims of misleading advertising, adequacy of disclosure, failure to disclose and terms of use.
- Consumer data breach action against online clothing reselling marketplace, primarily for sneakers, alleging Fair Credit Act violations, Michigan Credit Act violations, violations of California Privacy Act, California Business & Professions Code, negligence, negligent misrepresentations and declaratory judgment.
- Consumer action against cryptocurrency platform for mishandling private information resulting in the consumer being locked out of their account and preventing them from accessing and selling the cryptocurrency before it diminished in value.
- Data breach, negligence and California Consumer Privacy Act claims alleging a telecommunications provider allowed the consumer’s personally identifiable information including password to be stolen.
- Consumer arbitration against telecommunications provider alleging negligence in connection with the swapping of a SIM card resulted in the loss of cryptocurrency. Claims included alleged violations of the Federal Communications Act, Consumer Fraud and Abuse Act, negligence, negligent hiring and California Consumer Privacy Act.
- Consumer arbitration alleging a telecommunications provider allowed unauthorized access to the consumer’s private and confidential information to a third party who transferred and converted more than $100,000 of cryptocurrency. The consumer brought claims among others under the Federal Communications Act and the California Consumer Privacy Act.
- Consumer alleged a credit card company negligently provided false information to one of the credit bureaus resulting in denial of credit and the inability to purchase a vehicle among other items. The consumer brought a claim under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 1681 et seq.
- Consumer brought claims under the Consumer Legal Remedies Act and Unfair Competition Law against a car dealership and financing company for falsely advertising the price of the vehicle that the consumer purchased, failed to properly identify the make and model of the vehicle in its advertising as required by the Vehicle Code, and charged for emissions test not performed.
- Consumer action under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and breach of contract for prematurely reporting the consumer’s delinquencies to credit reporting agencies.
- As an attorney, handled numerous FTC and State Attorneys General and District Attorney cases involving consumer issues. Involved in managing numerous investigations by governmental regulators, federal and state, relating to concerns relating to disclosures, cash discounts, pricing, access to tickets and how products and services are bundled, and unfair competition and trade practice claims of competitors.
- Consumer class actions: national class actions challenging the disclosures relating to delivery and handling fees and services; national class action challenging how cash discounts are offered.
- Data breaches and privacy cases and compliance with recently amended California Consumer Protection Act.
- Credit card cases, including managing claims against credit card processors with respect to interchange fees on card transactions.