Experience
Defeated Putative Class Action Against Streaming Media Clients
Represented streaming media companies in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a lawsuit brought by an Illinois city claiming video streaming companies owed fees pursuant to an Illinois statute. The Court of Appeals upheld the District Court’s dismissal of the matter.
Secured Motion to Dismiss in Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act Case
Secured motion to dismiss with prejudice in Cook County Chancery Court for the client, a pharmaceutical company, in an action brought by the Illinois Attorney General against various manufacturers and distributors. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants had created a public nuisance and violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, and that the distributors had failed to properly examine and report suspicious orders of opioid medications.