When a law is violated on a small scale at an individual level, the violation may go unchecked and even unnoticed. That same violation may then happen over and over again, causing similar harm to thousands or even millions of others. This situation generally leads to a class action lawsuit. Ground in the concept of strength in numbers, in a class action the “lead plaintiff” or “class representative” brings a lawsuit on their own behalf, and on behalf of unnamed individuals that were similarly harmed. The purpose of a class action lawsuit is to combine numerous claims of individuals into one action brought before a single judge to seek a legal remedy for all members of the class.

Hiring a lawyer to bring a lawsuit makes economic sense for a high-value case, but individual cases of smaller value may not justify the expense of litigation. Particularly in consumer cases, an individual’s financial damages are often too small of an amount for the individual to bring a lawsuit. Corporate violations often occur on such a small scale at the individual level that it goes unchecked, but the same violation is taking place repeatedly. Class actions increase access to the judicial system. Where an individual lawsuit may not be brought at all – class actions join similarly wronged individuals to collectively challenge corporate illegal acts.

The collective class strength in a class action can successfully stop unfair practices far more successfully than an individual action and cause large corporations to reform. One voice can bring about systemic change, compensate consumers for wrongdoing, and meaningfully improve corporate standards and protocol.

W|W litigates class actions in an aggressive, deliberate, and transparent manner to effect real corporate change. We have achieved noteworthy results litigating class actions across a wide range of industries:

–False and misleading advertising of consumer products, including pharmaceuticals and medical devices, dietary supplements, food and beverages, cosmetics, and personal care products.

–Exposure to toxic substances and harmful chemicals in consumer products including food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, cosmetics and personal care products.

–Defective or dangerous products, including consumer products unfit for their intended use and failure to warn of health hazards or dangers.

–Privacy violations and data security breaches, including internet, financial and cell phone privacy, as well as data security breaches involving disclosure of personal information.

–Violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, including robocalls and unsolicited text messages.

–Violations of The Americans with Disabilities Act, including website accessibility.

–Billing fraud including unconsented automatic billing schemes, false “free trials”, failure to cancel services and subscriptions, and other misleading recurring charges.

–Unfair business practices including misrepresentations of the condition, ingredients, and benefits of consumer goods, refusals to honor product warranties, and illegal targeting of protected groups including elderly and children.