Leveraging practitioners in its East and West Coast offices, O'Melveny & Myers LLP has a notable reputation representing consumer products manufacturers in a wide range of product liability and consumer class action matters. Based out of New York, Hannah Chanoine excels in handling class actions for consumer packaged goods companies at both trial and appellate levels; she has had notable success in defeating claims alleging false advertising, and regularly devises strategies for mitigating class action litigation risk during product and label development. San Francisco-based Matt Powers co-heads the firm’s consumer class action group alongside Chanoine, regularly handling litigation for manufacturers and retailers throughout the consumer products space. Steve Brody and Sabrina Strong co-head the product liability and mass tort group from Washington DC and Los Angeles respectively, with Brody recognized as a ‘go-to class action product liability lawyer’ for work within the pharmaceuticals space.
Testimonials
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- 'Their main strength is the ability to resolve complex legal questions beyond the black letter law by providing unique, creative and bespoke solutions to the client.'
- 'Steve Brody is a go to class-action product liability lawyer.'
Key clients
- Kenvue (formerly the Consumer Healthcare division of Johnson & Johnson)
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
Work highlights
- Represented Kenvue (formerly the Consumer Healthcare division of Johnson & Johnson) in inning claims (on the pleadings) that the company unlawfully and misleadingly labeled its 'Lactaid' supplements.
- Representing Kia America, Inc. in several wrongful death and personal injury claims in various state and federal jurisdictions alleging that inadequate anti-theft technologies facilitated car thefts, leading to reckless driving by thieves and auto accidents.