Consumer Law and Litigation

Our multidisciplinary Consumer Law and Litigation team, comprising over 40 lawyers based in Washington, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco assists in the defense and avoidance of consumer disputes across a wide range of consumer facing industries. Areas of specific focus include:

• Advertising, Marketing & Consumer Protection
• Financial Services Litigation
• Class Action Defense
• Food Safety & Life Sciences
• Government & Regulatory Litigation

We advise clients on compliance with consumer protection laws and regulation. With decades of experience, our practitioners understand the importance of advertising, terms of use, privacy, transparency, and clarity of communications with consumers. We have a superb record of success in class action, individual, and business to business litigation; advertising and telemarketing compliance; negotiating with competitors; government litigation and investigations; and disposing of cases quickly. We understand our clients' industries: finance, food and beverage, cosmetics and personal care products, drugs and medical devices, consumer goods and services, and many others. We draw support from Steptoe's deep experience with the regulatory bodies whose rules and guidance drives consumer litigation: the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), investigations by state Attorneys’ General (including major multistate proceedings), and state regulatory agencies.