Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP defends businesses facing proposed class actions in Atlanta and throughout Georgia. If your company has received a demand letter or been served with a complaint, our attorneys can help you identify the next deadline, understand who the claim could affect, and decide how to respond.
Discuss a class action claim with TKST or call (404) 688-4503.
What does class certification mean for your business?
A complaint may describe a group of customers, employees, or shareholders and ask to proceed on their behalf. Class certification is the court’s decision about whether those claims can proceed together. Filing the complaint is only the first step.
Consider a claim about a customer fee. If the same fee appeared in every agreement, those agreements may help answer a question for the whole group. If customers saw different disclosures, bought through different channels, or received refunds, the differences may matter. Our attorneys examine the proposed class definition alongside the company’s records so you can assess both the underlying allegation and the request to pursue it as a class.
Class action claims TKST defends
Consumer and product claims. A case may turn on what buyers saw before purchase, which version of a product they received, or how a company handled complaints. We review the advertising, disclosures, sales records, and product history relevant to the customers named in the claim.
Employment and pay disputes. A written policy may cover an entire workforce even when daily practices vary by role, shift, or location. We help employers examine payroll records, timekeeping systems, and how supervisors applied the policy at issue.
Shareholder and data privacy claims. In a shareholder dispute, the timing and wording of a company disclosure may be central. In a privacy case, the first questions may be what information was involved, whose records were affected, and what the company communicated. We work with the people who know those records to establish what happened.
What to have ready for the first conversation
Start with the names of the parties, when and how your company received the complaint or demand, and any hearing or response date listed in the papers. It also helps to know which product, policy, transaction, or time period the claim concerns. You can call before you have gathered the underlying records.
From there, we can discuss what information to preserve, who inside the company can explain it, and which decision comes first. Depending on the case, that may mean responding to the complaint, preparing for a certification motion, or evaluating whether an early resolution makes business sense.
Speak with an Atlanta class action defense attorney
If your business has received a class action complaint or demand letter, call (404) 688-4503 or contact TKST. Share a brief description and any known deadline. Please wait for the firm to complete its conflicts check before sending confidential documents.