Akin Gump announced the launch of an interdisciplinary retail industry initiative spanning multiple practices across the firm. The initiative brings together more than 100 lawyers with extensive industry knowledge and experience representing direct-to-consumer companies across the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
The initiative is led by litigation partners Meredith Slawe and Kathryn Deal in Philadelphia, labor and employment partner Gregory Knopp in Los Angeles and corporate partner Garrett DeVries in Dallas.
The team will focus on the representation of retail industry clients across the full suite of legal and regulatory matters that impact businesses in the retail sector. This includes more than a dozen distinct areas, including class action litigation, public law and policy, international trade, labor and employment, corporate and privacy and cybersecurity, among others.
Members of the firm’s retail initiative have advised retailers in their largest domestic and international transactions, government investigations, significant litigation matters, and compliance issues under the General Data Protection Regulation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The team is also close partners with the Retail Industry Leaders Association and its associated Retail Litigation Center (RLC), working with the group and its members on high-stakes retail class action matters.
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