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Nationwide CTA Injunction Is Back in Effect. What Happens Now?

Alexander Reid Quoted About OpenAI in New York Times and Bloomberg’s ‘Money Stuff’ Newsletter

Robb Adkins, Rachel Ofori Publish Article on White-Collar Defense After Catastrophic Incidents

Bethany has significant first-chair and liaison experience in multidistrict and class litigation for global and Fortune 500 companies and product manufacturers. Her class action experience includes defeat of nationwide class certification, summary judgment under various states’ consumer protection laws and successful mediation and resolution of class-wide claims when the client’s business interests dictate resolution over protracted litigation. Bethany holds the CIPP/US credential as a Certified Information Privacy Professional from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Bethany also serves as the co-lead of the firm's Los Angeles/San Francisco Women's Committee.

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J.D., University of Richmond School of Law, 1998, 

B.S., College of William and Mary, 1994

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<li>Lawdragon, 500 Leading Litigators in America: Class Action, Antitrust, Advertising (2022, 2024 to 2025)</li>
<li>The Best Lawyers in America® (2021 to present)
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<li>California: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions
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<li>Lawyer of the Year (2023)</li>
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<li>Los Angeles Business Journal Top Women Attorneys (2020 to 2021)</li>
<li>Los Angeles Business Journal Women of Influence: Attorneys (2021)</li>
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Class Action Defense 2024 Year in Review Webinar

Bethany Lukitsch, Justin Yedor Provide Advice on Avoiding Web-Tracking Litigation

ADventures in Law

Getting the Most out of Brand Partnerships with Artists . . . Lawfully

BakerHostetler DADM and Litigation Group Members Present at ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference

Webinar: The Privacy Strategist: Website Tracking Claims—a Frightening Trend

Webinar: Class Action Defense 2024 Mid-Year Review

BakerHostetler Stands as Second Busiest Law Firm on Defense Side of Class Action Filings

Bethany Lukitsch Speaks at Consumer Brands CPG Legal Forum

Webinar: 2024 Advertising CLE Showcase: Strategies for Minimizing Legal Risks When Maximizing New and Emerging Marketing Technologies

2024 Advertising CLE Webinar Showcase

Class Action Defense 2023 Year In Review Webinar

The Data Economy and You

Privacy Litigation Trends: Meta Pixels, Cookie Opt-Out, and Sale of Data

Multiple partners address Association of National Advertisers annual conference

Food, dietary supplement firms face increased litigation risk amid rise in online shopping

Class Action Defense 2023 Fall Review Webinar

BakerHostetler Team Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Ohio Chamber of Commerce

Class Action Defense  2022 Year In Review Webinar

Daniel Kaufman, Amy Ralph Mudge, Bethany Lukitsch, and Linda Goldstein Offer Update on FTC Enforcement, Privacy Law and More

Bethany Lukitsch Says Failure to Stay Litigation During Appeals Is Costly

Karl Fanter, Bethany Lukitsch, Paul Karlsgodt, Julie Singer Brady Quoted in Legal Newsline Article on Class Action Defense Webinar

2022 Class Action Update

Daniel Kaufman, Bethany Lukitsch and Victoria Weatherford Host FTC, State AG and Class Actions Update

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What Is a PFAS, and Why Should I Care? Part III – California’s Proposition 65

Class Action Year in Review – 2021

What Is a PFAS, and Why Should I Care? Part II – The Threat to the Restaurant and Food Packaging Industries, and Potential Personal Injury Classes

What is a PFAS, and Why Should I Care?

Look Back, Look Ahead: Advertising and Marketing Law in 2021 & 2022

Webinar: Class Action Defense 2021 Year In Review Webinar

Bethany Lukitsch Talks to Law360 about Class Action Trends

BakerHostetler Adds Bethany G. Lukitsch on West Coast as National Co-Leader of Class Action Team

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<li>Represented clients in more than 50 matters in California arising out of alleged violations of California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) for the ordinary and customary use of various website ad technology, including session replay, chat, pixels and cookies. Filed matters have included actions pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court (Complex and non-complex divisions), Orange County Superior Court, Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Southern District of California and Northern District of California, as well as JAMS and AAA arbitration demands. Clients include national retailers, restaurant chains, wireless communication companies, grocery chains, consulting companies and tech companies.</li>
<li>Represent numerous product manufacturers in the food and beverage, retail and beauty industries in false advertising matters arising out of a variety of packaging and website claims and online advertising claims, including origin, blue light, natural and no preservatives claims, as well as price reference and consumer review matters.</li>
<li>Represent two of California’s largest school districts in class litigation following data incidents. The court dismissed certain claims on demur on both matters.</li>
<li>Represent two national retailers and a tax preparation software company in regulatory investigations arising out of their use of advertising technology.</li>
<li>Representing a large family-owned grocery store chain in a putative consumer class action against false and deceptive advertising claims under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act arising out of the “sale” price of its wine and alcohol.</li>
<li>Served as trial counsel for one of the largest mutual life insurance companies in construction defect litigation involving one of its investments, a 544-unit apartment complex in Marina del Rey, California.</li>
<li>Represented a global engineering, manufacturing and digital technology solutions leader in consolidated civil antitrust class actions for an alleged no-poach agreement filed against Pratt and Whitney and five aerospace outsourcing companies in the District Court of Connecticut.</li>
<li>Represent the largest U.S. technology-enabled provider of ARM solutions in multijurisdictional litigation arising out of a ransomware attack. Claims are asserted for alleged violations of the CCPA, CIPA, Constitutional Right to Privacy, various state consumer protection laws and common law causes of action such as negligence, breach of implied contract and unjust enrichment.</li>
<li>Currently representing a specialty non-profit long-term health care company in a putative class action based in Los Angeles Superior Court, Complex Division, arising out of a ransomware attack. Claims include both constitutional and common law invasion of privacy, negligence, breach of implied contract, breach of the CCMIA, unfair competition and declaratory judgment.</li>
<li>Defended 12 national retailers in three putative class actions (one matter pending in Pennsylvania state court and two in the Western District of Pennsylvania) in claims under Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law arising out of the taxation of cloth face masks during the pandemic. Won dismissal of the two federal court actions.</li>
<li>Served as trial counsel for a marketing firm in a remote bench trial in the Central District of California in lawsuit alleging breach of settlement agreement. Successfully defeated cross-claims for millions of dollars in claimed damages and secured the client more than $100,000 in back payments.</li>
<li>Represented a medical device company in a putative class action in Massachusetts state court involving claims that certain patients were exposed to blood-borne pathogens during colonoscopies. Claims resolved on an individual claimant basis and class claims dismissed with prejudice.</li>
<li>Secured dismissal on behalf of a publicly traded kitchen and bath cabinet manufacturer in a putative class action in the Central District of California in which the plaintiff alleged claims for defective cabinet finish under the CLRA, UCL, Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act and Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. The court dismissed the case with prejudice.</li>
<li>Defended a pharmaceutical company in a putative class action filed in the Central District of California regarding marketing of an aesthetics product. Successfully narrowed nationwide claims to California and resolved the case on an individual plaintiff basis after aggressive discovery and motion practice.</li>
<li>Represented an American retailer of hard surface flooring in the Northern District of California in a putative nationwide class action brought against them by purchasers of bamboo flooring. The parties reached a settlement after narrowing the scope of the allegations to a single product line and limiting the putative class to six state classes.</li>
<li>Represented an American retailer of hard surface flooring as lead counsel in multidistrict litigation involving more than 140 class actions alleging excessive levels of formaldehyde in Chinese-manufactured laminate flooring. The parties reached a settlement after winning partial summary judgment and dismissal of half of the claims.</li>
<li>Represented an American automobile manufacturer before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in defeating plaintiffs’ efforts to create an industry-wide multidistrict litigation. Secured transfer of the matter under 28 U.S.C. § 1404 to the client’s home jurisdiction in the Eastern District of Michigan.</li>
<li>Defended a polyurethane foam manufacturer in direct purchaser and indirect purchaser antitrust class actions and opt-out litigation stemming from allegations of price-fixing and market allocation.</li>
<li>Represented an American consumer packaged goods holding company as liaison counsel in multidistrict and state court litigation involving several hundred individual and purported class action lawsuits alleging salmonellosis from the consumption of one of its products. Defeated class certification, awarded summary judgment and dismissals in more than 100 individual cases and effectively implemented coordinated national discovery procedures.</li>
<li>Represented global power tool manufacturer in toxic tort cases and domestic and international discovery matters.</li>
<li>Represented and provided counsel to food and beverage manufacturers, furniture and cabinet manufacturers, and equipment manufacturers and retailers in labeling disputes involving California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65).</li>
<li>Won summary judgment against the State of New Hampshire for a handheld outdoor power tool manufacturer in declaratory judgment matter regarding the state’s new dealer laws. Summary judgment upheld on appeal to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.</li>
<li>Defended a handheld outdoor power tool manufacturer in prominent California wildfire litigation.</li>
<li>Defended a NYSE-traded insurance company in complex antitrust litigation involving alleged violations of federal antitrust laws and state consumer protection statutes.</li>
<li>Defended a Fortune 100 company in multidistrict class action and opt-out antitrust litigation involving the vitamins industry in the District of Columbia and various state courts.</li>
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