Kevin concentrates in complex corporate and class action litigation. He chairs the firm's Class Action Working Group and has extensive experience defending consumer, antitrust, unfair trade practice, contract, mass tort, and employment class actions.
He has also represented corporations, professionals, and individuals in business acquisition disputes. Kevin’s clients have included health care–related entities (including pharmacies, PBMs, and managed care organizations), insurers (including life, auto, and casualty companies), retailers, manufacturers, and accounting firms. Several of these clients are Fortune 500 companies.
Kevin's trial experience includes civil bench trials and jury trials in federal and state courts, as well as arbitrations before American Arbitration Association panels. He has appeared in state and federal courts in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York.
He has spoken on national panels concerning class action and privacy litigation and has written on class actions and unfair trade practice litigation. He co-authors the Class Action Law chapter for Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, an annual publication of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.
During law school, he was an executive editor of the Boston College Third World Law Journal.
Recognitions & Awards
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Business Litigation (2004 – 2012)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
Kevin concentrates in complex corporate and class action litigation. He chairs the firm's Class Action Working Group and has extensive experience defending consumer, antitrust, unfair trade practice, contract, mass tort, and employment class actions.
He has also represented corporations, professionals, and individuals in business acquisition disputes. Kevin’s clients have included health care–related entities (including pharmacies, PBMs, and managed care organizations), insurers (including life, auto, and casualty companies), retailers, manufacturers, and accounting firms. Several of these clients are Fortune 500 companies.
Kevin's trial experience includes civil bench trials and jury trials in federal and state courts, as well as arbitrations before American Arbitration Association panels. He has appeared in state and federal courts in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York.
He has spoken on national panels concerning class action and privacy litigation and has written on class actions and unfair trade practice litigation. He co-authors the Class Action Law chapter for Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, an annual publication of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.
During law school, he was an executive editor of the Boston College Third World Law Journal.
Recognitions & Awards
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Business Litigation (2004 – 2012)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
Publications
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Author,
Risks of Sharing Employee Data with 3rd-Party Vendors, Law360 ()
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Co-author,
No Harm, No Foul? First Circuit Departs from Trend Narrowing Chapter 93A Injury Requirement, Reverses Dismissal of Claim Arising from Failed Price-Fixing Conspiracy, Antitrust | Class Action Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Recent Second Circuit Decision Invalidating Class Action Waiver Highlights Actions by Lower Courts to Limit and Distinguish AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, Litigation | Antitrust Advisory ()
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Co-author,
New Seventh Circuit Decision Endorses Heightened Scrutiny of Experts at Class Certification Stage While Potentially Lowering the Bar to the Predominance Element at Class Certification, Antitrust | Class Action Advisory ()
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Author,
First Line of Defense in Privacy Class Actions - Damages, Law360 ()
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Co-author,
The Future of Class Action Suits After Wal-Mart v. Dukes, Class Action Alert ()
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Co-author,
Seventh Circuit Upholds Conviction of a Physician for a Violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, Health Care Enforcement Defense Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Supreme Court Rejects Fifth Circuit’s Requirement That Plaintiffs in a Securities Fraud Litigation Prove Loss Causation in Order to Obtain Class Certification, Litigation Alert ()
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Co-author,
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns California Rule that Prohibited Waivers of Class Action Relief in Arbitration Agreements, Class Action Alert ()
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Author,
Maine High Court To Decide Whether Class In Data Breach Action Can Recover For Lost Time And Inconvenience, Privacy & Security | Class Action Alert ()
Speaking Engagements
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Speaker,
Preventing Whistleblower Actions: Customizing an Effective Qui Tam Avoidance Program,
Mintz Levin, Webinar
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Speaker,
Best Practices: Plaintiff’s and Defense Perspective,
Best Practices for Qualified Settlement Funds,
Damasco & Associates LLP and Boston Financial, Quincy, MA
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Panelist,
The 2012 Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation,
ABA Business Law Spring Meeting,
American Bar Association, Las Vegas, NV
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Speaker,
Annual Review in Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation Program,
American Bar Association Section of Business Law
Newsroom
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Seventy-One Mintz Levin Attorneys Named 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars , ()
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Quoted in
Sony Breach Plaintiffs’ Green Light May Be Short-Lived, Law360 ()
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Quoted in
Supreme Court Case Will Determine the Future of Class Action Suits, Business Insurance ()
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Fifty-Two Mintz Levin Attorneys Recognized as Massachusetts Super Lawyers, ()
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Quoted in
Recent Supreme Court Cases Alter Class Action Landscape, BioWorld Insight ()
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Quoted in
Despite Setback, Plaintiffs to Pursue Wal-Mart Cases, The New York Times ()
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Forty-Nine Mintz Levin Attorneys Recognized as Massachusetts Super Lawyers, ()
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Forty-Eight Mintz Levin Attorneys Recognized as Massachusetts Super Lawyers, ()
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Forty-Six Mintz Levin Attorneys Recognized as Massachusetts Super Lawyers, ()
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Forty-Five Mintz Levin Attorneys Recognized as Massachusetts Super Lawyers, ()