PLG recently won an antitrust bid-rigging case for a Fortune 500 company; defeated class certification in representing a Fortune 500 company in a Consumer Protection Act case; won a Consumer Protection Act jury trial representing plaintiffs against a large realty company; won a personal injury case of first impression in the State of Washington, also in defense of a Fortune 500 company; successfully resolved two consumer class actions brought against Fortune 500 companies in the state of Washington; won an arbitration for a large telecommunications company; and settled a complex arbitration on behalf of a professional sports organization.  PLG has pioneered class litigation on behalf of hospital patients, having negotiated the first two judicially-approved class action settlements against hospital systems on behalf of uninsured patients, and obtaining the first class action settlement on behalf of patients subjected to excessive hospital facility charges when treated at hospital-based outpatient clinics.

In the past, our lawyers have spearheaded the defense of the tobacco industry in state Attorney General suits brought in a number of Western states; won federal class actions by third-party payers seeking to recover billions from the tobacco industry; managed the national defense of similar suits filed by Indian tribes throughout the United States, leading to dismissal of all those suits in federal, state and tribal courts throughout the country; and obtained summary judgment, affirmed on appeal, on a $4.6 billion damages claim brought by the Republic of the Marshall Islands against American tobacco companies. They have negotiated settlement of multi-state class actions regarding roofing products, food products, and other consumer goods, and they defended the largest class action (class of 20,000) in the State of Washington involving claims for property damage, nuisance and medical monitoring related to living in the vicinity of a former copper smelter.

Because we believe the costs of serving our clients should be transparent, we refuse to tack on multiple invisible billing units.  We believe case staffing should never be deeper than necessary to produce excellent work, and that the costs of litigation should never be profit centers in their own right. Through technology and the outsourcing of document management, we have the ability and resources to represent large companies in complex, document-intensive matters.  We are highly capable, veteran lawyers with the knowledge and experience to clearly assess litigation risks and the skill to try cases when there is no adequate alternative.