Class Actions

Utilizing their collective experience in complex litigation and trial work, Egan Young has developed expertise in complex class actions, particularly in the areas of healthcare fraud and wage and hour litigation.

For example, in recent years, Egan Young has capitialized on its successful efforts in assisting the United States government to recover over $1 Billion Dollars in qui tam and whistleblower litigation by bringing the same types claims on behalf of individual litigants in the private sector. For example, EY attorneys represent numerous employee benefit plans in nationwide class actions which seek to recover fraudulently obtained healthcare costs such as inflated prescription drug payments resulting from unlawful sales and marketing practices by several of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.

Likewise, Egan young has developed a recognized expertise in wage and hour class actions brought both under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act and analogous state wage and hour laws. In the last couple of years alone, EY attorneys have recovered tens of millions of dollars on behalf of numerous individual workers who were denied wages and/or overtime compensation for all required hours worked. EY has litigated wage and hour class actions in several industries including meat and poultry processing, warehousing, oil refineries, manufacturing, food services, trucking, and retail.

If you or someone you know believes that you have been victimized by wide-spread corporate misconduct and that others have been similarly affected, contact Egan Young today for a free confidential consultation.