Obtained damages judgment for a national beverage manufacturer.

Kilpatrick Townsend successfully completed its representation of a pipeline contractor in Alabama federal court against two affiliated subcontractors. The subcontractors asserted over $15 million in claims against our client. We moved to dismiss one of the subcontractors’ claims on the grounds of improper forum. The court granted our motion, and the parties later settled the claims on favorable terms for our client. The terms of the settlement are confidential.

Represented a major beverage company in class action brought under New Jersey and New York law on behalf of all route sales personnel (approximately 1,900) claiming that the company had misclassified them as exempt from the overtime provisions of state law, and seeking six years of back overtime pay. Obtained dismissal of the New York class and settled the New Jersey class on favorable terms.

Represented a major North American beverage company in a putative class action brought by seven route salespeople seeking to represent a class alleging FLSA, age and race discrimination claims against our client in the Southern District of New York. Following initial discovery, we successfully convinced the plaintiffs that the case could not be certified and then settled the individual claims on terms favorable to our client.