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Jonathan W. Garlough

Parceiro

Jonathan W. Garlough

Parceiro

Jonathan Garlough é um advogado litigante com vasta experiência no tratamento de disputas complexas, com foco particular em ações coletivas e litígios multistaduais. Representou clientes em diversas disputas comerciais envolvendo a lei RICO, a lei de proteção ao consumidor, interrupções na cadeia de abastecimento, imóveis comerciais, fraude de valores mobiliários, quebra de contrato, segredos comerciais e disputas trabalhistas. É sócio da área de Contencioso Comercial do escritório e membro das áreas de Direito do Consumidor, Finanças e Ações Coletivas.

Jonathan has also advised clients in connection with white collar defense and government investigations involving Anti-Kickback, Stark Act and other claims of fraud, and has conducted internal investigations concerning alleged violations of related state and federal laws.

Jonathan is a skilled and experienced trial lawyer, who has first and second-chaired disputes in state and federal court, and in AAA and JAMS arbitration proceedings.

He has appeared in state and federal courts in Illinois, Arizona, California, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, and he has represented clients in the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits.

Jonathan has made a significant commitment to pro bono work, arguing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Department of Justice’s Immigration Court in Chicago. He also represented a public university before the Seventh Circuit in a complex First Amendment challenge to the University’s distribution of student activity funding.

Prior to joining Foley, Jonathan served as a judicial clerk for the Hon. Richard A. Griffin in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for the Hon. Tu M. Pham, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Tennessee.

Experiência de representação

  • First-chaired medical device company in jury trial arising from FDA approval of device, obtaining complete defense verdict on all claims against client, and prevailing on counterclaims against plaintiff/counter-defendant for breach of contract and misrepresentation.
  • Defeated class certification in consumer protection act and fraud claims brought by users of Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River toll bridges.
  • Defeated class certification, and secured decertification, of FLSA claims brought challenging employer’s wage and hour practices.
  • Obtained emergency injunctive relief for nationwide automobile seller to prevent effort by Illinois Secretary of State to revoke state licensure and prevent seller from operating business pending outcome of administrative proceedings.
  • Obtained dismissal of defamation and other business tort claims brought against nationwide pharmacy chain by prescribers in state and federal courts located in Indiana, Virginia, Michigan, Nevada, and North Carolina.
  • Successfully represented student loan servicer in business tort dispute with subcontractor in Delaware Chancery Court, obtaining critical discovery and dispositive motion rulings resulting in settlement.
  • Secured seminal ruling from federal court that state prompt pay law did not apply to third-party payor.
  • Secured dismissal in a series of class action multistate lawsuits filed in California, Arizona, and Nevada federal courts challenging foundational components of the secondary mortgage market.
  • Successfully petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit for rehearing en banc and obtaining dismissal of a request for injunctive relief pursuant to the federal Tax Injunction Act.
  • Secured dismissal of breach of contract and business tort claims arising under referral agreement between automobile financing company and leasing company.
  • Represented wide range of participants in health care industry, including PBMs, pharmacies, medical device manufacturers, and billing and coding specialists, in litigation and arbitration throughout the United States.
  • Obtained summary judgment in Illinois state and federal courts on wage and hour claims involving donning and doffing of work clothing and equipment.

Jonathan has made a significant commitment to pro bono work, arguing before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Department of Justice’s Immigration Court in Chicago. He also represented a public university before the Seventh Circuit in a complex First Amendment challenge to the University’s distribution of student activity funding.

Prior to joining Foley, Jonathan served as a judicial clerk for the Hon. Richard A. Griffin in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for the Hon. Tu M. Pham, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Tennessee.

 

Prémios e reconhecimentos

  • Illinois Super Lawyers–Rising Stars® (2014-2016)*

Apresentações e publicações

  • Contributor, Chicago Law Bulletin, InsideCounsel, the annual employment law treatise, The Law Guide – Employee Relations Law for Illinois Employers, published by MRA – The Management Association, Inc.
  • Contributor, 2009 update of the practice treatise Secured Transactions, published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
  • Author, “Weighing in on the Wine Wars: What the European Union Can Teach Us About the Direct Shipment Controversy,” 46 Wm. & Mary L. Rev 1533 (2005)
  • Co-author, “SEC Modifies Settlement Language For Cases Involving Criminal Convictions,” Financier Worldwide Magazine (July 2012)

 

Fila de colunas de pedra com bases e fustes pormenorizados, formando uma colunata em estilo arquitetónico clássico, frequentemente observada em escritórios de advogados ou tribunais que prestam apoio aos advogados em Chicago.
15 de maio de 2023 Advogado de defesa da classe consumidora

Sétimo Circuito enfatiza “análise rigorosa” para certificar ação coletiva contra universidade por sua decisão de cancelar aulas durante a pandemia

No caso Eddlemon v. Bradley University, 65 F.4th 335 (7.º Cir. 2023), o Sétimo Circuito sublinhou que são as provas, e não as alegações, que determinam a análise da certificação de classe pelo tribunal.
Fila de colunas de pedra com bases e fustes pormenorizados, formando uma colunata em estilo arquitetónico clássico, frequentemente observada em escritórios de advogados ou tribunais que prestam apoio aos advogados em Chicago.
September 28, 2022 Consumer Class Defense Counsel

Northern District of California Decertifies Class Under Comcast Due to Inadequacy of Damages Model

In Freitas v. Cricket Wireless, LLC, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California recently decertified a class because of a “critical” mistake in Plaintiff’s damages model that rendered it inadequate under the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Comcast v. Behrend.
Sala de tribunal vazia com secretárias de madeira, cadeiras pretas, um banco de juiz, banco de testemunhas e bandeira americana; sem pessoas presentes — uma atmosfera familiar aos advogados de Chicago e escritórios de advocacia próximos.
August 20, 2019 Blogs

Juiz responsável pelo MDL sobre opiáceos considera pedido para certificar uma classe nacional sem precedentes de entidades governamentais para negociar um acordo

O juiz federal distrital responsável por supervisionar um processo judicial multidistrital em âmbito nacional movido contra fabricantes e distribuidores de opióides está a considerar uma proposta dos demandantes do governo local para certificar uma «Classe de Negociação» em âmbito nacional.
Sala de tribunal vazia com secretárias de madeira, cadeiras pretas, um banco de juiz, banco de testemunhas e bandeira americana; sem pessoas presentes — uma atmosfera familiar aos advogados de Chicago e escritórios de advocacia próximos.
June 7, 2019 Blogs

En Banc Ninth Circuit Clarifies That Settlement Classes Are Not Held to Same Standard as Litigated Classes

Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit issued an en banc decision in In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation that makes it a little easier to resolve nationwide class actions.
1 de fevereiro de 2019 Comunicados de imprensa

Foley elege novos sócios

Foley & Lardner LLP anunciou hoje que a sua nova classe de sócios foi eleita, com efeitos a partir de 1 de fevereiro de 2019.
24 de janeiro de 2019 Comunicados de imprensa

Advogados da Foley nomeados Super Advogados e Estrelas em Ascensão de Illinois

Comemorando os advogados da Foley nomeados Super Lawyers & Rising Stars de Illinois para 2019. Saiba mais sobre esses profissionais jurídicos excepcionais.