Litigation Highlights

• In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation

  Andre was court-appointed to Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee Leadership and has undertaken a wide range of responsibilities, including law and briefing and managing discovery related to the TikTok defendants. The firm also represents children and families in lawsuits in federal and state court against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snap, and YouTube.

• In re: Meta Pixel Healthcare Data Privacy Litigation

  Andre was court-appointed to the plaintiffs’ executive committee in this consolidated litigation, representing millions of patients whose sensitive health data was allegedly collected and shared without their consent. In his appointment decision, Judge Orrick said he chose interim class counsel for their “highly relevant” experience and knowledge.

• Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation

  Andre is court-appointed class counsel in this data privacy case against Thomson Reuters for its CLEAR product. The lawsuit alleged that Thomson Reuters collected millions of California residents’ personal and confidential information and then sold access to it without their knowledge or consent. After the court granted plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, the parties reached a class settlement for $27.5 million and substantial injunctive relief. The court granted final approval of the settlement on February 21, 2025.

• San Diego and Otay Water District Tiered Water Rates Lawsuits

  Lead trial counsel achieving a $79.5 million verdict on behalf of single-family customers in a lawsuit charging the City of San Diego with setting water rates that run afoul of the California Constitution. After successfully defending the Court’s judgment in favor of the class on appeal, the case is currently on limited remand in San Diego Superior Court.

  Key member of the litigation team achieving a verdict on behalf of single-family residential customers in a lawsuit challenging the Otay Water District with setting unconstitutional water rates. The case is also on limited remand.

• In re: 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation

  Andre was court-appointed to the plaintiffs’ law-and-briefing committee in this multi-district litigation on behalf of military servicemembers and veterans who suffered injuries due to defective 3M earplugs, which were standard-issue for U.S. military members for more than a decade. Andre also served on several bellwether trial teams, securing multiple favorable jury verdicts.

• In re: Taxotere (Docetaxel) Products Liability Litigation

  Andre was a member of the trial team in a two-week federal jury trial, and is member of Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee and co-chair of Law and Briefing in this multi-district litigation on behalf of breast cancer survivors who suffered permanent hair loss after using the Taxotere chemotherapy drug. He recently obtained a unanimous decision granting a bellwether plaintiff a new trial. See 26 F.4th 256 (5th Cir. 2022)

• In re: Vizio, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation

  Andre was co-lead counsel for the settlement class in this multi-district lawsuit alleging that Vizio collected and sold data about consumers' television viewing habits and their digital identities to advertisers without consumers' knowledge or consent. He negotiated a settlement providing for class-wide injunctive relief transforming the company’s data collection practices, as well as a $17 million fund to compensate consumers who were affected.

• De La Torre v. CashCall

  Andre played a key role in briefing before the California Supreme Court, resulting in a unanimous decision in the plaintiffs’ favor. The decision changed decades-old assumptions that lenders in California had a virtual “safe harbor” from unconscionability challenges to loan interest rate terms.

• In re: Lenovo Adware Litigation

  Andre successfully briefed and argued a motion to dismiss and motion to certify a nationwide litigation class for monetary damages. The parties moved for preliminary approval of a $8.3 million proposed class action settlement to resolve allegations that Lenovo preinstalled software on laptops that caused performance, privacy and security issues for consumers.

• Beaver et. al. v. Tarsadia Hotels, Inc.

  Andre contributed to briefing before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals resulting in a unanimous decision affirming the lower court’s ruling that the UCL’s four-year statute of limitations (and its accrual rule) applied in claims alleging violations of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (ILSA) even though ILSA has a shorter statute of limitations.

• Watts v. Lester E. Cox Medical Centers, 376 S.W.3d 633 (Mo. 2012)

  Andre successfully argued that a state law limiting compensatory damages in medical malpractice cases violated his client’s constitutional right to trial by jury. In ruling in favor of Andre's client, the Missouri high court overturned a 20-year-old precedent.