Sushrut Jain

Over the past decade, there has been a notable increase in the number of class actions brought against manufacturers of food and consumer packaged goods, specifically with respect to allegations of false claims in advertising and product labeling. In such cases, plaintiffs typically allege that consumers were harmed because they paid higher prices than they would have paid had they possessed complete information.

In this article, Sushrut Jain explores the significant hurdle plaintiffs seeking tuition refunds will face at the class certification stage of proving that a formulaic method exists to determine damages without the need for individualized inquiry.

Sushrut Jain discusses recent trends in consumer class actions brought against manufacturers of retail food products, including the proposition of using hedonic price analyses. 

Biotechnology companies Natera and CareDx have been engaged in a prolonged legal battle regarding the validity of patents covering methods of cell-free DNA analysis for noninvasive monitoring of organ transplant rejection. The case has been lauded by the legal community as the “last chance for diagnostic patents” to be reviewed by the Supreme Court.[1]

Over the past six months, airfares have increased at a breakneck pace. The consumer price index for airline tickets increased by 63% from November 2021 to May 2022, the largest increase over a 6-month period by far since the index was created in 1989 by the Federal Reserve of St. Louis.

Dr. Stephen G. Bronars and Sushrut Jain discuss some of the major areas of labor and employment litigation, and the strategies that can help HR managers proactively manage the evolving legal challenges in an unprecedented labor market.

The unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to class action litigation across the country, including around issues of price gouging, business interruption, and payment refunds. In this webinar, join a panel of attorneys and economic experts for a discussion of the economic and legal principles involved in COVID-related class actions.  

CLE International will host its inaugural two-day Food Law Conference in Washington, DC. Principal Consultant Sushrut Jain will participate in a panel discussion on food law class actions and damages valuations.

In an environment of heightened regulatory focus on consumer protection issues at both the federal and state levels, Edgeworth Economics announces the formal launch of its Consumer Protection practice.