Jason R. Burt

Jason’s representative experience includes:

Class Action Defense

• A payments-sector tech company in defending against fraud-based and consumer protection claims in federal district court, which after early case litigation resulted in plaintiffs withdrawing their complaint with prejudice.
• A leading internet service provider against claims of consumer fraud and deceptive business and advertising practices asserted by the New York Attorney General on behalf of all New York customers; successfully defeated most of the claims in the case, which led to settlement on extremely favorable terms.
• A leading internet service provider against claims of consumer fraud and deceptive business practices in class action litigation in federal court, ultimately obtaining dismissal of all claims.
• A leading technology company against claims of fraud and deceptive practices in class action litigation in federal court.
• A religious organization in proceedings before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation defending against fraud-based claims relating to cutting-edge First Amendment issues, resulting in successful consolidation and transfer and ultimately obtaining dismissal with prejudice of the consolidated cases.
• A religious organization in defeating consolidation before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in matters involving fraud and other tort claims, which led to favorable settlement on an individual basis.
• A leading producer of electric vehicle batteries in a first-of-its-kind class action involving product liability and consumer protection claims against an upstream component part manufacturer in the automobile industry, resulting in a class settlement for less than 10% of what plaintiffs were seeking.
• A leading software company in the automobile and insurance industries in numerous consumer protection class actions; in the bellwether case, defeated class certification at the district court level, which was affirmed in the 9th Circuit and led to the settlement of numerous similar class actions on an individual non-class basis and for nominal amounts. Continue to represent this client in follow-on class action litigation and strategic counseling — to date, not a single class has been certified against the client and no findings of liability have ever been found.
• A leading software company against claims of false advertising and California statutory consumer protection asserted by California DA on behalf of all Californians, which after aggressive early-stage litigation resulted in the DA withdrawing all claims.

Complex Commercial Litigation

• UBS in long-running litigation arising out of the 2008 financial crisis, including obtaining recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars in post-judgment litigation.
• A leading SaaS fintech unicorn startup in trade secret misappropriation and founders’ dispute, including successfully arguing and obtaining dismissal of all trade secret and partnership claims.
• A leading AI technology startup in asserting claims of breach of contract against customer.
• A major electric vehicle and transportation logistics startup in arbitration proceedings involving breach of contract claims asserted by a supplier.
• A major cryptocurrency company in adversary proceedings against the debtor in bankruptcy litigation
• A leading electric vehicle battery producer in litigating claims asserted by the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee in bankruptcy proceedings of former customer.
• A technology company in defeating claims of trade secret misappropriation.
• A leading healthcare provider in litigation involving claims of breach of contract and deceptive practices.
• A leading hospital chain in qui tam/False Claims Act litigation.
• Numerous payments system companies in disputes involving fraud allegations before the FTC.
• A nationwide hospital company in a billion-dollar trial that resulted in a complete victory at trial.
• Trade groups in state trial proceedings that resulted in complete victory.
• A healthcare company in federal district court litigation that resulted in favorable settlement following trial.