HarrisMartin's MDL Conference: Herbal Supplements Litigation Speaker Profiles

Elizabeth A. Fegan is a partner in Hagens Berman’s Chicago office, where she has worked since 2004. Her practice includes a variety of complex commercial class-action cases in the areas of antitrust, consumer protection and product liability.

Her recent successes include a $35 million settlement in a nationwide antitrust class action on behalf of consumers against Babies ‘R Us and manufacturers of high-end strollers, high chairs, carriers and car seats, as well as a settlement that provides up to $25 million in refunds to purchasers of Blue Rhino propane tanks in a nationwide antitrust class action.

Ms. Fegan has successfully tailored creative results for the benefit of nationwide classes. For example, Ms. Fegan settled a nationwide class action alleging sexual harassment on behalf of 16,000 current and former female employees of a commercial property brokerage firm. In addition to requiring changes to human resources policies and procedures, the innovative settlement afforded class members the opportunity to participate in a stream-lined claims process that provides the potential for individual awards up to $150,000 per class member.

Jason A. Zweig joined the firm in February 2011 and heads the firm’s New York office. Mr. Zweig is highly experienced in representing plaintiffs in antitrust, securities, consumer and other complex litigation. He has experience representing large entities in opt-out litigation, as well as plaintiffs in class-action litigation. He played significant roles in some of the largest antitrust and securities class actions in history including the High Fructose Corn Syrup Antitrust Litigation which resulted in a $531 million recovery.

Mr. Zweig is currently leading the firm’s representation of a number of airlines and other merchants who have opted out of the class in In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Litigation, MDL No. 1720 (E.D.N.Y.). In addition, he is also leading the firm’s efforts in the New Jersey Tax Sales Certificates Antitrust Litigation, 12-CV-1893 (D.N.J.), an antitrust class action in which the firm has been appointed co-interim class counsel and in which nearly $8 million has been recovered for aggrieved New Jersey property owners. He has recently been involved in the representation of a number of payphone owners who sued a large national telecommunications carrier, over unpaid dial-around compensation.

In addition, Mr. Zweig has experience representing whistleblowers in claims under the federal False Claims Act, state false claim acts, and the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower programs of the SEC and CFTC. Mr. Zweig’s representation of whistleblowers spans a variety of industries, including healthcare and financial services.

Prior to joining Hagens Berman, Mr. Zweig was a partner at Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP in New York where he practiced from 2003 through 2010. Mr. Zweig also was an associate at Proskauer Rose LLP in New York where he practiced in all areas of civil and criminal litigation. During law school, Jason also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York.