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Troy M. Yoshino

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A seasoned litigator, Troy defends class actions with a strategic and aggressive approach, aiming to get cases dropped or dismissed as early as possible and keep clients from repetitive suits.

Troy uses a big-picture lens to understand a plaintiff’s strategy and build consistent defenses that align with clients’ overall business needs. Troy moves strategically in motion practice, discovery, and all other phases of defense to present obstacles to plaintiffs in high-stakes cases.

Troy focuses his practice on defending class actions from consumer claims to employment, privacy, financial services, insurance, toxic torts, and more. He thoroughly assesses risk tolerance for clients and advises them on avoiding future claims. Troy is experienced in coordinating class action and complex proceedings, defending clients in multiple jurisdictions, and has handled appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court, federal circuits, and state appellate courts. In that capacity, he also regularly assists clients in the defense of proceedings that can or have given rise to class actions, such as federal, state, and local government enforcement matters and investigations, as well as proceedings in countries outside the United States.

Key Matters

Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.

  • Defended numerous leading products and services companies in many different class actions, multi-district litigation proceedings, and federal, state and local government investigations and enforcement matters, alleging claims under federal and state consumer-protection statutes, as well as warranty and privacy laws
  • Advised leading insurance companies on various aspects of coverage and underlying disputes arising from class action claims
  • Defended several Fortune 500 companies in numerous class actions and multi-plaintiff cases alleging violations of the Alien Tort Statute and other claims based on alleged human rights violations
  • Served as lead coordination counsel in multiple proceedings around the world involving class actions and other complex cases, for a variety of companies. 
  • Defended numerous significant employers in wage-and-hour and discrimination class actions
  • Represented a leading mortgage insurer in connection with multiple class action cases, investigations by federal and state authorities, and other proceedings alleging claims under truth-in-lending and debt-collection statutes, and other consumer protection laws
  • Defended several leading mortgage lenders and servicers in federal and state class actions, including multi-district litigation proceedings involving challenges to loan-origination and -servicing practices
  • Advised many clients on risk-avoidance and risk-management strategies relating to large exposure claims, including claims arising from complaints, governmental investigations, and other matters in areas ranging from mass production/marketing of consumer goods to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act issues
Reported Cases
  • Hamm, 2024 WL 3187364 (N.D. Cal. June 26, 2024) – granting summary judgment based on plaintiff’s failure to prove alleged concealed defect

  • Snowdy, 2024 WL 1366446 (D.N.J. Apr. 1, 2024) – granting motion to dismiss in putative nationwide class action alleging purported defect in electric drive units of electric vehicles sold by a leading global automotive manufacturer
  • Rose, 2023 WL 8544143 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 11, 2023) – dismissing class action on granting of a motion to compel individual arbitration where plaintiffs alleged claims based on the obsolescence of products that was caused by the “sunsetting” of the 3G cellular network
  • D’Haene v. BMW Canada, Inc., 2023 ONSC 6434 (Ontario Super. Nov. 16, 2023)—after granting of motion to dismiss in 2022, dismissal with prejudice of Takata airbag class action for no consideration 
  • Ponzio v. Pinon, 87 F.4th 487 (11th Cir. 2023) – affirming approval of a nationwide class settlement allowing for partial coverage of repair costs, subject to limitations that meant not necessarily all class members could make valid claims under the settlement
  • Corona, 2022 WL 17089814 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 28, 2022)—granting motion to dismiss for lack of standing
  • Envt’l Prot. Comm’n of Hillsborough Cnty., 2022 WL 4355666 (M.D. Fla. Sept. 20, 2022), aff’d, 2023 WL 4678978 (11th Cir. July 21, 2023)—affirming the favorable granting with prejudice of a motion to dismiss of alleged post-sale tampering claims based on claimed emissions issues
  • Asociación de Consumidores y Usuarios de la Argentina, No. 10838/2020 (Buenos Aires Com. Ct. July 15, 2022)—dismissing Takata airbag class action
  • In re German Auto. Mfrs. Antitrust Litig., No. 21-1382 (U.S. June 21, 2022), denied as to No. 20-17139 (9th Cir. Aug. 30, 2021 & Oct. 26, 2021), aff’d, 497 F. Supp. 3d 745 (N.D. Cal. 2020), 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57625 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 31, 2020), and 392 F. Supp. 3d 1059 (N.D. Cal. 2019)—granting and affirming motions to dismiss both federal and state antitrust-law claims in MDL proceeding consolidating 38 class actions
  • Guan, 2022 WL 17089817 (N.D. Cal. May 17, 2022)—granting motion to dismiss in class action, finding that extended-warranty-service campaign eliminated claims
  • Chubchai v. AbbVie, Inc., 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78635 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 21, 2022)—granting motion to dismiss in class action challenging CoolSculpting fat-reduction treatment
  • Pickens, 2021 WL 5050289 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 1, 2021) (granting motion to dismiss both fraud- and warranty-based claims in class action)
  • McAdams, 162. N.E.3d 755 (Ohio 2020)—decision by Ohio Supreme Court upholding opt-out determination by court adjudicating class action settlement, resulting in victory for client
  • In re Mercedes-Benz Emissions Litig., 797 F. App’x 695 (3rd Cir. 2020)—vacating prior adverse decision denying motion to compel arbitration
  • Garick, 790 F. App’x 230 (1st Cir. 2020), aff’d, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68241 (D. Mass. Mar. 29, 2019)—granting motion to dismiss with prejudice in fraud-based class action and then affirming result on appeal
  • Hamilton-Warwick v. Volkswagen Grp. of Am., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129797 (D. Minn. Aug. 2, 2018)—granting motion to dismiss environmental claims both on standing grounds and for failure to state a claim
  • Oppenheim, No. 18-3610 (C.D. Cal. July 31, 2018)—dismissal with prejudice of putative class allegations, after motion to dismiss filed
  • Luppino, 2017 WL 6015698 (3d Cir. Dec. 5, 2017), aff’d, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134733 (D.N.J. Aug. 10, 2016), and No. 16-8001 (3d Cir. Mar. 7, 2016), aff’d, No. 09-5582 (D.N.J. Dec. 22, 2015)—class certification and summary-judgment victories for client, affirmed on appeal
  • Nadeau, No. 37576 (Can. Sup. Ct. Sept. 21, 2017), aff’d, 2017 QCCA 470 (Quebec Ct. App. Mar. 24, 2017), aff’d, 2016 QCCS 7 (Quebec Super. Jan. 7, 2016)—victory for client at class-certification stage, affirmed at Supreme Court and Court of Appeal levels
  • In re Cont’l Airbag Prods. Liab. Litig., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 218094 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 20, 2017)—granting motion to dismiss, resulting in victory for client
  • In re Mercedes-Benz Emissions Litig., 2016 WL 7106020 (D.N.J. Dec. 6, 2016)—granting motion to dismiss on standing grounds
  • Ward v. Square, Inc. (S.F. Super. Dec. 17, 2015)—pre-pleading attack dismissal based on aggressive strategy
  • McCabe, 160 F. Supp. 3d 1337 (N.D. Ga. 2015)—summary judgment granted on remaining claims in false-advertising/alleged-concealed-defect class action, after dismissal of many claims on the pleadings in 948 F. Supp. 2d 1347 (N.D. Ga. 2013))
  • Weininger v. Implus, Case No. 15-1375 WHO (N.D. Cal. Apr. 10, 2015)—dismissal with prejudice based on lack of cognizable injury
  • Callaghan v. BMW of N. Am., 2014 WL 6629254 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 21, 2014), and 2014 WL 1340085 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 2, 2014) (dismissal of all claims at pleading stage, based upon plaintiffs’ failure to plead a plausible concealed defect)
  • Avedisian, 2014 WL 4452713 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 8, 2014)—granting summary judgment against fraud- and warranty-based claims, based upon plaintiffs’ failure to demonstrate safety issue
  • Sharma v. BMW of N. Am., LLC, 2014 WL 2795512 (N.D. Cal. June 19, 2014)—granting motion to dismiss fraud-based, warranty, and product-recall claims in alleged “concealed defect” class action
  • Becnel, 2014 WL 2506506 (E.D. La. June 3, 2014)—striking class allegations at the pleading stage in consumer class action alleging product liability-, fraud‑, and warranty-based claims
  • Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014); 644 F.3d 909 (9th Cir. 2011); 579 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 2009); 2007 WL 486389 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 12, 2007); and 2005 WL 3157472 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 22, 2005)—dismissal and ultimate affirmance on pleadings of claims under Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victims Protection Act
  • In re S. Afr. Apartheid Litig., 2013 WL 6813877 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 26, 2013), and 727 F.3d 174 (2d Cir. 2013)—dismissal following lengthy trial court and appellate proceedings, ultimately on grounds that Alien Tort Statute does not apply extraterritorially
  • Friedman, 2013 WL 8336127 (C.D. Cal. Jun 12, 2013)—granting motion to dismiss in false-advertising case, on standing and other grounds
  • Chan, 2012 U.S. Dist. Lexis 161716 (D.N.J. Nov. 9, 2012)—granting motion to dismiss all claims in putative class action; accepting several significant, developing arguments
  • Kas, No. 11-1032, Dkt. 298 (C.D. Cal. June 11, 2012)—dismissal with prejudice in putative class action, after both standing attacks and class-certification opposition filed
  • Aguiar v. Cal. Sierra Express, Inc., 2012 WL 1593202 (E.D. Cal May 4, 2012)—dismissal with prejudice of putative wage-and-hour class action on preemption and legal grounds
  • Cholakyan, 281 F.R.D. 534 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2012)—denying class certification in “concealed defect” case; precluding of expert declaration on Daubert grounds
  • Nirmul v. BMW of N. Am., LLC, 2011 WL 5195801 (D.N.J. Oct. 31, 2011)—lead coordination counsel securing dismissal of putative “concealed defect” class action on standing grounds
  • Suddreth, 2011 WL 5240965 (D.N.J. Oct. 31, 2011)—securing dismissal of putative “concealed defect” class action based on argument that such claims cannot be asserted on fraud- or warranty-based theories after expiration of product warranty
  • Hackett v. BMW of N. Am., 2011 WL 2647991 (N.D. III. June 30, 2011)—granting 12(b)(6) motion against consumer-fraud, unjust-enrichment, and implied-warranty claims in putative class action
  • Morrison v. Nat’l Austl. Bank, 561 U.S. 247 (2010)—amicus successfully urging jurisdictional limitations on extraterritorial application of securities laws
  • Tang v. CS Clean Sys. AG, 2010 WL 2766634 (Cal. App. July 14, 2010)—affirmance of forum non conveniens dismissal), and 2008 WL 5352253 (Cal. App. Dec. 23, 2008) (affirming set-aside of default judgment for failure to comply with Hague Convention
  • Velasquez v. R.C. Treatt & Co., 2009 WL 1887287 (Cal. App. July 2, 2009)—affirming dismissal on pleadings of product-liability claims asserting diacetyl exposure
  • Robinson, 2008 WL 728877 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 17, 2008)—granting motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction
  • ZAP, 2008 WL 451034 (Cal. App. Feb. 21, 2008)—affirming dismissal on pleadings of UCL and other business-tort claims
  • IFPTE Local 21, AFL-CIO v. Super. , 42 Cal. 4th 319 (Aug. 27, 2007)—amicus urging privacy interests
  • McCann v. Lucky Money, Inc., 129 Cal. App. 4th 1382 (May 9, 2005)—limiting duty of disclosure under UCL

  • Recognized in Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers” for Class Action Litigation, Privacy, Consumer Protection (2024–2025)
  • Recognized in The Legal 500 US for Transport: Rail and Road: Litigation and Regulation (2024) and as a “Key Lawyer” for Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Toxic Tort (2024)
  • Listed as a “Northern California Super Lawyer,” Super Lawyers (2011–2024)
  • Award Recipient, “Litigation of the Year” – Cartel Defence, Global Competition Review (GCR) Awards (2021)
  • Recognized as 2015 “Legal Elite: Class Action Defense Lawyer of the Year,” California, Corporate America Magazine

Troy is an active member in the following associations:

  • State Bar of California, Litigation and Antitrust & Unfair Competition Divisions
  • American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Class Actions Committee
  • California Minority Counsel Program
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Capabilities

Class Actions & Group Litigation
Commercial Litigation & Disputes
Advertising Litigation
Product Liability & Mass Torts
Privacy & Data Security
Appellate & Critical Motions
Labor & Employment
Antitrust/Competition
Compliance Programs
Automotive & Mobility
Medical Devices
Financial Services

Key Matters

Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.

  • Defended numerous leading products and services companies in many different class actions, multi-district litigation proceedings, and federal, state and local government investigations and enforcement matters, alleging claims under federal and state consumer-protection statutes, as well as warranty and privacy laws
  • Advised leading insurance companies on various aspects of coverage and underlying disputes arising from class action claims
  • Defended several Fortune 500 companies in numerous class actions and multi-plaintiff cases alleging violations of the Alien Tort Statute and other claims based on alleged human rights violations
  • Served as lead coordination counsel in multiple proceedings around the world involving class actions and other complex cases, for a variety of companies. 
  • Defended numerous significant employers in wage-and-hour and discrimination class actions
  • Represented a leading mortgage insurer in connection with multiple class action cases, investigations by federal and state authorities, and other proceedings alleging claims under truth-in-lending and debt-collection statutes, and other consumer protection laws
  • Defended several leading mortgage lenders and servicers in federal and state class actions, including multi-district litigation proceedings involving challenges to loan-origination and -servicing practices
  • Advised many clients on risk-avoidance and risk-management strategies relating to large exposure claims, including claims arising from complaints, governmental investigations, and other matters in areas ranging from mass production/marketing of consumer goods to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act issues
Reported Cases
  • Hamm, 2024 WL 3187364 (N.D. Cal. June 26, 2024) – granting summary judgment based on plaintiff’s failure to prove alleged concealed defect

  • Snowdy, 2024 WL 1366446 (D.N.J. Apr. 1, 2024) – granting motion to dismiss in putative nationwide class action alleging purported defect in electric drive units of electric vehicles sold by a leading global automotive manufacturer
  • Rose, 2023 WL 8544143 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 11, 2023) – dismissing class action on granting of a motion to compel individual arbitration where plaintiffs alleged claims based on the obsolescence of products that was caused by the “sunsetting” of the 3G cellular network
  • D’Haene v. BMW Canada, Inc., 2023 ONSC 6434 (Ontario Super. Nov. 16, 2023)—after granting of motion to dismiss in 2022, dismissal with prejudice of Takata airbag class action for no consideration 
  • Ponzio v. Pinon, 87 F.4th 487 (11th Cir. 2023) – affirming approval of a nationwide class settlement allowing for partial coverage of repair costs, subject to limitations that meant not necessarily all class members could make valid claims under the settlement
  • Corona, 2022 WL 17089814 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 28, 2022)—granting motion to dismiss for lack of standing
  • Envt’l Prot. Comm’n of Hillsborough Cnty., 2022 WL 4355666 (M.D. Fla. Sept. 20, 2022), aff’d, 2023 WL 4678978 (11th Cir. July 21, 2023)—affirming the favorable granting with prejudice of a motion to dismiss of alleged post-sale tampering claims based on claimed emissions issues
  • Asociación de Consumidores y Usuarios de la Argentina, No. 10838/2020 (Buenos Aires Com. Ct. July 15, 2022)—dismissing Takata airbag class action
  • In re German Auto. Mfrs. Antitrust Litig., No. 21-1382 (U.S. June 21, 2022), denied as to No. 20-17139 (9th Cir. Aug. 30, 2021 & Oct. 26, 2021), aff’d, 497 F. Supp. 3d 745 (N.D. Cal. 2020), 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57625 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 31, 2020), and 392 F. Supp. 3d 1059 (N.D. Cal. 2019)—granting and affirming motions to dismiss both federal and state antitrust-law claims in MDL proceeding consolidating 38 class actions
  • Guan, 2022 WL 17089817 (N.D. Cal. May 17, 2022)—granting motion to dismiss in class action, finding that extended-warranty-service campaign eliminated claims
  • Chubchai v. AbbVie, Inc., 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78635 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 21, 2022)—granting motion to dismiss in class action challenging CoolSculpting fat-reduction treatment
  • Pickens, 2021 WL 5050289 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 1, 2021) (granting motion to dismiss both fraud- and warranty-based claims in class action)
  • McAdams, 162. N.E.3d 755 (Ohio 2020)—decision by Ohio Supreme Court upholding opt-out determination by court adjudicating class action settlement, resulting in victory for client
  • In re Mercedes-Benz Emissions Litig., 797 F. App’x 695 (3rd Cir. 2020)—vacating prior adverse decision denying motion to compel arbitration
  • Garick, 790 F. App’x 230 (1st Cir. 2020), aff’d, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68241 (D. Mass. Mar. 29, 2019)—granting motion to dismiss with prejudice in fraud-based class action and then affirming result on appeal
  • Hamilton-Warwick v. Volkswagen Grp. of Am., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129797 (D. Minn. Aug. 2, 2018)—granting motion to dismiss environmental claims both on standing grounds and for failure to state a claim
  • Oppenheim, No. 18-3610 (C.D. Cal. July 31, 2018)—dismissal with prejudice of putative class allegations, after motion to dismiss filed
  • Luppino, 2017 WL 6015698 (3d Cir. Dec. 5, 2017), aff’d, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134733 (D.N.J. Aug. 10, 2016), and No. 16-8001 (3d Cir. Mar. 7, 2016), aff’d, No. 09-5582 (D.N.J. Dec. 22, 2015)—class certification and summary-judgment victories for client, affirmed on appeal
  • Nadeau, No. 37576 (Can. Sup. Ct. Sept. 21, 2017), aff’d, 2017 QCCA 470 (Quebec Ct. App. Mar. 24, 2017), aff’d, 2016 QCCS 7 (Quebec Super. Jan. 7, 2016)—victory for client at class-certification stage, affirmed at Supreme Court and Court of Appeal levels
  • In re Cont’l Airbag Prods. Liab. Litig., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 218094 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 20, 2017)—granting motion to dismiss, resulting in victory for client
  • In re Mercedes-Benz Emissions Litig., 2016 WL 7106020 (D.N.J. Dec. 6, 2016)—granting motion to dismiss on standing grounds
  • Ward v. Square, Inc. (S.F. Super. Dec. 17, 2015)—pre-pleading attack dismissal based on aggressive strategy
  • McCabe, 160 F. Supp. 3d 1337 (N.D. Ga. 2015)—summary judgment granted on remaining claims in false-advertising/alleged-concealed-defect class action, after dismissal of many claims on the pleadings in 948 F. Supp. 2d 1347 (N.D. Ga. 2013))
  • Weininger v. Implus, Case No. 15-1375 WHO (N.D. Cal. Apr. 10, 2015)—dismissal with prejudice based on lack of cognizable injury
  • Callaghan v. BMW of N. Am., 2014 WL 6629254 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 21, 2014), and 2014 WL 1340085 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 2, 2014) (dismissal of all claims at pleading stage, based upon plaintiffs’ failure to plead a plausible concealed defect)
  • Avedisian, 2014 WL 4452713 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 8, 2014)—granting summary judgment against fraud- and warranty-based claims, based upon plaintiffs’ failure to demonstrate safety issue
  • Sharma v. BMW of N. Am., LLC, 2014 WL 2795512 (N.D. Cal. June 19, 2014)—granting motion to dismiss fraud-based, warranty, and product-recall claims in alleged “concealed defect” class action
  • Becnel, 2014 WL 2506506 (E.D. La. June 3, 2014)—striking class allegations at the pleading stage in consumer class action alleging product liability-, fraud‑, and warranty-based claims
  • Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014); 644 F.3d 909 (9th Cir. 2011); 579 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 2009); 2007 WL 486389 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 12, 2007); and 2005 WL 3157472 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 22, 2005)—dismissal and ultimate affirmance on pleadings of claims under Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victims Protection Act
  • In re S. Afr. Apartheid Litig., 2013 WL 6813877 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 26, 2013), and 727 F.3d 174 (2d Cir. 2013)—dismissal following lengthy trial court and appellate proceedings, ultimately on grounds that Alien Tort Statute does not apply extraterritorially
  • Friedman, 2013 WL 8336127 (C.D. Cal. Jun 12, 2013)—granting motion to dismiss in false-advertising case, on standing and other grounds
  • Chan, 2012 U.S. Dist. Lexis 161716 (D.N.J. Nov. 9, 2012)—granting motion to dismiss all claims in putative class action; accepting several significant, developing arguments
  • Kas, No. 11-1032, Dkt. 298 (C.D. Cal. June 11, 2012)—dismissal with prejudice in putative class action, after both standing attacks and class-certification opposition filed
  • Aguiar v. Cal. Sierra Express, Inc., 2012 WL 1593202 (E.D. Cal May 4, 2012)—dismissal with prejudice of putative wage-and-hour class action on preemption and legal grounds
  • Cholakyan, 281 F.R.D. 534 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2012)—denying class certification in “concealed defect” case; precluding of expert declaration on Daubert grounds
  • Nirmul v. BMW of N. Am., LLC, 2011 WL 5195801 (D.N.J. Oct. 31, 2011)—lead coordination counsel securing dismissal of putative “concealed defect” class action on standing grounds
  • Suddreth, 2011 WL 5240965 (D.N.J. Oct. 31, 2011)—securing dismissal of putative “concealed defect” class action based on argument that such claims cannot be asserted on fraud- or warranty-based theories after expiration of product warranty
  • Hackett v. BMW of N. Am., 2011 WL 2647991 (N.D. III. June 30, 2011)—granting 12(b)(6) motion against consumer-fraud, unjust-enrichment, and implied-warranty claims in putative class action
  • Morrison v. Nat’l Austl. Bank, 561 U.S. 247 (2010)—amicus successfully urging jurisdictional limitations on extraterritorial application of securities laws
  • Tang v. CS Clean Sys. AG, 2010 WL 2766634 (Cal. App. July 14, 2010)—affirmance of forum non conveniens dismissal), and 2008 WL 5352253 (Cal. App. Dec. 23, 2008) (affirming set-aside of default judgment for failure to comply with Hague Convention
  • Velasquez v. R.C. Treatt & Co., 2009 WL 1887287 (Cal. App. July 2, 2009)—affirming dismissal on pleadings of product-liability claims asserting diacetyl exposure
  • Robinson, 2008 WL 728877 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 17, 2008)—granting motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction
  • ZAP, 2008 WL 451034 (Cal. App. Feb. 21, 2008)—affirming dismissal on pleadings of UCL and other business-tort claims
  • IFPTE Local 21, AFL-CIO v. Super. , 42 Cal. 4th 319 (Aug. 27, 2007)—amicus urging privacy interests
  • McCann v. Lucky Money, Inc., 129 Cal. App. 4th 1382 (May 9, 2005)—limiting duty of disclosure under UCL

Credentials

Education

Troy received his B.A., cum laude, in science, technology, and public policy analysis from Pomona College in 1995. He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan in 1998.

    Admissions
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    Class Actions & Group Litigation
    Commercial Litigation & Disputes
    Advertising Litigation
    Product Liability & Mass Torts
    Privacy & Data Security
    Appellate & Critical Motions
    Labor & Employment
    Antitrust/Competition
    Compliance Programs
    Automotive & Mobility
    Medical Devices
    Financial Services
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