Ruth Dapper

Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Experience 

• Defended leading life sciences company in federal and California Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings lawsuits arising out of a permanent medical device, including on development of regulatory experts, medical experts, and strategic resolution of tens of thousands of claims
• Defended global pharmaceutical company against litigation involving thousands of claims and medical monitoring and consumer fraud class actions
• Defended global pharmaceutical manufacturer in licensing dispute relating to use of cell line, including international depositions
• Defended pharmaceutical company in consumer class action litigation relating to over-the-counter product

Other Complex Litigation Experience 

• Obtained summary judgment for a national technology company in a putative class action asserting federal and state claims in federal court
• Defeated class certification in lawsuit alleging state and federal claims against government contractor in federal court
• Represented national transportation company in defeating class certification in a putative state-wide class action
• Represented national retailer in obtaining summary judgment in a putative state-wide class action in state court
• Obtained summary judgment in arbitration, dismissing all claims against multiple education institutions

• Co-Author, "Sonner v. Premier Nutrition Corp.: Federal Common Law's Limitation of California UCL and CLRA Equitable Restitution," Notre Dame Law Review Reflection, 2021
• Author, "Judicial Profile: Magistrate Judge Karen S. Crawford," The Federal Lawyer, 2016
• Author, "A Judge By Any Other Name? Mistitling of the United States Magistrate Judge," 9 FED. CTS. L. REV. 1, 2015
• Co-Author, "Using Technology to "Ramp" Accessibility Barriers in the Legal Profession," The Bencher, 2015