On April 2, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court extended the reach of Section 1964(c) of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act by holding that a plaintiff may seek treble damages for a business or property loss resulting from a personal injury. To learn more, please read our Client Alert From Capone to Corporations: Supreme Court Ruling on Civil RICO Claims Could Create Uptick in Personal Injury Lawsuits | Crowell & Moring LLP.

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Photo of Andrew Kaplan Andrew Kaplan

When products face high-stakes challenges from consumers and regulators, companies trust Andrew Kaplan for his business-grounded advice and effective litigation advocacy. Andrew has devoted more than 20 years to helping clients primarily in the medical device, pharmaceutical, and other U.S. Food and Drug

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When products face high-stakes challenges from consumers and regulators, companies trust Andrew Kaplan for his business-grounded advice and effective litigation advocacy. Andrew has devoted more than 20 years to helping clients primarily in the medical device, pharmaceutical, and other U.S. Food and Drug Administration-regulated arenas avoid risk and defend themselves from aggressive legal challenges.

Andrew Kaplan is a first-chair trial attorney who has led multiple jury and bench trials both in private practice and while serving in the Civil Division, Torts Branch, of the U.S. Department of Justice. He frequently represents clients as national, as well as international, coordinating counsel in mass tort litigation, including mass actions, class actions, and multidistrict litigation. Andrew currently represents clients in two of the largest pharmaceutical MDLs in the United States and is national counsel for two medical device manufacturers in their multistate dockets of product liability litigation. In this centralized role, Andrew helps clients develop and implement their litigation strategy while minimizing risk and maximizing consistency and efficiency, including identifying specific areas of need, such as regulatory compliance, government reporting, or public disclosures, and building a team with tailored experience. From a global perspective, these include anticipating the impacts of litigation and regulatory actions in individual countries on a company’s broader strategy.

Informed by his litigation experience, Andrew also counsels clients on risk mitigation and compliance programs. His practice focuses on product risk management issues and responding to related government civil enforcement actions. Through proactive risk management, Andrew has helped his clients avoid or lessen the impact of litigation.

Andrew is ranked by Chambers USA for Product Liability & Mass Torts-USA-Nationwide ranking. Chambers USA notes that Andrew is held in high regard for the caliber of his advocacy in product liability litigation. He also serves as co-chair of the firm’s Litigation Group.

Andrew maintains an active pro bono practice focused on representing victims of domestic violence in obtaining and enforcing civil protection orders.

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Photo of Emily Tucker Emily Tucker

Emily Tucker represents clients in a wide range of product liability matters, including in multidistrict litigation and class actions. Her work encompasses pharmaceutical and medical device matters impacting all members of the pharmaceutical supply chain, as well as counseling automotive and rail industry

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Emily Tucker represents clients in a wide range of product liability matters, including in multidistrict litigation and class actions. Her work encompasses pharmaceutical and medical device matters impacting all members of the pharmaceutical supply chain, as well as counseling automotive and rail industry clients through litigation and related appeals. Emily regularly applies her scientific background to her legal work, finding that her technical acumen provides a valuable perspective for matters and research involving technology, biology, and chemistry.

Emily’s maintains an active  pro bono practice, with a focus on landlord-tenant disputes.

Emily received her J.D., magna cum laude, from William & Mary Law School. While there, she was awarded the ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law, and she served as the director of outreach for the Student Intellectual Property Society. Emily received her B.S., magna cum laude, in chemical and biomolecular engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology

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Photo of Helena Alvarez Helena Alvarez

Helena Alvarez helps clients meet their legal and business objectives by counseling them on Antitrust & Competition and Mass Tort, Product & Consumer Litigation matters.

Helena supports clients on a wide variety of antitrust and competition issues. Her antitrust and competition representative experience

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Helena Alvarez helps clients meet their legal and business objectives by counseling them on Antitrust & Competition and Mass Tort, Product & Consumer Litigation matters.

Helena supports clients on a wide variety of antitrust and competition issues. Her antitrust and competition representative experience includes civil litigation, investigations, and transactions.

Within her torts practice, Helena assists clients in the pharmaceutical, consumer product, and transportation industries with their regulatory and litigation needs.

Helena maintains an active pro bono practice, primarily handling asylum matters.

Helena received her J.D., cum laude, from American University Washington College of Law. In law school, she was a student attorney in the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic and on the executive board of the American University Business Law Review. She earned her B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University.

Born and raised in El Salvador, Helena is a native Spanish speaker.

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