Melissa C. McLaughlin
Melissa McLaughlin is a member of Venable's Commercial Litigation group. She has experience defending clients in complex commercial cases and consumer class action litigation. Ms. McLaughlin frequently represents clients in matters involving trademark infringement and unfair competition claims.
Representative Clients
Ms. McLaughlin has represented companies across a wide variety of industries including consumer products and services, media and entertainment, healthcare, education and real estate.
Significant Matters
- Represented international retail company in multiple California class action lawsuits alleging violations of the Song Beverly Act for improperly collecting customer’s zip code information at point of sale.
- Defended consumer product company against claims of false advertising and California’s Unfair Competition Law (Business and Professions Code § 17200).
- Defended conference hosting organization against claims of false advertising, unfair competition, and trademark infringement.
- Defended real estate company against fraud and RICO claims and securities violations.
- Represented beauty product distributor in a breach of contract matter.
- Drafted settlement agreement for an A-list actor concerning various civil actions.
Activities
Ms. McLaughlin served as a Managing Editor for the
UCLA Law Review.