Barry Goheen | Atlanta Business Lawyer

Class Actions

Mr. Goheen has served as lead or co-counsel in over 50 class actions in all areas of the law, including antitrust, financial products and services, securities fraud, consumer protection, privacy/data breach, product liability and general commercial disputes in state and federal courts representing such clients as The Coca-Cola Company, SunTrust Banks, Priority Payment Systems, Post Properties, Equifax, GreenSky, Aaron’s, Chico’s, SCANA, Humana, Bank of America, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company, 3M, Wal-Mart, and Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Author, “Disproportionate or Bankrupting Liability in FCRA Class Actions Remains an Uncertain Class Certification Issue,” Consumer Fin. Services Law Report, Vol. 14, Iss. 24 (1/19/11);

Co-Author, “The Credit Card Accountability and Disclosure Act of and Other Recent Lead Developments Affecting Consumer Class Actions in the Financial Services Industry,” Journal of Taxation and Regulation of Financial Institutions, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Sept./Oct. );

2009 / 2011

Panelist, “Consumer Finance Class Actions: FCRA and FACTA,” Strafford, March ;

2012

Panelist, “Data Breaches – Coming to a Network Near You,” Chartis, Houston, Texas, October ;

2011

Speaker, “FACTA and the Dodd Frank Act,” The Knowledge Congress, November ;

2012

* Panelist, Cybersecurity Law & Policy In-House Summit, Global Law Forum, Washington, D.C., January;

2014

Co-Author, “Target and Neiman Marcus face government probes and litigation as a result of holiday-season cyberattacks,” lexology.com, February 3, ;

2014

Speaker, “Class Action Efforts Based on Data Thefts and Security Breaches,” State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, September ;

2014

Author, “Standing to sue for risk of identity theft based on the compromise of personal identifying information,” Financier Worldwide, December ;

2014

Quoted, “Target’s data breach liabilities mount as credit card issuers’ suit proceeds,” businessinsurance.com, January 4, ;

2015

Author, “Target data breach class actions withstand dismissal,” financierworldwide.com, Expert Briefing, March ;

2015

Quoted, “Justices Should Weigh in on Standing Issue in Breach Class Action, Former Judge Says,” Bloomberg/BNA Class Action Litigation Report, 4/25/15 (16 CLASS 464);

Author, “Expert Q&A on Standing in Data Breach Class Actions,” Practical Law, April/May ;

2015

Quoted, “Why So Many Data Breach Lawsuits Fail,” bankinfosecurity.com, May 11, ;

2015

Quoted, “Target, MasterCard settlement not a sure thing,” businessinsurance.com, May 12, ;

2015

Author, “Supreme Court Prepares to Weigh FCRA and ‘Actual Injury,’” Corporate Counsel, corporatecounsel.com, June 23, ;

2015

Author, “Supreme Court to decide whether Congress may confer standing on consumers to sue for statutory violations in the absence of actual harm,” financierworldwide.com, Expert Briefing, July ;

2015

Speaker, “Standing and the Requirement of Injury in Class Actions,” State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, September ;

2015

Speaker, “Increased FCRA Background Check Litigation – How Employers Reduce Risk in ,” The Knowledge Congress, December ;

2016 / 2015

Panelist, “FCRA Class Actions in Employment on the Rise: Avoiding and Defending Claims,” Strafford, January ;

2016

Speaker, 24th National Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation, American Conference Institute, January ;

2016

Co-Author, “Cybersecurity Considerations for Real Estate Investment Firms,” PREA Quarterly, Spring ;

2016

Speaker, “Ascertainability: Rule 23’s Latest Battleground,” State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, September ;

2016

Co-Author, “Challenge