Renner K. Walker

EXPERIENCE

Environmental and Products Liability

• SCWA v. Dow, et al. – Environmental case on behalf of the largest public water supplier in the country against the manufacturers and distributors of products containing toxic chemicals for contamination of the local public drinking water.
• Boothe Farms, Inc. et al. v. The Dow Chemical Co. et al. – Renner represented a putative class of farmers who purchased and applied a defective herbicide on their rice fields, suffering substantial yield losses.
• Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, et al. v. Dow Chemical Co., et al. – Environmental litigation on behalf of the State of New Jersey against the manufacturers of the toxic chemical 1,4-dioxane for contamination of the State’s natural resources and drinking water supply, as well as deceptive and fraudulent business practices regarding the sale of 1,4-dioxane products to industrial facilities and New Jersey consumers.

Technology & Data Breach

• In re: T-Mobile Customer Data Security Breach Litigation MDL – Representing a class of plaintiffs, whose data was exposed during a 2021 breach, securing a $350 million settlement and an agreement to increase data security spending by $150 million over the next two years, one of the largest per capita settlements ever reached in a large data breach.

Commercial & Financial Disputes

• Commonwealth of Virginia, ex. rel. Joshua Harman, v. Trinity Industries, Inc. – Renner represents a whistleblower who has brought claims on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia alleging fraudulent sales of guardrail end terminals in violation of Virginia’s Fraud Against Taxpayer’s Act.

Antitrust/Competition

• In re Automatic Card Shufflers Litigation –  Represents a class of casino operators that purchased automated deck shufflers at an artificially high price because of defendants’ monopolization of the market through abuse of the patent system and judicial process to exclude and drive out competitors.