Amy P. Lally

• Prevailed on a motion to compel arbitration in the Central District of California against a putative class action asserting breach of contract, fraud and unfair business practices (Section 17200) claims against a cable service provider.
• Obtained dismissal of RICO class action in the Northern District of California against defendants, including a national clothing retailer, alleging that an anti-shoplifting recidivism program constituted extortion. 
• Defeated TCPA class action in the Central District of California challenging call to action text marketing campaigns.
• Obtained a dismissal of putative class action against a national retailer challenging outlet store pricing under Business & Professions Code Section 17501.
• Prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in the Central District of California against a putative false advertising class action regarding homeopathic cold and flu remedies. 
• Motion to dismiss granted in the Northern District of California on a putative false advertising class action regarding personal care products. 
• Negotiated several favorable single-plaintiff settlements in putative false advertising class actions against the cosmetics industry. 
• Obtained Court dismissal of a putative class action alleging claims arising under California laws on gift certificates, liquidated damages, unconscionability, Section 17200 (unfair business practices), Section 17500 (false advertising) and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act. 
• Lead trial counsel for two dietary supplement companies in a Proposition 65 lawsuit asserting failure to warn with respect to certain dietary supplements. The court ruled in favor of dietary supplement companies on all issues in the bifurcated trial. 
• Trial counsel for Pacific Gas & Electric Company in a lawsuit with co-plaintiffs Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and the State of California seeking to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in wholesale electricity overcharges from governmental entity defendants that sold power into the California markets during the Energy Crisis. The court found in favor of Pacific Gas and Electric and the other plaintiffs. 
• Defeated class certification in a putative class action asserting breach of contract, fraud and unfair business practices (Section 17200) claims against a large on-line food ordering service.  
• Representation of seven vitamin manufacturers and liaison counsel to all defendants in the industry in a Proposition 65 lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General and six district attorneys against 45 defendants. 
• Several representations of consumer product manufacturers and retailers and consumer service companies in putative class actions arising out of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).
• Obtained summary judgment for an oil & gas company in two concurrent lawsuits, a putative class action of all branded service station franchisees in California and a non-class action brought by nearly two dozen franchisees, alleging a violation of the franchisees’ right of first refusal to purchase their stations and various purported unfair business practices in the pricing of gasoline and the implementation of the franchise agreement. Both summary judgments were affirmed on appeal. 
• Lead counsel in multiple putative class actions brought against national consumer products retailers alleging privacy violations of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act in connection with credit card transactions. 
• Obtained court dismissal for AIG Retirement Services Inc. in a lawsuit brought by Brill Media Company LLC and its affiliates seeking more than $75 million in damages in claims arising out of Brill Media’s bankruptcy. 
• Multiple representations of lenders in actions for foreclosure and breaches of guaranty agreements in connection with loans secured by real property located throughout California and involving a wide variety of businesses including nursing homes, casinos, hotels, restaurants and residential developments.

Amy maintains an active pro bono practice. Most recently, she led a large cross-office Sidley team working alongside pro bono partner Public Counsel to seek a preliminary injunction requiring the government to provide mental health services to a putative class of immigrant families separated upon entry into the United States. On November 6, 2019, in a groundbreaking 50-page order, Judge Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted the preliminary injunction and certified the class, requiring mental health screenings and treatment to help separated family members begin to address the severe and ongoing trauma associated with family separation. As a result of her work and on behalf of the team, Amy accepted the 2019 Public Counsel Pro Bono award in honor and recognition of Sidley’s efforts on this matter.

• Member, Steering Committee, Cambridge Food Law Forum  
• Member, Board of Governors, USC Institute for Corporate Counsel 
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America (2016)
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Member, Trial Law Institute (2015–2016)
• Member, Women Lawyers Association Los Angeles
• Director, Palisades Enrichment Programs (2012–2016)
• Director, Western Center on Law and Poverty (2010–2015)