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Partner / Leader, Class Actions and Aggregate Litigation / Co-Leader, TCPA & Consumer Privacy Team
Dan Deane leads Nixon Peabody’s Class Actions and Aggregate Litigation, and TCPA and Consumer Privacy teams, and is a member of the firm’s Franchising & Distribution team. His practice focuses on representing businesses and individuals in high-exposure, complex civil and criminal litigation and investigations before state and federal courts, arbitral tribunals, and regulatory agencies.
Dan is also committed to providing pro bono legal services in furtherance of important social justice issues, including advocacy on behalf of abused and neglected children and disabled persons.
I focus on defending consumer-facing clients facing claims of unfair and deceptive practices, unfair debt collection practices, illegal marketing, and invasion of privacy. My strategies are calculated to avoid or minimize the disruption of costly class and aggregate litigation and I have a track record of securing efficient victories for clients by defeating class certification and enforcing contractual arbitration and class-waiver provisions. I have particular experience defending lenders, franchise concepts, and other consumer-facing businesses against claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), CAN-SPAM Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and similar state consumer protection laws.
My civil litigation practice includes frequent representation of franchise systems and franchisor clients in all manner of franchise-related litigation, including breach of contract, franchise terminations, enforcement of trademark rights and non-competition covenants, and defending against government enforcement actions and private class actions that threaten entire franchise systems.
I represent individuals and institutions involved in civil and criminal proceedings concerning claims of sexual misconduct, personal injury, discrimination, and other civil rights violations. I have also helped individuals and companies navigate through complex federal and state civil and criminal investigations, including against charges of mail and wire fraud and other alleged violations of federal and state laws.
I am a committed partner to Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New Hampshire, assisting for more than a dozen years in litigation and appeals to the New Hampshire Supreme Court in furtherance of their mission to advocate in the best interests of abused and neglected children. I also provide pro bono support to the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. Currently, I am a member of the NP team that has partnered with the AARP Foundation, the Disability Rights Center of New Hampshire, and New Hampshire Legal Assistance in bringing a class action against the New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services to ensure that a class of older adults and disabled persons are provided with the home and community-based care the State had promised to deliver to them under Medicaid’s CFI Waiver program.
I have an active appellate practice in state and federal appellate courts. I have briefed and argued before the First, Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth United States Courts of Appeal, as well as the New Hampshire and United States Supreme Courts.
Class action growth continues unabated, particularly alleged violations of consumer protection statutes that provide for statutory damages and claims that retailers induced consumers with false or misleading representations.
This article, focusing on roughly 600 New Hampshire residents at risk of losing at-home care in July if the state doesn’t increase its Medicaid-funded Choices for Independence (CFI) payments to providers, refers to a pending CFI federal lawsuit filed against the state Department of Health and Human Services by NP, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, Disability Rights Center – New Hampshire, and the AARP Foundation. The NP team involved in the case is led by Manchester Complex Disputes counsel Kierstan Schultz and includes Government Investigations & White-Collar Defense partner Mark Knights and Cybersecurity & Privacy partner Dan Deane, both of Manchester, and Complex Disputes associates Scott Dinner of Washington, DC and Tammy Nguyen of Chicago.
The NP team includes Complex Commercial Disputes partner Dan Deane, associate Kierstan Schultz and paralegal Sharon Willier, and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense partner Mark Knights, all of Manchester.
The NP team includes Complex Commercial Disputes partner Dan Deane, associate Kierstan Schultz and paralegal Sharon Willier, and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense partner Mark Knights, all of Manchester.
The NP team includes Complex Commercial Disputes partner Dan Deane, associate Kierstan Schultz and paralegal Sharon Willier, and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense partner Mark Knights, all of Manchester.
The NP team includes Complex Commercial Disputes partner Dan Deane, associate Kierstan Schultz and paralegal Sharon Willier, and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense partner Mark Knights, all of Manchester.
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Catholic University of America, J.D., magna cum laude
University of Connecticut, B.A., Journalism and Political Science
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