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Maeve McBride

Maeve McBride is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office. She is a member of the Class Action and Insurance Recovery Practice Groups. She also assists with mass arbitration matters.

Maeve maintains an active pro bono practice with a focus on religious freedom and human rights.

Prior to law school, Maeve was a Teachers Aide in Toledo, Ohio.

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Plaintiffs in Kurtz v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, — F.4th —-, 2025 WL 1802667 (2d. Cir. 2025), asserted false advertising claims against a manufacturer of flushable wipes, alleging that they paid a price premium based on the representation that the wipes were “flushable” when they in fact allegedly caused plumbing damage. 

The district court granted preliminary approval for a “claims made” settlement for up to $20 million in compensation to the class.  At the claim filing deadline, only $1 million had been claimed.  After fairness hearings, the district court approved the class settlement and later approved $3.1 million in attorneys’ fees for class counsel.  A class member objected to the settlement, arguing that a disproportionate amount of the total recovery went to class counsel instead of the class.Continue Reading Second Circuit Clarifies Analysis of Attorneys’ Fees in Class Action Settlement

In Speerly v. General Motors, LLC, — F.4th —-, 2025 WL 1775640 (6th Cir. June 27, 2025) (en banc), the Sixth Circuit made it harder for plaintiffs to certify a class with multiple state-law causes of action and multiple subclasses when it vacated a district court order certifying multiple state-specific subclasses of automotive purchasers.Continue Reading En Banc Sixth Circuit Criticizes Certification of Multi-State Class

Companies whose agreements with consumers contain an arbitration clause that delegates certain decisions to an arbitrator to resolve should be mindful of a recent Fourth Circuit decision clarifying what disputes may be resolved by a court and what disputes may be resolved by an arbitrator.

In Modern Perfection, LLC v. Bank of America, N.A., — F. 4th –, 2025 WL 77181 (4th Cir. 2025), plaintiffs entered into two contracts with a financial institution:  a deposit agreement that contained an arbitration provision, and a promissory note related to a loan program that did not.  Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the financial institution, and the institution sought to enforce its arbitration provision. Continue Reading A Closer Look: Fourth Circuit Upholds Unambiguous Delegation Clause post- Coinbase