MacNeal, Stacey R.

Margaret Lyle defends consumer and mass tort class actions and represents technology companies in complex litigation over patents, technology transfers, and license agreements. She has defeated proposed class actions under state consumer protection statutes and under common law theories of fraud, unjust enrichment, conspiracy, products liability, medical monitoring, and toxic exposure. She also has successfully defended proposed class actions brought under federal statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, the Credit Repair Organizations Act, and RICO.

Margaret's class action experience includes defending Computer Sciences Corporation in litigation over its insurance software, the Washington Division of URS Corp. in litigation over the New Orleans flooding following Hurricane Katrina, and Experian in lawsuits involving privacy, internet marketing, and statutory consumer claims. She represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in more than 30 proposed class actions across the country, including cases of first impression in Nevada and Oregon, where the state supreme courts rejected a medical monitoring tort. She also has represented IBM, Texas Instruments, and other industry-leading companies in intellectual property cases.

Margaret serves as a programming chair for the ABA's Class Action and Derivative Suits Committee and as an editor for the ABA Woman Advocate Committee newsletter. She also has served on the panel of practitioner contributors to Black's Law Dictionary and has authored seminar materials on class actions and on medical monitoring claims. She is a member of the Dallas Bar Association and Attorneys Serving the Community.