• Represented the receiver ad litem in a hedge fund fraud case that recovered $250 million in damages for investors.
• Represented leading metropolitan newspapers, reporters and editors in multiple cases involving defamation/first amendment issues.
• Represented employers and employees in matters involving misappropriation and protection of trade secrets, enforcement of restrictive covenants, unfair competition and corporate raiding.

CLASS ACTION MATTERS

• Obtained dismissal of a putative nationwide consumer class action alleging violations of Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (“UTPCPL”) and the Fair Credit Extension Uniformity Act (“FCEUA”).
• Recently participated in oral argument before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on issues certified from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the scope of the UTPCPL.
• Defended entities in class actions alleging violations of RESPA, the Mortgage Satisfaction Act (“MSA”) and breach of contract claims.
• Defended loan servicers and lending institutions in multiple class actions alleging violations of FDCPA and various state consumer protection statutes.
• Recently obtained order denying class certification of class of persons alleging FDCPA and Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act.
• Defended mortgage loan servicers and banks against several borrower class actions alleging that notes and mortgages were unenforceable based on the statutes of limitations and/or repose.
• Obtained a denial of class certification based on the inadequacy of counsel in an FDCPA class action.
• Represented the CEO of a Fortune 500 food, facilities, and clothing provider in class action litigation relating to a proposed $22 billion going-private transaction.
• Represented a Philadelphia health insurance company and its subsidiaries in complex individual and class action litigation arising out of the misrepresentation by a physician of his psychiatric credentials.

• Case

  Blank Rome Secures Appellate Court Affirmance of a Landmark Defense Verdict for NCAA in Ex-Athlete Concussion Case

  January 2021

  Arthur W. Hankin, Laurence S. Shtasel, Lewis W. Schlossberg, Laura E. Vendzules, Joel Michel, Jane Thomas

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  Emerging Litigation and Employment Issues for In-House Counsel

  November 15, 2019

  Roy W. Arnold, Gregory M. Bordo, Bridget Mayer Briggs, Jayme L. Butcher, Leigh Ann Buziak, Edward N. Cahn

• Alert

  Florida Supreme Court Holds that Statute of Limitations does not Bar Successive Mortgage Foreclosure Actions

  Consumer Finance Litigation November 2016 (No. 9)

  Wayne Streibich, Laura E. Vendzules, Francis X. Crowley, Edward W. Chang

• Alert

  Ninth Circuit Holds Non-Judicial Foreclosure of Deed of Trust Is Not Debt Collection under the FDCPA

  Consumer Finance Litigation October 2016 (No. 8)

  Wayne Streibich, Laura E. Vendzules, Francis X. Crowley, Cheryl S. Chang, Diana M. Eng, Joshua A. Huber

• Alert

  Beyond the Constitutionality of the CFPB: D.C. Circuit Decision Limits Scope of Fines and Enforcement Actions

  Consumer Finance Litigation October 2016 (No. 7)

  Wayne Streibich, Laura E. Vendzules, Francis X. Crowley, Edward W. Chang, Diana M. Eng

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  Blank Rome’s Laura Vendzules Named 2016 “Top Woman in Law” by The Legal Intelligencer

  September 2016

  Laura E. Vendzules

• Alert

  Ninth Circuit Case of First Impression Holds That FDCPA Notice Requirement Applies to Subsequent Collectors of Same Debt

  Consumer Finance Litigation July 2016 (No. 6)

  Wayne Streibich, Laura E. Vendzules, Francis X. Crowley, Cheryl S. Chang, Diana M. Eng

• Alert

  U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear National Bank Act Preemption Case

  Consumer Finance Litigation July 2016 (No. 5)

  Wayne Streibich, Francis X. Crowley, Laura E. Vendzules, Diana M. Eng

• Article

  Fla. Appeals Court Resets Clock On Successive Foreclosures

  Law360 April 20, 2016

  Francis X. Crowley, Wayne Streibich, Laura E. Vendzules

• Alert

  Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal Reverses Earlier Decision in Beauvais and Holds That Statute of Limitations Does Not Bar a Subsequent Foreclosure Action Based on a Later Default

  Consumer Finance Litigation April 2016 (No. 4)

  Wayne Streibich, Laura E. Vendzules, Francis X. Crowley

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• 2016 recipient of "Top Woman in Law," from The Legal Intelligencer
• 2014 recipient of "Leadership Excellence in Law" Award from the National Diversity Council
• AV® Preeminent™, listed by Martindale-Hubbell

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association

Laura is a former member of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group and the Support Center for Child Advocates.

Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court - Western District of Pennsylvania
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Education

• Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey at Camden, BA, magna cum laude
• Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, JD