Timothy N. Mathews is a partner in the Haverford office.  Tim represents plaintiffs in securities, consumer fraud, antitrust, ERISA, tax refund, and shareholder derivative actions in federal and state courts across the country.  He has substantial appellate experience in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, and Ninth Circuits, and the Supreme Court of California and he serves on the Amicus Committee for the National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys (NASCAT).  A few of his representative cases include:

• In re Mutual Funds Investment Litigation (MDL 04-1586) – Tim played a prominent role in this multidistrict litigation in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland involving the  mutual fund “market timing” scandal of 2003.  The plaintiffs alleged that certain mutual fund management companies had secretly allowed hedge funds to violate frequent trading rules in order to skim illegal profits from the mutual funds. The litigation involved eighteen mutual fund companies and hundreds of parties, and resulted in numerous published decisions and settlements totaling over $250 million.
• In re Apple iPhone/iPod Warranty Litigation – Tim has had a central role in prosecuting this lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of iPhone and iPod Touch owners whose warranty claims were denied based on “liquid contact indicators,” small pieces of tape that turn red when exposed to liquid that Apple places in headphone jacks and docking ports of the devices.  The plaintiffs allege that, because these indicators are placed on surfaces that are exposed to ambient moisture, they are subject to false positives and should not have been used as a basis to deny warranty claims.
• California Tax Refund Actions – (Ardon v. City of Los Angeles, McWilliams v. Long Beach, and Granados v. County of Los Angeles) – In these three related cases, plaintiffs seek refunds of utility users taxes collected on long distance and “bundled” telephone services that were improperly collected by the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, and the City of Long Beach.  In 2011, plaintiffs won an appeal in the Supreme Court of California on one of the central issues in the cases, which decided that taxpayers are entitled to file class claims for refunds of telephone taxes under the California Government Code.
• International Fibercom – D&O Insurance Actions – Tim has had a central role in prosecuting several related actions in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona seeking to recover a securities fraud judgment from several Director’s and Officer’s Liability insurers, including prosecuting an appeal in the Ninth Circuit and several actions and garnishment proceedings in the District of Arizona. The first layer carrier settled for the full balance of its policy limits, and an action against the second layer carrier is pending.
• Alberton v. Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co. – Tim has played a prominent role in this certified class action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania where Plaintiffs allege that Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company and its agents overcharged homeowners for title insurance policies by failing to provide refinance and reissue rate discounts as required by law.
• In re Live Concert Antirust, MDL 1745 – Tim has provided significant assistance to lead counsel in this pending class action in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging that Clear Channel and its affiliates monopolized and attempted to monopolize the markets for live concerts and concert tickets by, inter alia, leveraging their position in radio markets to coerce performers to use their concert promotion services.
• In re natural Gas Commodity Litigation – Tim assisted lead counsel in prosecuting this multidistrict litigation alleging manipulation of the price of natural gas futures contracts which resulted in over $100 million in settlements.

Tim resides in Wynnewood, PA with his wife and two children.