Raina Borrelli

Over the years, I have litigated class actions on behalf of consumers for a wide variety of legal violations including product mislabeling and false advertising, product liability, data breach, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), and state right to privacy laws. Representative cases include: 

Consumer Protection Cases

• In Spindler v. GM, LLC (N.D. Cal.) and Emmrich v. GM, LLC (N.D. Ill.), Turke & Strauss brought claims against General Motors for a defect that results in certain vehicles being unable to shift into park.
• In Hudock v. LG Electronics USA, Inc. (D. Minn.), I represented purchasers of certain LG LED televisions in litigation against LG Electronics USA, Inc. and Best Buy alleging that they falsely advertised the refresh rates of those televisions, in violation of state consumer protection statutes. 

TCPA

• I co-lead a team prosecuting TCPA claims in Baldwin v. Miracle-Ear, Inc. (D. Minn.) alleging that Miracle-Ear and its franchisee engaged in telemarketing in violation of the TCPA. 
• In Goodell v. Van Tuyl Group (D. Ariz.), Turke & Strauss is litigating TCPA claims against a Berkshire Hathaway company alleging that it engages in illegal telemarketing through its car dealerships in the Phoenix area.

BIPA

• Turke & Strauss is currently litigating BIPA claims against Respondus, Inc. and various Illinois universities that illegally captured college students’ biometric data when forced to sue remote proctoring for exams, including the following cases:

• • Bridges v. Respondus, Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
  • Patterson v. Respondus, Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
  • Harvey v. Resurrection University (N.D. Ill.)
  • Johnson v. Chamberlain (Cook County, Ill.)

Right to Privacy 

• Turke & Strauss is currently litigating right to privacy claims against various websites that use individuals’ personal information to advertise paid subscriptions to their websites, including classmates.com, zoominfo.com, and spokeo.com.:

• • Boshears v. PeopleConnect, Inc. (W.D. Wash.)
  • Martinez v. ZoomInfo, Inc. (W.D. Wash.)
  • Kellman v. Spokeo, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) 

Data Breach

• Turke & Strauss is currently litigating data breach cases on behalf of the victims of data breaches around the country, including in the following matters:

• • In re Netgain Data Breach (D. Minn.)
  • Benedetto v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas)
  • Daum v. K&B Surgical Center LLC (Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County) 

Prior to joining Turke & Strauss in 2021, I was an attorney at Gustafson Gluek, PLLC, a class action boutique in Minneapolis, Minnesota.