Overview
Caitlin Saladrigas is a seasoned and agile litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's West Palm Beach office. Ms. Saladrigas represents organizations nationwide and across industries in high-stakes privacy and antitrust matters. She has a strong background in bet-the-company disputes and class action defense, having litigated novel claims and spearheaded expansive, document-intensive fact investigative efforts.
Ms. Saladrigas has robust experience defending and resolving data privacy class actions and related disputes. In that regard, she has represented hospital systems, healthcare providers, medical device manufacturers, media companies, private equity funds and cable providers, among others, in privacy class actions and related lawsuits around the country. Ms. Saladrigas is also frequently retained to resolve contract and other business-to-business disputes arising in the aftermath of a data incident or related litigation.
In addition, Ms. Saladrigas represents clients across industries in pursuing and defending claims under federal antitrust laws in courts around the country, including in, but not limited to, algorithmic collusion, information sharing, group boycott and monopolization claims. She is an active member of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Antitrust Section and regularly contributes thought leadership on emerging antitrust issues to assist organizations in navigating the current and changing enforcement climate.
More broadly, Ms. Saladrigas has extensive experience litigating complex business disputes nationally on behalf of institutional plaintiffs in the healthcare industry, with an emphasis on claims involving business torts and unfair and deceptive trade practices. Her experience extends beyond litigation to include counseling clients through investigating potential exposure to fraudulent business practices, including leading investigations and developing corporate investigative strategies and best practices in identifying fraudulent conduct.
Representative Experience
- Representing a Fortune 50 company in defending more than two dozen class actions arising from a data security incident and implicating novel claims under the federal Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984
- Obtained dismissal of a class action complaint against a leading medical device manufacturer alleging state and federal wiretap violations related to alleged use of tracking technologies on the company's public-facing website
- Obtained dismissal of claims against a payment processor agent arising from a business email compromise in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- Successfully resolved a data breach class action against a national pharmacy retailer on behalf of a nationwide class action
- Obtained dismissal of a consolidated class action complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against audiology and vision networks arising from a data breach involving disclosure of protected health information (PHI) and personal identifying information (PII) affecting more than 4 million patients
- Resolution of multiple data breach class action complaints filed in Florida state court on behalf of a behavioral health provider involving alleged disclosure of PHI
- Represent media companies in the U.S. District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of California and U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in class actions alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)
- Represented a healthcare provider in a class action alleging violations of a state wiretap statute (CIPA) based on the client's alleged use of a third-party tracker inside its patient portal; secured individual dismissal before a responsive pleading filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Counseled a Fortune 50 company in an incident response related to a data incident affecting employees
- Defended a website tracking and analytics provider in responding to multiple subpoenas related to litigation implicating the company's services
- Counseled a private equity fund through resolution of high-stakes class actions arising from a data incident involving alleged disclosure of PHI and PII
- Obtained dismissal of a sugar refinery from price fixing and information sharing in multidistrict litigation (MDL)
- Defended dismissal motions on behalf of a poultry industry client on claims of illegal group boycott, monopolization by a vertically integrated competitor and conspiracy to monopolize
- Represented a yacht brokerage association in a class action case alleging conspiracy among yacht brokers, yacht listing services and yacht brokerage associations to inflate yacht brokerage commissions
- Defended a client against antitrust group boycott claims brought by a rival political organization
- Representing two multifamily apartment owners in a case alleging "collusion by algorithm" based on use by competitors of the same pricing software
- Defended numerous subpoenas related to an internet search and ad technology antitrust litigation
- Represented a property and casualty insurance carrier in a declaratory relief claim under the Illinois Health Care Lien Act in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Represented an international cruise line in claims under the federal Helms-Burton Act
- Successfully obtained summary judgment in favor of a plaintiff insurer in federal court on claims for violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FDUTPA), as well as unjust enrichment and declaratory relief against multiple clinics and their respective owners and medical directors regarding a scheme to fraudulently obtain insurance benefits
- Successful representation of a national health insurance company in federal court against claims from healthcare providers seeking multimillion-dollar damages and counterclaims under the FDUTPA, common law and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Successfully obtained a favorable settlement on behalf of a property and casualty insurance company in a federal litigation matter against a chiropractic practice that uniformly treated auto accident patients and improperly overbilled the patients for their treatment to maximize profits by exhausting the patients' personal injury protection (PIP) insurance
- Represented the nation's largest property and casualty insurance company in federal court in the first attempt by the insurance sector to sue a medical legal referral service in connection with the submission of alleged fraudulent claims in violation of Florida's self-referral laws
- Negotiated a favorable settlement with a device manufacturer to avoid unnecessary litigation relating to hundreds of claims for insurance benefits
- Represented a U.S. airline parts supplier in an investigation and resolution of a dispute related to non-payment by an international airline
- Investigated a substance abuse facility's fraudulent insurance claims submitted to a regional insurer, ultimately leading to a suit against the insurer to be dropped
- Counseled a client subjected to a published investigative report reflecting allegations of fraud through successful resolution of the client's related defamation claim
Credentials
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
- Florida Atlantic University, B.A., Wilkes Honors College, cum laude
- Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Florida Bar Federal Court Practice Committee
- National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), Women in Litigation Affinity Group, Co-Chair, 2023-Present
- Sedona Conference, Working Group 11, 2021-2023
- Florida Atlantic University, Wilkes Honors College, Advisory Council Member, 2016-2022
- Florida Atlantic University, Wilkes Honors College Alumni Association, Chair, 2016-2022
- Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL), Palm Beach County Chapter, Judicial Reception Chair, 2017-2019
- Federal Bar Association, Palm Beach Chapter
- Young Friends of the Norton Museum of Art
- Holland & Knight Rising Star, Class of 2022
- Rising Star, Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2017, 2018, 2020-2022
- Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2020
- Florida Atlantic University, Outstanding Young Owl (OYO) Award, 2017
- Natasha Pettigrew Memorial Piranha for Children Award, University of Miami School of Law, 2011
- CALI Excellence Award, 2009
- Dean's Award, Civil Procedure I, University of Miami School of Law, 2008
- English
- Spanish
