Megan Oliver Thompson

As the Content Development Manager for CEB Publications, Megan Oliver Thompson leads the team of Content Attorneys who collaborate with our contributors to develop and update CEB's legal practice guides on an annual or biennial basis. Ms. Oliver Thompson previously worked as a Content Attorney for two years, focused on updating several litigation-focused titles, including favorites such as “Civil Appellate Practice,” “Civil Discovery Practice,” and “Attorney Fee Awards.” She also regularly wrote articles on recent legal developments in California for CEB's Daily News.

Ms. Oliver Thompson received her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law and her BA in English from The George Washington University.

Ms. Oliver Thompson is an experienced litigator who practiced for over 17 years before joining CEB. Her litigation practice focused on defending business clients in consumer class actions and complex commercial cases across many industries, including food, restaurant, dairy, retail, technology, franchising, financial, and public sector. Ms. Oliver Thompson also enjoyed a niche practice representing California dairy farmer organizations in administrative proceedings concerning dairy product pricing regulations. Some of her litigation successes include successfully defending two Bay Area transit agencies at trial in a due process class action; obtaining decertification of a Rule 23(b)(3) damages class in a federal food labeling class action alleging unfair business practices, false advertising, and violations of California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act; and defeating class certification in an unfair business practices and false advertising case brought against a national retailer.