| Representative Experience |
Advise mutual funds, hedge funds and other institutional investors as potential securities fraud claims, and litigation options, including whether to persue litigation, whether to participate in class action litigation and whether and on what terms to settle such matters. |
Acted as counsel to a fund manager in “market timing” matters, including an SEC investigation |
Acted as counsel to a big four firm in a variety of civil actions and related regulatory investigations |
Represent a hedge fund in common law fraud and c. 93A claims arising out of a 200-million-euro private placement investment in a French reinsurer |
Represented a company and its officers and directors in defense of a federal securities class actions |
Several of our partners are on AIG's select list of approved counsel for the defense of securities claims insured by AIG |
Represented an officer in a securities fraud class action litigation arising out of a company’s new product announcement and related revenue forecasts |
Acted as counsel to an investment advisor in connection with an SEC investigation regarding trading practices |
Represented special committees of directors in several corporate litigations challenging going private transactions and other change-in-control transactions
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Represented our client in an SEC investigation of a mini tender offer |
Acted as counsel to an institutional investor in takeover litigation against trustees of closed-end mutual fund |
Represented a national broker-dealer firm in securing a “mandatory” non-opt-out class settlement of securities fraud claims pending in state and federal courts and the NASD, across the country |
Represented a company and its directors in a shareholder class action challenging merger and related takeover and 13D litigation in Delaware court |
Represented management in a proxy contest litigation in Delaware Chancery Court |
Represented outside directors in a 10b-5 case and obtained dismissal on a motion to dismiss |
Represent a big four accounting firm in defense of a federal securities class action alleging accounting and disclosure violations in government and construction contracts |
Represented a big four accounting firm in defense of a federal securities class action alleging fraudulent revenue recognition |
Acted as counsel to an investment advisor in a dispute with a pension fund over an investment strategy |
Represent the independent directors of a public registrant in an SEC investigation into whether the registrant and its management properly disclosed the executive officers of the registrant and whether one member of management "practiced accounting" before the SEC in violation of a previously-issued bar order
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Representing a defendant issuer and its officers and directors in a securities class action in federal court, and in a related state derivative case |