Financial Services Litigation

• Defending multibillion-dollar investment fund and individual director in claims for unpaid wages brought under the Massachusetts Wage Act following the initiation of chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings by a home-remodeling business.
• Defending multitrillion-dollar financial institution in numerous adversary proceedings related to the bankruptcy of a former operator of oil and natural gas properties.
• Represented investment fund in a breach-of-contract claim stemming from disputes over investments in Asia and related litigation in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts.
• Represented multibillion-dollar financial institution that received a third-party subpoena in connection with a securities class-action lawsuit.
• Successfully defended a global investment firm and outsourced investment officer in several cases involving breach of fiduciary duty claims based on the selection of proprietary investment options for its clients’ plans, including preparing a winning summary judgment brief that led to the disposal of all claims in one case.
• Represented a data analytics and financial services company in putative class action involving breach of fiduciary duty claims arising from investment selections and recordkeeping fees in connection with a 401(k) plan.
• Successfully defeated petition to take discovery under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 from major financial institution concerning its Japanese investment banking affiliate in connection with appraisal proceeding in the Tokyo District Court of Japan.
• Successfully defeated petition to take discovery under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 from major financial institution concerning its UK-based subsidiary in connection with appraisal proceedings in the Supreme Court of Bermuda.
• Defended private equity firm in seven cases involving alter-ego liability theories in connection with alleged injuries at trampoline parks.
• Counseled investment firm in connection with an indemnification notice concerning a third-party claim that alleged breach of a share-purchase agreement.

Consumer Protection

• Representing major domestic airline in lawsuit brought by Los Angeles County involving claims that pricing displays on airline’s loyalty redemption website violated California’s recently-enacted “Honest Pricing Law.”
• Represented large consumer goods company and manufacturer of natural personal care products in numerous class action lawsuits involving claims of false advertising and deceptive business practices related to findings documented in an FDA warning letter.
• Represented manufacturer of household cleaning products in three cases filed in federal court involving claims of false advertising and deceptive business practices in connection with manufacturer’s recall of certain products.
• Represented large consumer goods company in a host of lawsuits alleging that certain consumer products had unsafe levels of PFAS.
• Represented large consumer goods company in lawsuits alleging false advertising and deceptive business practices based on the representation that certain personal care products were “oil free.”

Other Complex Commercial Litigation

• Defending insurer in dispute with large religious institution concerning claims brought under New York’s Child Victims Act.
• Defended technology company against claims that it willfully and materially breached the terms of a stock-purchase agreement.
• Represented technology company and energy company in proceedings before the US Court of International Trade involving challenges to certain tariffs imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
• Defended a New York-based licensed medical cannabis operator against claims that it breached an oral contract in connection with an alleged squeeze-out merger.
• Represented pharmaceutical company against claims that company’s nurse educator and reimbursement support services constituted unlawful kickbacks in violation of the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act.

Pro Bono

• Representing plaintiff in lawsuit against New York City alleging that the NYPD’s practice of surreptitiously collecting, analyzing, and indexing suspects’ DNA violates the Fourth Amendment.
• Co-authored successful appellate brief in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging the district court’s jury instructions concerning deference to prison officials in federal inmate’s § 1983 action alleging Eighth Amendment violations, resulting in reversal and remand for a new trial.
• Co-authored merits brief in precedent-setting appeal concerning the requirements for the prosecution to validly declare trial readiness under New York’s recently-amended speedy trial law.
• Co-authored appellate brief in criminal defendant’s successful appeal of sentence under a provision of New York’s Vehicle and Traffic Law, resulting in the judgment and sentence being vacated.
• Representing clients in immigration proceedings, including a Guatemalan domestic violence survivor and asylum applicant in removal proceedings.
• Assisted Legal Services NYC in screening clients and applying for public benefits and emergency economic relief during COVID-19 pandemic.
• Represented domestic violence survivor in long-running, multijurisdictional family law proceeding.