We have represented major corporations in more than 300 class action complaints, including those alleging securities fraud. 

Our lawyers litigate on behalf of securities issuers and other major corporations, as well as their officers, directors, and various committees, in complex, high-stakes disputes, including shareholder derivative litigation.

We have represented clients in every major securities enforcement initiative conducted by the SEC, FINRA, and state regulatory agencies during the past decade. These matters have included handling investigations involving insider trading, financial fraud, Ponzi schemes, hedge funds, the subprime and credit crisis, auction rate securities, accounting irregularities, options backdating, mutual fund trading, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Securities, corporate governance, and professional negligence cases, particularly those involving class actions or government investigations, put companies at tremendous risk. While we defend these cases aggressively, we also seek to minimize or eliminate the interruptions resulting from this litigation.  We also counsel companies and their directors and officers on how to anticipate and minimize risks resulting from these matters. 

Professional liability cases often have one thing in common—an attempt by clients to hold practitioners responsible for bad business results. Under the law, however, professionals can be held liable only if they fail to exercise due care in providing their professional advice or judgment, regardless of the business outcome. Our attorneys understand the difference between professional judgment and outcome, and have vast experience defending professionals by educating courts and other decision-makers on this critical distinction.  

Our attorneys defend law firms, accounting firms, and other professional services firms and their individual practitioners in civil litigations, investigations, enforcement and disciplinary matters, disqualifications, and criminal proceedings. We have successfully represented law firms and lawyers in high-stakes malpractice lawsuits, in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and in state attorney general investigations and other disciplinary proceedings. We also have conducted internal investigations prompted by allegations of professional misconduct and have advised law firms and legal departments of corporations on risk management policies and procedures in order to mitigate the risk of future professional liability claims. In addition, we have substantial experience representing accounting firms in civil litigation, in DOJ, SEC, and other federal and state investigations, and in disciplinary proceedings before the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), state boards of accountancy, and other professional organizations.