• SS&C Technologies as Plaintiff in a jury trial against Clearwater Analytics in Cook County, Illinois. Jury awarded SS&C $44 million for Clearwater’s misappropriation of its trade secrets, including $28 million in punitive damages for Clearwater’s willful and malicious conduct.
• Convinced SEC to dismiss lead insider trading count against individual client shortly before trial in the SDNY. Resolved case on eve of trial with no admission of wrongdoing.
• Individual client in SEC insider trading matter on eve of trial in the SDNY. Resolved case with no admission of wrongdoing.
• Data collocation center client in the firm antitrust trial in Las Vegas (case settled before verdict).
• Viacom, Inc. and Paramount Pictures Corporation in hearing for after a hearing of Sherman antitrust, misappropriation, and related claims. Established after hearing in the SDNY that plaintiff spoliated and fabricated key evidence and the court dismissed the case with prejudice and imposed sanctions.
• UniCredit SpA in global resolution of DOJ, District Attorney of New York, OFAC, Federal Reserve, and DFS investigations into institution’s compliance with U.S. economic sanctions.
• Digital currency exchanges in confidential enforcement investigations.
• Fintech client in two separate actions of antitrust claims.
• Client in two-week criminal jury trial in the SDNY.
• Fintech company in obtaining preliminary injunction and TRO based on plaintiff’s misappropriation of trade secrets.

Individual representations

• David Nichols, a Bank of New York Mellon executive charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York with mail and wire fraud-related offenses concerning the institution’s foreign exchange practices. The U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed to settle the case before trial, with no admission of mail/wire fraud by Mr. Nichols and no monetary penalty.
• Executive in DOJ accounting fraud investigation at public company.
• Former high-ranking financial institution executive in DOJ investigation into the institution’s marketing and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities.
• Individual in charged SEC enforcement case; resolved case on eve of trial with no admission of wrongdoing.
• Individuals in assorted grand jury investigations into insider trading.
• Company representations in criminal matters and internal investigations
• A hedge fund in insider trading investigation conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the SEC.
• Citigroup in internal and government investigations into alleged $400 million fraud at one of its foreign subsidiaries.
• Financial institution in SEC investigation regarding BSA compliance.
• Broker dealer in FINRA enforcement action into alleged violations of FINRA registration and supervisory requirements.
• Financial institution in DOJ, CFTC, and other regulatory investigations into the bank’s LIBOR rate-setting practices.

Company representations in civil matters

• Broker-dealer in FINRA arbitration relating to suitability claims; Petitioner withdrew all claims with prejudice before adjudication.
• Trading company in affirmative civil litigation relating to cyber-heist by defendants; successfully recovered over 85 percent of lost funds.
• Media company in contractual dispute regarding licensing fees and alleged breachers of non-competition agreements.
• Design firm in investigation and civil proceedings related to defamatory statements made by blogger.
• LG Electronics in consumer fraud actions filed in the Southern District of California.