Practice
Areas

Securities

Practice
Areas

Securities

We have represented both individuals and corporations as plaintiffs and defendants in securities industry matters including government lawsuits, tax appeals, and shareholder oppression investigations and lawsuits.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
  • Represented Standard & Poors in a multi-billion dollar FIRREA action.
  • Represented plaintiff and largest minority shareholder of a leading consumer goods manufacturer in a $250 million shareholder oppression case.
  • Represented plaintiff in a $300 million TEFRA action against the government.
  • Retained by the founder of a major home design manufacturer to investigate shareholder oppression.
  • Obtained in 2020 for a former board director dismissal with prejudice of an investor’s federal securities fraud action filed in the Central District of California.
  • In 2018, won a trial verdict for a private equity fund and two senior executives after trial asserting fraud claims against them in the $115 million sale of a payments company.
  • Represented the world’s second largest mining company in an SEC suit and associated class actions alleging a Section 10(b) violation about the timing of an impairment taken in a $4 billion project in Africa.
  • Represented a Fortune 500 insurer in an SEC investigation, class actions, and derivative suits following the insurer’s restatement of earnings.
  • Represented eight underwriter defendants in securities class action lawsuits involving more than $50 billion in mortgage-backed securities.
  • Obtained dismissal with prejudice of a minority shareholders’ “bump-up” action seeking to challenge a merger transaction, with dismissal based on the exclusivity of the appraisal remedy under California law.
  • Obtained dismissal with prejudice of securities litigations against a technology company facing allegations of stock option backdating.
  • Represented a large financial institution in successfully obtaining the dismissal of securities claims relating to the acquisition of a major provider of residential mortgages.