Our Practice

• Accountants/Professional Service Firms Liability
• Government and Regulatory Investigations Concerning Accountants
• Government Contracting, Bid Protests and the False Claims Act
• International Accountants Liability Experience
• Law Firm Representation
• Professional Liability Litigation Against Accountants
• Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
• Section 10A
• Securities Litigation Against Accountants


• Antitrust/Competition
• Antitrust Counseling
• Antitrust Government Investigations
• Antitrust Legislative and Regulatory Representation
• Antitrust Litigation
• Merger Clearances
• Sports
• State Aid


• Appellate
• Administrative Law Appeals
• Commercial Litigation Appeals
• Communications Law Appeals
• Energy and Transportation Law Appeals
• Financial, Securities and Accountants Liability Appeals
• Healthcare and Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act Appeals
• Insurance and Reinsurance Appeals
• Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Appeals
• Patent and Intellectual Property Rights Appeals
• Pro Bono Appeals
• Products Liability and Class Actions Appeals
• Religious Institutions


• Communications Regulatory
• Mass Media Communications
• Telecommunications, Broadband and Video
• Wireless


• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Antitrust and Unfair Competition
• Arbitration and Mediation
• Aviation Litigation
• Business Torts
• Class Action and Multidistrict Litigation
• Contract Litigation
• Escheat Counseling and Litigation
• Financial Institutions Litigation
• Government Contracts
• International Commercial Arbitration
• Law Firm Representation
• National Security
• Real Estate Litigation
• Sports
• Technology, Media and Privacy Law
• Trials


• Corporate Governance and Compliance



• Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy



• Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
• Digital Media and Entertainment
• IT Procurement and Outsourcing
• Sports
• Technology, Media and Privacy Law
• Telecommunications Projects
• Trademark Litigation


• Employee Benefits



• Energy Regulatory
• Electricity Regulation
• Natural Gas Pipeline Regulation
• Oil Pipeline Regulation


• Environmental
• Climate Change
• Compliance Management
• Contaminated Sites and Natural Resource Damages
• Environmental Aspects of Transactions and SEC Disclosure
• Environmental Crisis Management
• Environmental Enforcement and Internal Investigations
• Environmental Experience in the Energy Sector
• Environmental Regulation
• Environmental Torts, Class Actions and Public Nuisance Litigation
• International Environmental
• Nanotechnology
• NEPA and Natural Resource Protection


• ERISA Litigation
• 401(k) Class Actions
• Administrative Claims
• Bankruptcy Issues Involving Pension and Welfare Plans
• Cash Balance Plan Class Action Litigation
• Department of Labor Investigations
• ERISA Appellate Litigation
• Health and Welfare Benefits
• Plan Document Counseling


• Executive Compensation
• Executive Compensation Disclosure
• Section 16 Reporting and Liability
• Taxation of Executive Compensation
• Trading in Securities by Officers and Directors


• Financial Institutions Regulatory
• Consumer and Other Financial Services Litigation
• Electronic Commerce
• Financial Information and Privacy Law
• Financial Institutions Business Transactions
• Financial Institutions Counseling
• Financial Services Legislation
• Global Financial Services
• International Financial Institutions in the U.S.
• Payment Systems
• Retail Financial Services
• Securities, Mutual Fund and Commodities Activities


• Financial Services/Consumer Class Actions
• Bank/Financial Services Class Actions
• Consumer Fraud/17200 Class Actions
• Insurance/Financial Services Class Actions


• Food, Drug and Medical Device Compliance and Enforcement
• Compliance Counseling - FDA
• FDA Enforcement
• Food and Drug Regulation
• Good Manufacturing Practice


• Food, Drug and Medical Device Regulatory



• Healthcare
• Clinical Trials
• Due Diligence
• FCPA/Anti-bribery
• Healthcare Antitrust
• Healthcare Enforcement
• Healthcare Fraud
• Healthcare Litigation
• Healthcare Public Policy and Governmental Affairs
• Healthcare Regulatory
• Healthcare Reimbursement
• Medical Devices
• Pharmaceuticals


• Insurance
• Insurance Company Formation and Reorganization
• Insurance Company Investment Strategies
• Insurance Corporate Finance
• Insurance M&A
• Insurance Regulatory
• Law Firm Representation
• Life Accumulation and Life Settlement Programs
• Risk Transfer and Insurance Securitization


• Insurance/Reinsurance Disputes
• Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation
• Insurance Class Action Defense
• Insurance Insolvency
• Insurance Regulatory and Structuring Advice
• International Insurance
• Reinsurance Arbitration


• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Copyright and Theft of Idea Litigation
• False Advertising Litigation
• ITC Section 337
• Patent Assessment and Due Diligence
• Patent Litigation
• Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Litigation
• Trademark Litigation


• International Trade/Arbitration
• Antidumping, Countervailing Duties and Trade Remedies
• Climate Change
• Customs
• Economic Sanctions
• EU Law and Regulation
• Export Controls
• FCPA/Anti-bribery
• International Commercial Arbitration
• International Intellectual Property
• Investment Treaty Arbitration
• Market Access and Regulatory Barriers
• Nanotechnology
• National Security
• Trade Policy and Negotiations
• WTO Disputes


• Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives
• Commodity Pools
• Derivatives
• Exchanges and Clearing Organizations
• Exchange-Traded Funds
• Fund of Funds
• Hedge Funds
• Investment Advisers
• Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds
• Private Real Estate Funds
• Registered Funds
• REITs
• Structured Products


• Labor, Employment and Immigration
• Employment Discrimination Litigation
• Immigration Law
• International Employment and Labor Law
• Labor and Employment Class and Collective Actions
• Labor Management Relations and Union Avoidance
• Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Appeals
• OSHA, MSHA and Other Safety Laws
• Protecting Proprietary Information and Customer Relationships
• Railway Labor Act
• Wage and Hour Litigation


• Life Sciences
• Food, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Law
• Life Sciences: China
• Life Sciences: Europe
• Medical Devices
• Pharmaceuticals


• M&A and D&O Litigation
• D&O Liability/Fiduciary Duty Litigation
• M&A Litigation
• Shareholder Derivative Demands and Suits


• M&A and Private Equity



• Privacy, Data Security and Information Law
• Consumer Protection and Unfair Trade Practices
• EU and International Privacy
• Financial Information and Privacy Law
• Healthcare Information and Privacy
• Information Security and Data Breaches
• IT Procurement and Outsourcing
• Technology, Media and Privacy Law


• Products Liability
• Aviation Litigation
• Class Action and Multidistrict Litigation
• Consumer Fraud/17200 Class Actions
• Daubert Hearings/Junk Science
• Environmental Torts, Class Actions and Public Nuisance Litigation
• Medical Devices
• Medical Monitoring
• Pharmaceuticals
• Preemption
• Products Liability Class Action Litigation
• Toxic Spills and Toxic Torts


• Project Finance and Infrastructure
• Alternative Energy Projects
• Energy Projects
• Industrial Projects
• Infrastructure
• Mining
• Telecommunications Projects


• Public Finance
• General Obligations
• Public Finance Derivatives
• Public Finance Securitization
• Revenue Bonds
• Sports


• Real Estate
• Acquisition and Disposition
• Affordable Housing
• Construction and Real Estate Development
• Corporate and Institutional Real Estate
• Debt Financing
• Land Use and Government Relations
• Leasing
• Private Equity and Joint Ventures
• Real Estate Workouts and Restructurings
• Sale-Leaseback Transactions


• SEC Enforcement
• Broker-Dealer
• FCPA/Anti-bribery
• Financial Reporting and Disclosures
• Hedge Funds
• Insider Trading
• Internal Investigations
• Investment Advisers and Mutual Funds
• Private Securities Litigation


• Securities
• Broker-Dealer
• Derivatives
• Exchanges and Clearing Organizations
• Financial Institutions Business Transactions
• Insurance Corporate Finance
• International Financial Institutions in the U.S.
• Preferred and Capital Securities
• REITs
• SEC Disclosure
• Structured Products


• Securities and Futures Regulatory
• Escheat Counseling and Litigation
• Securities Regulatory Aspects of Transactional Work
• Securities Regulatory Compliance Counseling
• Securities Regulatory Employment Counseling
• Securities Regulatory Investigations and Examinations
• Securities/Commodities Industry Strategic Business Transactions


• Securities Litigation
• Broker-Dealer
• Escheat Counseling and Litigation
• FCPA/Anti-bribery
• Financial Reporting and Disclosures
• Hedge Funds
• Insider Trading
• Internal Investigations
• Investment Advisers and Mutual Funds
• Private Securities Litigation


• Structured Finance and Securitization
• Asset-Backed Securitization
• CDOs
• Derivatives
• Mortgage-Backed Securitization
• Risk Transfer and Insurance Securitization
• Structured Vehicles


• Syndicated and Leveraged Finance
• Aircraft and Other Equipment Finance
• Borrower Representations
• Financial Institutions as Credit Providers
• Hedge Funds as Credit Providers
• Workouts and Restructurings


• Tax
• Affordable Housing
• Foundations and Other Exempt Organizations
• Funds
• German Tax
• Insurance Tax
• Private Equity and Joint Ventures
• Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds
• REITs and RICs
• State and Local Tax
• Tax Aspects of Bankruptcy
• Tax Aspects of Capital Markets Transactions
• Tax Aspects of Derivative Products
• Tax Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions
• Tax Aspects of Securitization


• Tax Controversy
• Federal Tax Controversy
• Insurance Tax Controversy
• State and Local Tax Controversy


• Technology Transactions
• Crop Biotechnology
• Digital Media and Entertainment
• Electronics and Semiconductors
• Financial Industry and Payment Processing
• Global Health Transactions, Not-for-Profits and Trade Associations
• IT Procurement and Outsourcing
• Life Sciences Transactions
• Telecommunications IP


• Transportation
• Antitrust and Unfair Competition
• Arbitration and Mediation
• Asset-based Transactions
• Contract Litigation
• Equipment Finance
• Federal Railroad Safety Act
• Federal Transit Act
• Preemption
• Railway Labor Act
• Surface Transportation Board Matters and Regulatory Litigation


• Trusts, Estates and Not-for-Profits
• Art Law
• Estate Administration
• Estate Planning and Wealth Transfer
• Family Offices and Private Trust Companies
• Fiduciary Counsel
• Foundations and Other Exempt Organizations
• International Estate Planning
• Personal and Family Philanthropy
• Trust and Estate Litigation


• White Collar
• Compliance Counseling - White Collar
• FCPA/Anti-bribery
• Grand Jury Investigations
• Healthcare Enforcement
• Internal Investigations
• National Security
• Sports
• Trials

Geographic Focuses

• Canada


• Latin America

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