Securities And Shareholder Litigation
Whether a company is incorporated in Delaware, Nevada, California, or elsewhere, our lawyers successfully represent public and privately-held companies and their directors and officers in securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits and corporate governance disputes. We also handle cases arising from stock purchase agreements and stock options.
Select Experience:
- Investors were swindled in a scam involving bogus foreign exchange investments. A seven-figure judgment was obtained after a six-week jury trial.
- Our client sold his business to a large, public corporation. The buyer breached the obligation to make post-sale payments. After extensive discovery and motion practice, our client obtained a seven-digit settlement.
- Our client was a non-managing partner in a partnership in which the managing partner made excessive distributions to himself for many years. We obtained a six-figure judgment in our client’s favor after trial.
- Obtained complete dismissal on the pleadings of a class action complaint for federal securities fraud that was carefully prepared and amended twice by renowned class action plaintiff lawyers.
- Obtained complete dismissal on the pleadings of a class action derivative lawsuit against Section 16 directors and officers of a public company incorporated in Delaware.
- Multiple successful defenses to securities-fraud claims in the context of real-time mergers and acquisitions.
- Defended shareholder efforts to either take control of or dissolve corporation.