Arnold & Porter has extensive experience in class-action litigation, representing a host of banks, saving institutions, lenders and investors. The firm’s portfolio encompasses securitization, contract disputes and antitrust matters as well as additional expertise in handling SEC investigations. Veronica Callahan and James Herschlein lead the group in New York. Callahan has a focused practice on litigation and securities enforcement matters spanning class actions, fraud claims and shareholder disputes. Other notable mentions leading and supporting matters from this office are Kathleen Reilly and Aaron Miner. Kevin Toomey and Kenneth Chernof are practice heads in Washington. Toomey has broad experience representing clients in regulatory, enforcement, transactional and corporate governance matters. Scott Schreiber leads matters on securities fraud, fiduciary duty litigation and actions related to M&A and accounting disputes.
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Auszeichnungen
Mandantenzufriedenheit
Kernmandanten
- New York Community Bancorp (NYCB)
- Leila Vespoli, former Chief Legal Officer of FirstEnergy
- RSM US LLP
- Visa
- Controlling class of noteholders of Zohar III Corp
- National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Jefferies, LLC
- Capital Plus Financial, LLC
- Aegis Capital Corp./Greenwich Investment Management
- National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Highlight-Mandate
- Scored a significant trial victory at NY State Court for New York Community Bancorp, with the Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s decision denying the employees’ claims in their entirety.
- Succeeded in having all consumer fraud claims against VISA dismissed with leave to amend in numerous actions including nationwide putative class actions and individual suits challenging the default interchange fees set in the Visa (and Mastercard) systems as well as other system rules.
- Represented AIG affiliate National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa in coverage litigation against a government contractor concerning a D&O liability policy - The Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of the insurer and on remand, the Eastern District of Virginia granted a motion for summary judgment on the remaining issues.
Anwält*innen
Partner*innen der nächsten Generation
Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.
Praxisleitung
Veronica Callahan; Kevin Toomey; Ken Chernof; James Herschlein
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Scott Schreiber; Kathleen Reilly; Aaron Miner