Mr Bruce Vanyo > Katten > Los Angeles, United States > Lawyer Profile
Katten Offices
515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET
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LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
CALIFORNIA
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Mr Bruce Vanyo
Work Department
Securities Litigation
Position
There is a reason Bruce Vanyo’s peers call him the “dean of securities litigation.” He has spent more than 40 years handling securities fraud and corporate governance lawsuits for clients such as Amarin Corporation, Amdocs, Inc., Angie’s List, Boeing Company, Cree, Inc. and GW Pharmaceuticals — and succeeding on their behalf. Leading the firm’s securities litigation and enforcement practice, Bruce represents clients across a number of industries, particularly technology and life sciences.
Bruce has “defended more major securities cases than any other lawyer in America,” as the National Association of Corporate Directors has said. He represents clients who are in the midst of high-profile, sensitive cases that demand a deft approach and swift resolution. He makes it a priority to stop these lawsuits at the earliest opportunity, and regularly achieves this outcome. Of the more than 60 securities class actions Bruce has resolved over the past two decades, he has obtained complete dismissal at or before the pleading stage in more than three-quarters of them.
By resolving cases efficiently, Bruce minimizes distractions for his clients and allows them to focus on running their businesses. His approach also controls the potentially burdensome costs of litigation.
A number of Bruce’s victories have favorably influenced securities law for defendants. He recently earned the dismissal of an $800 million securities class action, for instance, that clarified and limited a company’s disclosure requirements with regard to the FDA’s drug approval process. When the technology industry was besieged by class actions, he was tapped to lead its securities litigation reform efforts, creating the pleading and safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Education
JD, Columbia Law School, 1972; BS, Miami University, summa cum laude, 1967
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
(Hall of Fame)Katten has built a strong reputation in regulatory investigations, securities class and derivative cases, whether for high-growth businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Working from both Los Angeles and New York, seasoned litigator and chair or the securities litigation group Bruce Vanyo remains a key adviser to some of the firm’s largest corporate clients. The firm also has strong practitioners in Chicago, where Michael Diver, a former Enforcement Branch Chief of the SEC’s Chicago office, and Michael Lohnes are the key contacts. Christina Costley is a notable member of the LA team, and she worked closely with Vanyo on the defense of Natera, Inc, which faced allegations of making misleading statements in its public disclosures concerning the accuracy of its testing technology and its growth projections.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Securities litigation: defense United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Industry focus > Sport
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense