The practice group at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP regularly handles the appellate work for matters handled by the firm at trial. The New York-based team can point to victories at federal and state appellate courts across the country, including a recent success for Mylan in the form of a federal court of appeals decision affirming a grant of summary judgment defeating class action litigation which sought more than $4bn in damages for alleged securities fraud. Key contacts include litigators Antony Ryan and Wes Earnhardt.
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Key clients
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.
- Epic Games, Inc.
- Ingevity Corporation
- Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd.
- Louis Dreyfus Company, LLC
- M6 Midstream LLC
- Mylan N.V. (now Viatris, Inc.)
- Occidental Petroleum Corporation
- PG&E Corporation
- Robinhood Markets, Inc.
Work highlights
Won a U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that a copyright owner may recover damages under the Copyright Act for any timely filed infringement claim, regardless of when the infringement occurred.
Led PG&E to a California Supreme Court victory shielding PG&E from a $2.5bn putative class action.
Won a Sixth Circuit decision for Root affirming the dismissal of putative class action securities litigation and creating new circuit law on the application of FRCP 9(b)’s heightened pleading standard to negligence claims.
Lawyers
Other key lawyers
Antony Ryan; Wes Earnhardt