With a broad workload spanning disputes in the payment service, cryptocurrency lending, professional services and insurance sectors, Arnold & Porter represents plaintiffs and defendants alike on antitrust class actions, securities fraud litigation, shareholder derivative actions, and on disputes following SEC investigations. The practice has a breadth of experience and a nationwide reach: in New York, the leading names are Veronica Callahan and Kathleen Reilly, experienced respectively in litigation and enforcement matters, and on Washington DC, Scott Schreiber is a leading name on contentious mandates in the insurance sector and former SEC attorney Christian Schultz leads in the VC and digital asset space. Elsewhere, Houston’s Katherine Treistman leads in the lending sector on liability and breach of fiduciary duty cases.
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Work highlights
Served as antitrust litigation counsel to Visa, leading the defense across consolidated class actions, opt-out suits, and MDL proceedings challenging interchange fees and network rules, and guiding the multibillion-dollar settlement strategy approved by both the district and circuit courts.
Secured a decisive victory for National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. when the Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in full, holding that the Bump-Up exclusion barred coverage for Towers Watson’s settlement payments, including attorneys’ fees, in a high-profile dispute arising from the Willis-Towers Watson merger.
Representing former Genesis CEO Michael Moro in a sprawling, multi-regulator investigation by the SEC, DOJ, and NYAG – along with parallel federal civil actions involving more than $1 billion in alleged losses – arising from the collapse of Genesis Global Capital and related Digital Currency Group disputes.
Practice head
Veronica Callahan; Kevin Toomey; James Herschlein
Other key lawyers
Kathleen Reilly; Scott Schreiber; Christian Schultz; Katherine Triestman