Led by William Prickett, Seyfarth Shaw LLP‘s growing New York-based practice regularly defends corporates, directors and officers, and financial services entities facing private class actions and regulatory enforcement actions, as well as in derivative shareholder litigation. Vincent Sama, a securities-focused litigator, has deep experience handling state and federal cases in courts throughout the country, and is equally as comfortable handling private litigation aspects as regulatory investigations. Senior counsel Gregory Markel has excellent relationships with D&O insurers. Markel's considerable securities law knowledge translates to work on class actions, involvement on corporate governance/fiduciary duty-related mandates, and from time to time his involvement as an expert witness in securities litigation.
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Key clients
- Prudential Financial, Inc. and Eric Schwimmer
- Special Committee of the Board of Directors of SFXEntertainment, Inc.
- MSD Partners, L.P.
Work highlights
Represent AAC Holdings, Inc., a Tennessee-based provider of inpatient and outpatient substance use treatment services, in a securities class action and related litigation arising from the company's bankruptcy.
Represented Assurance, Inc., a Prudential subsidiary, in a putative civil RICO class action in the Southern District of Florida, where plaintiffs alleged a fraudulent scheme promoting non-ACA-compliant health products as comprehensive insurance.
Defended MSD Partners, L.P. in a putative securities class action in the District of New Jersey alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Following allegations of misrepresentations tied to a stock price drop in Hayward Holdings, Inc., the firm filed a motion to dismiss, which was granted with prejudice for the 10(b) claim against MSD in October 2024.
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Practice head
William Prickett
Other key lawyers
Gregory Markel; Vincent Sama; Christopher Robertson; Giovanna Ferrari; Andrew Escobar; Daphne Morduchowitz; Catherine Schumacher; Ellen Murphy; Sarah Fedner; Matthew Catalano