The team at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is often trusted to resolve litigation arising from mergers and uncharted SEC reviews of IPO registration statements for securities products. Jay Kasner, Scott Musoff and Susan L. Saltzstein lead the team as a trio. Musoff has a strong background in advising financial institutions as both underwriters and issuers in securities litigation spanning the entirety of the US and has tried numerous cases and arbitration in the New York Court of appeals and the second circuit court of appeals. Saltzstein focuses her practice on the representation of domestic and global corporations, financial institutions and individuals in complex litigation. Team members are based in New York unless otherwise stated.
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Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
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Key clients
- Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.
- Yuga Labs, Inc.
- iRobot Corporation
- Anaplan, Inc.
- NoZillow Group, Inc.
- Société Générale Private Banking (Suisse) S.A.
- 9F Inc., 9F Primasia Securities Limited, and Cogency Global Inc.
- ON Semiconductor Corporation and certain of its officers
- Argo Group
- Tulco, LLC
- Windstream Holdings Inc., EarthLink Holdings Corp.
- Lightspeed Commerce Inc.
Work highlights
Representing Hawaiian Electric Industries and certain of its current and former officers in multiple putative shareholder derivative actions, including actions filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaii and in responding to related shareholder demands stemming from wildfires which occurred in the town of Lahaina in Maui County, Hawaii.
Represented the current and former directors of Barclays PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. in securing the dismissal with prejudice by the New York State Commercial Division of a shareholder derivative action, and in the affirmance by the New York Court of Appeals and the New York Appellate Division, First Department.
Represented Yuga Labs, Inc. and numerous individuals, securing the dismissal of a securities class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California asserting that the sale of NFTs and other digital assets violated federal and state laws.
Lawyers
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Scott Musoff
Practice head
Jay Kasner; Scott Musoff; Susan Saltzstein
Other key lawyers
Peter B. Morrison; Noelle M. Reed; James R. Carroll; Mark R.S. Foster; Alexander C. Drylewski; Lara A. Flath; Winston P. Hsiao; Alisha Q. Nanda