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Practice/Industry Group Overview
Arnold & Porter LLP's securities enforcement and litigation practice is international in scope. More than 60 lawyers in our various offices practice in this area and collectively have decades of experience. They include former members of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff, US Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys, assistant US attorneys, and other lawyers who have litigated precedent-setting securities matters. Together, we carry forward a tradition of excellence in securities enforcement and litigation representation that dates to the founding of our practice by an author of the seminal SEC antifraud rule, known as Rule 10b-5.
Our clients include public companies and their subsidiaries, accounting firms, broker-dealers, investment banks and other financial institutions, investment advisers, hedge funds, private equity firms, mutual funds, and law firms, as well as directors, officers, partners, principals, and employees of such entities. We have experience representing these clients in a wide variety of proceedings, including:
- Investigations by the SEC, the DOJ, other federal agencies, Congress, self-regulatory organizations (including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)), and state regulators;
- Class action securities litigation, shareholder derivative litigation, professional liability litigation, and other civil and criminal litigation;
- Internal investigations; and
- Proceedings before professional licensing and regulatory authorities, including the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).
The matters we handle involve claims or charges of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, mismanagement and negligence, and/or securities or regulatory violations, and they arise out of allegations involving improper financial reporting or other public disclosures, accounting errors or irregularities, inadequate internal controls, stock option administration issues, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, insider trading, stock manipulation, and violations of broker-dealer, investment adviser, and investment company regulations. We also provide counseling on corporate compliance and governance, crisis management, and securities and market matters.
Arnold & Porter's experience in this practice area is reflected by our representation of clients in significant matters involving Adelphia, AOL, Enron, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Halliburton, the IPO securities litigation, Juniper Networks, Mills Corporation, Motorola (including the Stoneridge case), the mutual fund investment litigation, Qwest Communications, Royal Ahold, WorldCom, and Xerox. We also represent clients in many important investigations where our representation is not a matter of public record, and our matters have involved companies in virtually every sector of the economy.
Several of our partners have been recognized as leading lawyers in the fields of securities enforcement and litigation and complex business litigation. A full listing of published recognition of Arnold & Porter's practices and partners is available.
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