Joseph Click practices primarily in the area of complex commercial litigation. He has extensive experience in the following areas: · federal and state securities laws · federal regulatory issues including False Claims Act matters · corporate and partnership law · Medicare-Medicaid fraud · shipping law Mr. Click was a staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was also a staff attorney in the Appellate Litigation Group of the General Counsel's Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he represented the SEC before the U.S. district courts and courts of appeals in cases presenting novel and complex securities law issues. Representative Matters · Senior officers of physician practice management company in parallel state and federal court securities lawsuits. · Officers and directors of generic pharmaceutical company in parallel state shareholders' derivative lawsuit and federal securities class action lawsuit. · Holding company for diverse manufacturing companies and its officers in federal securities class-action lawsuit. · Officers of automotive components manufacturer in federal securities class-action lawsuit. · An aerospace defense contractor in a False Claims Act qui tam lawsuit seeking $130 million in treble damages. · A shipyard in a False Claims Act qui tam lawsuit seeking $1.5 billion in treble damages with respect to the construction of Navy vessels. Publications U.S. SUPREME COURT HOLDS LOSS CAUSATION NOT REQUIRED FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
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Corporate Litigation Alert
June 2011 (No. 3)
James V. Masella III, Philippe M. Salomon, Evan H. Lechtman, Harris N. Cogan, Joseph O. Click, Catherine A. Armentano, et al. SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS THAT THE FAILURE TO DISCLOSE ADVERSE REPORTS MAY BE MATERIALLY MISLEADING BUT REJECTS STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE AS BRIGHT-LINE TEST FOR MATERIALITY AND SCIENTER
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Client Alert
March 2011
James V. Masella III, Philippe M. Salomon, Harris N. Cogan, Evan H. Lechtman, Joseph O. Click and Jeremy L. Reiss SUPREME COURT ISSUES RULING ADDRESSING TIME LIMITS FOR FILING SECURITIES FRAUD SUITS
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Corporate Litigation Alert
May 2010 (No. 2)
Joseph O. Click, Ann Blair Laupheimer, James V. Masella III and Philippe M. Salomon U.S. SUPREME COURT BRINGS UNIFORMITY TO THE DETERMINATION OF A CORPORATION'S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
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Corporate Litigation Alert
March 2010 (No. 1)
Catherine A. Armentano, Joseph O. Click, Anthony B. Haller, Ann Blair Laupheimer, James V. Masella III, Grant S. Palmer, et al. THIRD CIRCUIT CLARIFIES APPLICABILITY FOR PSLRA SAFE HARBORS AND STANDARDS FOR ALLEGING SCIENTER IN SECURITIES FRAUD CASES
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Corporate Litigation Alert
May 2009 (No. 4)
Joseph O. Click DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INCREASING PROSECUTION RESOURCES IN DEFENSE PROCUREMENT MATTERS TO SAFEGUARD PROGRAM INTEGRITY
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White Collar Alert
March 2005
Joseph O. Click APPELLATE COURT LIMITS APPLICATION OF FRAUD-IN-THE-INDUCEMENT THEORY OF FALSE CLAIMS ACT LIABILITY TO BIDS ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
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White Collar Advisory
February 2005
Joseph O. Click D.C. FEDERAL COURT OF APPEALS STRICTLY APPLIES STRINGENT PLEADING REQUIREMENTS TO DISMISSAL OF FALSE CLAIMS ACT CLAIM
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White Collar Crime Alert
December 2004
Joseph O. Click FEDERAL TRIAL COURT HOLDS THE CRIMINAL PROVISIONS OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT ARE CONSTITUTIONAL
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White Collar Crime Alert
December 6, 2004
Joseph O. Click COURTS IMPOSE SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO PRODUCE E-DISCOVERY
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Corporate Litigation Alert
October 2004 (#14)
Joseph O. Click FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ISSUES ORDER DISMISSING FALSE CLAIMS ACT COUNTS AGAINST HARVARD UNIVERSITY
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White Collar Crime Alert
October 6, 2004
Joseph O. Click News BLANK ROME CREATES NATIONAL APPELLATE PRACTICE
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May 19, 2008
Alan J. Hoffman, Stephen M. Orlofsky, William H. Roberts, John D. Kimball, Joseph O. Click, Edward N. Cahn, et al. BLANK ROME'S STEPHEN ORLOFSKY TO LEAD APPELLATE PRACTICE
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May 15, 2008
Stephen M. Orlofsky, Joseph O. Click, John D. Kimball and William H. Roberts Cases and Deals BLANK ROME SECURES PRODUCTS LIABILITY DEFENSE VICTORY IN SUIT SEEKING IN EXCESS OF $2 MILLION
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September 2011
Glen A. Rothstein, Paul M. Honigberg, Edward N. Cahn, Kathy PourSanae, Joseph O. Click and Hardy Vieux
Blank Rome obtained summary judgment in favor of our client, The Conestoga Company, in a products liability action in California Superior Court in Los Angeles County. DEFENDING SHIPYARD IN QUI TAM SUIT AND SENATE INVESTIGATION
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July 28, 2004
Joseph O. Click
District court dismissed $1.6 billion qui tam lawsuit alleging filing of false claims by shipyard. |