Practice Areas

Government agencies regulate all aspects of companies’ operations, yet the legality of their actions and enforcement decisions are governed by arcane administrative law principles and special statutory schemes. We have deep experience in handling regulatory enforcement actions and challenges to agency regulations and other agency actions for a wide range of administrative agencies – because we served in many roles in government, we understand the process from top to bottom. We can successfully navigate the technicalities of the system and achieve the best results for our clients.

Rapid technological changes and new corporate interest in social initiatives have created many new situations with substantial and novel risk of liability for anticompetitive conduct. We have substantial experience with all types of antitrust matters, from criminal and civil litigation over collusion to clearing major mergers and divestitures with federal regulators. We can protect your business from anticompetitive conduct by your suppliers or competitors, and we can counsel your business through major mergers and acquisitions to ensure compliance with federal laws.

We represent public and private companies and boards of directors as well as individual shareholders, partners, members, directors, and officers in governance disputes and director and officer (D&O) litigation. Governance disputes and D&O claims are by nature complex; our experience enables us to analyze these disputes efficiently and to work with our clients to determine the best strategy to achieve success in each unique situation. We also advise both new and established companies on how best to structure their corporate governance before disputes arise to minimize the risks of litigation or activist investors.

We have extensive experience litigating all sizes of class actions and multidistrict litigation, as well as large numbers of parallel and related cases in district and appeals courts across the country. In complex cases, we are trusted to create comprehensive strategies for coordinating with potential co-plaintiffs or co-defendants, timing key litigation steps in relation to similar litigation, and planning for major contingencies.

Our EH&S team has extensive, on-the-ground experience guiding clients through commercial diligence, risk evaluation, crises, enforcement actions, disputes, and litigation with environmental activists. We work closely with government regulators to obtain permits, negotiate agency action, and comment on rulemakings.

We represent corporate clients and individuals with qui tam claims against those who have defrauded the government.  We are experienced in all aspects of the process, from investigating a potential case and working with the government to build the basis for intervention in support of the relator to litigating the case to successful completion, including negotiating a successful settlement.