One of the most active practices for the defense of issuers in shareholder litigation in the US
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Why Cooley
- 500+ securities cases in the last 10 years – one of the firms most frequently selected to defend issuers in shareholder litigation
- Defended more life sciences companies in shareholder litigation filed over the past ten years than any other firm
- Scored many victories in state courts of appeals and circuit courts of appeals, and have experience before the United States Supreme Court - we try cases, win defense verdicts and have the verdicts upheld on appeal
- Secured the first acquittal in any criminal prosecution in the United States related to stock option backdating charges
- Unparalleled success record of getting securities class actions dismissed by pretrial motions, often before any discovery
- Deep relationships with every major plaintiff law firm and virtually every D&O insurance carrier, allowing us to often bring matters to an early conclusion where others cannot
- Team includes 5 Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers and several former federal and state prosecutors, including the former Acting Associate Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice, a former Assistant Director and Senior Trial Counsel in the SEC’s Enforcement Division and a former Regional Director for the Pacific Region of the SEC
- Substantial experience in representing Special Litigation Committees and Audit Committees and in handling internal investigations
- Regularly handle regulatory enforcement actions and investigations by the SEC and Department of Justice
- Members of the AIG Securities Counsel Panel, ACE/Chubb Securities Counsel Panel, AIG Investigation Panel, Marsh D&O Panel, Monitor Liability D&O Panel and QBE Management Liability & Professional Lines Panel and are regularly recommended by other major D&O insurance carriers
Recognition
- US News Best Law Firms: Litigation – Securities Nationally (Tier 1)
- US News Best Law Firms: Law Firm of the Year for Securities/Capital Markets
- BTI: Securities and Finance Litigation Standout
- Chambers USA: Litigation - Securities
- Legal 500 US: Securities Litigation - Defense
- Law360: Litigation Powerhouse
Able to achieve outstanding results in securities class actions.
– Chambers USA
Case in Point
Cooley scored a precedent setting ruling impacting the life sciences industry in In re Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Securities Litigation.
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Litigation Powerhouse
Law360 praises Cooley for its first-class litigation work and dominant victories.
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