Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
USA Guide 2024 : District of Columbia
Band 4
About
Provided by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
Our Litigation Group comprises approximately 600 attorneys throughout the firm’s offices, and our attorneys are admitted to practice throughout the U.S. as well as more than 30 other countries and territories. Our international experience enables us to effectively represent non-U.S. plaintiffs and defendants in U.S. judicial proceedings. We represent clients in trial and appellate courts at the federal and state level, before administrative tribunals, and in arbitrations and other dispute resolution proceedings. We also represent clients in proceedings involving government agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Attorney General’s Office, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the New York Stock Exchange, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service.
We have handled some of the largest and most high-profile cases in recent years. In securities litigation, we have served as lead counsel in several of the largest securities class actions in U.S. history, and we have handled cases responsible for the law that today guides participants in corporate control contests. In the area of mass torts, our litigators pioneered the “national counsel” model of handling this complex litigation, and we have been involved in many of the significant mass tort litigations of the last 20 years.
Chambers Review
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has a talented team that is regularly involved in trial and investigative proceedings. The firm offers real strength in the consumer protection area, regularly defending clients against alleged violations of the Consumer Protection Act and handling consumer class actions. It also maintains significant expertise in the False Claims Act area. The team is experienced in handling multijurisdictional cases within the USA, as well as those concerning international law. It regularly defends clients in the finance and technology sectors, including international banks and e-commerce companies.
Work Highlights
- Skadden successfully defended Align Technology, creators of Invisalign, in a Ninth Circuit appeal involving a securities fraud class action brought by Align stockholders.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Skadden has ferocious litigators. They are formidable in court."
"Skadden has ferocious litigators. They are formidable in court."
Notable Practitioners
Bradley Klein is a distinguished litigator with considerable strength handling securities class actions and notable expertise representing clients in Asia.
"Bradley Klein is very well respected within our company for his practical and reliable advice."