Cybersecurity

Our attorneys regularly advise banks, insurance companies, broker-dealers, investment advisers and public and private funds on all aspects of cybersecurity regulation.

Our team members are experts on the entire cybersecurity regulatory structure including Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Regulation S-P, Regulation P, the OCIE 2015 Cybersecurity Initiative, the FINRA 2015 Report on Cybersecurity Practices, and the NIST Framework.

We develop information security programs for our clients, guide them through cyberincidents and represent them in any resultant regulatory inquiry. As a part of this service, we develop and implement access or IAM policies, governance policies, risk analysis policies, vendor management policies, mobile policies, training plans and incident response plans.

We also regularly conduct cybersecurity audits for our clients and have acted as the SEC-appointed independent consultant in cybersecurity enforcement actions.

A member of the firm is currently the Co-Chair of the American Bar Association, Business Section White

Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions

We have a diversified and experienced Corporate Practice Group that represents closely held as well as public corporations, investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and broker-dealers.

The firm assists clients with a wide array of business matters such as mergers and acquisitions, private and public debt and equity offerings, business vehicle structuring, licensing and product distribution matters, securities law compliance and international investments.

Consumer Credit Litigation

We have extensive experience in all aspects of consumer protection laws.

We have successfully defended both individual and class action claims alleging a wide variety of consumer protection laws including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) as well as similar state law claims and claims alleging deceptive trade practices and invasion of privacy. We are experienced in handling litigation in both state and federal courts across the country, including bankruptcy courts, as well as handling arbitrations. We have successfully briefed and argued motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment across the country as well as successfully defended consumer claims at trial and garnered favorable settlements on behalf of our clients.

Our team also advises clients on matters of compliance with regard to all aspects of consumer protection laws. We regularly partner with clients to craft and maintain policies and procedures to ensure compliance with such laws in order to preclude litigation and build a more efficient business.

Commercial Litigation

Our firm represents local and national clients in litigation in state and federal court as well as in mediation/arbitration around the country.

Our attorneys are highly skilled, creative and motivated litigators who have built a record of considerable success in complex matters in arbitration, at trial and on appeal at all levels of state and federal courts. One of our attorneys has been named one of the top litigators in the country by The American Lawyer magazine. Among others, we represent one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, one of the largest insurance companies in the world, one of the largest retail-based private equity firms, and one of the largest financial institutions in the world, all in commercial litigation, totaling over 100 cases since the firm’s founding for these clients alone.

    Appellate

    Our attorneys offer the knowledge and experience to guide you or your company throughout the appellate process, whether you are pursuing the appeal as an Appellant or defending as an Appellee.

    If our firm already represented you at the trial level, we carefully considered during that time how best to identify and preserve all issues for appeal. If you are seeking our assistance for the first time at the appellate stage, we will carefully review the record to identify all issues on appeal, and then assess the viability of each of those issues. In either scenario, our appellate attorneys will provide you with an honest assessment of the likelihood of success on appeal, an important factor to consider, and one that may lead to satisfactory settlement at the appellate stage.

    Our attorneys have handled appeals in several federal and state court systems and are admitted to the First and Second Circuits, the Federal Circuit, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States.  One of our Attorneys has been named by the American Lawyer as one of the top Appellate Attorneys in Boston (2014) and nationally (2015).

    We have successfully handled appeals at the Second, Third,  and Eighth Circuit involving complex securities and transactional matters. In each instance, we have prevailed at the District Court level and Appellate Court level.