John P. Del Monaco

Securities Litigation

• Represent private investment fund in litigation arising out of allegedly fraudulent conduct in the sale of synthetic CDOs.

• Represent private equity fund in litigation against hedge fund relating to sale of stock and warrants in special purpose acquisition company.

• Represent financial services companies in FINRA customer-member arbitrations involving allegations of securities fraud, unsuitability, breach of contract, and failure to supervise, among others. Matters have involved myriad types of financial products, including: options contracts, forward contracts, structured products, and insurance products.

Corporate Governance and M&A Litigation

• Represent senior executives in fiduciary duty and appraisal cases arising from M&A transactions.

• Represent nationwide hospital company in litigation arising out of allegedly false proxy materials in connection with hostile acquisition of target company.

• Represent global chemical company in litigation arising out of covert takeover discussions involving a director and a top executive of the target company.

• Represent private investment fund in litigation arising out of attempted hostile takeover of large, publicly-traded pharmaceutical company.

Commercial Litigation

• Represent pharmaceutical company in defense of breach of contract claim based on alleged failure to achieve earnout.

• Represent shareholders of medical device company in litigation against buyer of medical device company concerning buyer’s performance under sale agreement.

• Represent global pharmaceutical company in federal and state False Claims Act actions involving allegations of Medicaid fraud.

• Represent global automobile manufacturer in federal court action against foreign defense industry conglomerate regarding ownership of certain United States and foreign patents.

• Represent global semiconductor manufacturers in federal court action and private international arbitration relating to patent cross-licenses.

• Represent telecommunications company in federal court class action involving false advertising, fraud, and unfair business practices claims.

• Represent nationwide retailer in breach of contract claim brought by client.

White Collar and Regulatory

• Represent senior financial executive in SEC investigation and related federal court class action concerning auction rate securities.

• Represent senior financial executive in criminal and regulatory investigations related to securitization of mortgage backed securities.

• Represent clients before the U.S. DOJ, SEC and various other federal and state regulators.

Environmental Litigation

• Represent telecommunications company in federal court class action involving personal injury claims based on alleged environmental contamination.