On February 6, 2024, Jeffrey Rotenberg and Michael Sala of Clark Smith Villazor LLP secured the dismissal of CSV’s client in a federal securities class action pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York relating to Lottery.com, where our client had served as Chief…
In a win for Clark Smith Villazor’s client AllianceBernstein, a New York state appellate court, on February 1, 2024, held that the global investment firm was properly dismissed from a lawsuit seeking to hold the firm liable after individuals who used a co-working business center run by AllianceBernstein’s subtenant supposedly breached…
On January 11, 2024, Chris Clark and Benjamin Dozier, on behalf of client VR Capital, filed an opposition to PDVSA’s motion to dismiss in VR Global Partners LP v. Petroleos de Venezuela SA et al., 23-cv-05604 pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The…
On January 10, 2024, the Clark Smith Villazor LLP team of Patrick Smith, Selbie Jason, and Sean McMahon started its defense of Amit Dagar in United States v. Dagar, 23-cr-00319, a federal criminal jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In the defense…
Clark Smith Villazor LLP – a leading white-collar defense and civil-litigation law firm – is proud to announce that Michelle E. Lee has joined the firm as a new associate. Michelle, who recently completed a federal clerkship in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, adds to…
Earlier today, Clark Smith Villazor LLP filed a Stipulation and Proposed Order of Settlement and Dismissal with Supreme Court, Albany County seeking Justice Kevin Bryant’s approval of the settlement reached by CSV on behalf of its four service-disabled veteran clients and New York’s two cannabis agencies and their top executives…
Clark Smith Villazor LLP – a leading white-collar defense and civil-litigation law firm – warmly welcomes Eremi Amabebe as a new associate to the firm. Eremi joins the firm after working as a law clerk for Chief Judge Margo Brodie of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of…
On October 25, asset manager VR Global Partners, L.P. filed an Amended Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that Venezuelan state-owned oil and natural gas company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), and its affiliates violated the securities laws and committed fraud in connection…
On October 13, 2023, a panel of five judges of the Appellate Division for the Third Judicial Department unanimously agreed with Clark Smith Villazor LLP’s four service-disabled veteran clients that the preliminary injunction issued by Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant halting the processing of adult-use cannabis CAURD licenses in New…
On September 28, 2023, Clark Smith Villazor LLP filed a motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to search warrants issued against Amit Dagar, the defendant in a criminal case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The motion argues that the warrants were obtained…
