Leading private equity firms Knighthead Capital Management and Certares, along with their joint-venture CK Opportunities Fund, filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court alleging that global financial institution Morgan Stanley and high-speed railroad company Brightline committed fraud and breach of contract in connection with the plaintiffs’ investment in Brightline. The…
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Clark Smith Villazor LLP Announces Addition of Abena Slowe
Clark Smith Villazor LLP – a leading white-collar defense and civil-litigation law firm – is proud to announce that Abena Slowe has joined the firm as a new associate. The addition of Abena continues the firm’s commitment to add outstanding legal talent. This year, Clark Smith Villazor also welcomed Virginia…
Clark Smith Villazor LLP Secures Probationary Sentence for Client in Insider Trading Prosecution
Clark Smith Villazor LLP, with co-counsel Kramer Levin, represented Usama Malik, former CFO of Immunomedics, Inc., who was charged with insider trading in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Following a plea agreement and arguments from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey…
New York Supreme Court Agrees with Clark Smith Villazor LLP’s Four Service-Disabled Veteran Clients that New York State Cannabis Agencies Failed to Comply with Court Order
After issuing a preliminary injunction halting the processing of allegedly unconstitutional conditional adult use retail dispensary (CAURD) licenses in the cannabis industry earlier in August, on August 28, the New York State Supreme Court Justice presiding over the case found that Defendants New York State Cannabis Control Board, Office of…
Clark Smith Villazor LLP Announces Addition of Virginia Tent and Promotion of Brian Burns to Partner
Clark Smith Villazor LLP—a leading white-collar defense and civil-litigation law firm— today announced the addition of Virginia Tent as a partner and the promotion of Brian Burns to partner with the firm. The moves are part of the firm’s continued growth since launching in April. “Virginia and Brian are both…
Clark Smith Villazor LLP obtains preliminary injunction largely halting allegedly unconstitutional New York state cannabis retail licensing program.
Today, a New York State Supreme Court Justice issued a preliminary injunction in favor of Clark Smith Villazor’s four service-disabled veteran clients seeking to enter New York’s nascent retail marijuana industry. The injunction largely halts the processing of allegedly unconstitutional conditional adult use retail dispensary (CAURD) licenses in the cannabis industry. …
Counsel Brian Burns Obtains TRO for Service-Disabled Veterans in Lawsuit Against NY Office of Cannabis Management
Clark Smith Villazor LLP, on behalf of its service-disabled veteran clients, obtained an extension of a TRO previously issued by a NY state judge halting the processing of allegedly unconstitutional conditional adult use retail dispensary (CAURD) licenses in the cannabis industry. On August 3, 2023, the firm filed a lawsuit against the…
Clark Smith Villazor Continues Growth with Addition of Jeffrey D. Rotenberg
Clark Smith Villazor LLP, launched earlier this month, is pleased to announce that Jeff Rotenberg has joined the firm as a partner. Rotenberg comes to Clark Smith Villazor after over a decade as a partner and leading financial services litigator in the New York office of a large international law…
Announcing the Formation of Clark Smith Villazor LLP
We’re excited to announce today the formation of Clark Smith Villazor, with partners Christopher J. Clark, a former federal prosecutor and former Global Chairman of the Securities Litigation and Financial Institutions groups at an international law firm, along with Patrick J. Smith and Rodney Villazor, co-founders of Smith Villazor LLP. Coverage…
Smith Villazor LLP lead counsel in Delaware Chancery Court merger litigation
Bloomberg Law News reports that Smith Villazor LLP, on behalf of HControl, sues Antin Infrastructure Partners SAS and OTI Parent LLC in Delaware Chancery Court for attempting to walk away from their planned $230 million merger.