On September 20, 2024, Clark Smith Villazor earned a post-trial win for its clients, Sanjiv Mehra and the trustee of his family trust, in a Delaware Chancery Court dispute arising out of Mr. Mehra’s former business partner’s effort to oust him from EOS—the popular consumer-products business that Mr. Mehra co-founded…
On September 6, 2024, Chris Clark and Benjamin Dozier, on behalf of client VR Capital, filed a fully briefed appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. As set forth in the brief and reply, the appeal raises a novel legal question regarding the extent to which…
On August 30, 2024, Clark Smith Villazor, on behalf of its clients Knighthead Capital Management, Certares Opportunities, and investment funds they manage, filed an amended complaint against Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Brightline Holdings LLC, and various Brightline subsidiaries in New York Supreme Court’s Commercial Division. The amendment complaint alleges…
On August 6, 2024, Clark Smith Villazor LLP’s client, Amit Dagar, received a below-Guidelines sentence of 9 months’ imprisonment after his conviction on charges of insider trading and conspiracy to commit insider trading. While Judge Andrew L. Carter of the District Court for the Southern District of New York calculated…
On June 14, 2024, Clark Smith Villazor LLP, initiated a lawsuit in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against CME Group Inc. (CMEG) and New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX) on behalf of its clients, three investment funds which had held significant open interests in the…
On May 9, 2024, the executive board of the the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey selected Rodney Villazor as a new trustee. The AFBNJ is comprised of distinguished attorneys from the private bar and law enforcement practicing in the U.S. District Court for the District of New…
Clark Smith Villazor LLP – a leading white-collar defense and civil-litigation law firm – is proud to announce that Pauline Oostdyk has joined the firm from a leading international law firm as a new associate. She has represented domestic and foreign companies, financial institutions, and individuals in connection with litigations…
On April 8, 2024, CSV’s client Richard Heart, an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and free-speech pioneer who conceived of the cryptocurrency software programs Hex, PulseChain, and PulseX, moved to dismiss the SEC’s claims against him. In July 2023, the SEC sued Heart and the three software programs, alleging that they unlawfully offered…
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…
