Credit: denisismagilov/Adobe Stock Morgan Lewis, Reed Smith Among Big Law Firms Standing Up for SPACs Against Shareholder Lawsuit
Most of the top transactional firms have made hay with SPACs over the past 18 months, and a lawsuit filed against a major one has dozens of firms weighing in.
August 27, 2021 at 03:54 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
A lawsuit filed by investors against a major special-purpose acquisition company has gotten quite the reaction from Big Law, which has found SPACs to be lucrative business drivers over the past 18 months.
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Baker McKenzie
- Fenwick & West
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Mayer Brown
- Winston & Strawn LLP
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed
- Katten Muchin Rosenman
- Ropes & Gray
- Ellenoff Grossman And Schole Llp
- Proskauer Rose
- Cooley
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Reed Smith
- Goodwin Procter
- Baker Botts
- Sidley Austin
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
- Greenberg Traurig
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Paul Hastings
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- White & Case
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Latham & Watkins
- King & Spalding
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
- DLA Piper
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison
- Arnold & Porter
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Vinson & Elkins
- Loeb & Loeb
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Milbank LLP
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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