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Lead Plaintiffs Voluntarily Dismiss Securities Class Action Against the Dogecoin Foundation Following Levine Lee’s Motion To Dismiss

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Levine Lee represented the Dogecoin Foundation, Inc., the organization responsible for supporting the Dogecoin crypto-currency, in a putative class action securities litigation brought in the Southern District of New York against the Dogecoin Foundation, Elon Musk, and Tesla, Inc. Lead Plaintiffs originally sought $258 billion in damages related to the alleged manipulation of the Dogecoin … Read more

Levine Lee Expands Litigation Team with Addition of Villanova Law Professor Steven L. Chanenson, Who Joins as Of Counsel

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Levine Lee LLP, a prominent New York litigation boutique, is proud to announce that Steven L. Chanenson, one of the nation’s leading scholars of criminal law and sentencing, is joining the firm as Of Counsel. Chanenson is Professor of Law at the Charles Widger School of Law at Villanova University, where he teaches sentencing, pre-trial … Read more

Levine Lee Shortlisted for Global Investigations Review Boutique or Regional Investigations Practice of the Year and Most Important Court Case of the Year

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Levine Lee is honored to be shortlisted by Global Investigations Review (GIR) as the only U.S. finalist for Boutique or Regional Investigations Practice of the Year, and also as a finalist for Most Important Court Case of the Year, for its representation of Deutsche Bank trader Gavin Black in securing his acquittal in the LIBOR … Read more

Seth L. Levine Serves as Speaker at PLI’s White Collar Crime 2022: Prosecutors and Regulators Speak Program

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As part of The Practicing Law Institute’s (PLI) White Collar Crime 2022: Prosecutors and Regulators Speak program, Seth L. Levine serves as a panelist on the topic Charging and Defending Individuals in White Collar Cases, along with representatives from the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and the … Read more

Levine Lee LLP Recognized by Chambers USA

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Chambers USA has once again ranked Levine Lee LLP among the top firms in New York for white collar criminal matters and government investigations, noting its “strong track record in cases arising from the financial crisis and from allegations of benchmark rate manipulation.” Chambers also praised the firm for its strength in “legal analysis, writing, … Read more

Levine Lee LLP Secures Judgment of Acquittal for Gavin Black in LIBOR Case

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After more than five years of litigation, Levine Lee LLP secured a complete acquittal for our client Gavin Black, a former Deutsche Bank derivatives trader. As part of the massive investigation into alleged manipulation of LIBOR, the Justice Department’s Fraud Section criminally charged Gavin Black in the Southern District of New York. On January 27, … Read more

Seth Levine Elected President of the Federal Bar Foundation

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We are very pleased to announce that Seth L. Levine has been elected President of the Federal Bar Foundation. The Federal Bar Foundation is the charitable foundation associated with the Federal Bar Council, and it is dedicated to facilitating and improving the administration of justice and the understanding and study of law. The Foundation supports … Read more

Levine Lee Obtains Final Approval of Federal Securities Class Action Settlement on Behalf of Sterling Bancorp, Inc.

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On September 23, 2021, the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Michigan granted final approval of the parties’ proposed settlement in Oklahoma Police Pension & Retirement System v. Sterling Bancorp et al., No. 20-cv-10490 (E.D. Mich.), a major putative class action securities litigation lead by a pension-fund shareholder against Sterling Bancorp, Inc. (“Sterling”). Plaintiff’s … Read more