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Christopher F. Moriarty

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克里斯托弗·莫里亚蒂在美国提起证券欺诈和其他复杂诉讼,并就在证券相关诉讼中寻求赔偿的机会向机构投资者提供咨询. 他的证券欺诈集体诉讼业务涵盖诉讼的各个方面, from case-starting to settlement.

他担任首席律师团队成员的著名证券欺诈集体诉讼包括: 

•    In re Twitter Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 16-cv-05314-JST (N.D. Cal.) ($809.5 million recovery*);
•    In re Barrick Gold Securities Litigation, No. 13-cv-03851 (S.D.N.Y.) ($140 million recovery*);
•    City of Brockton Retirement System v. Avon Products, Inc., 11 Civ. 4655 (PGG) (S.D.N.Y.) ($62 million recovery*); 
•    Hill v. State Street Corp., No. 09-cv-12136-GAO (D. Mass.) ($60 million recovery*); 
•    In re Hewlett-Packard Co. Securities Litigation, No. 11-cv-1404 (RNBx) (C.D. Cal.) ($57 million recovery*);
•    KBC Asset Management NV v. 3D Systems Corp., No. 15-cv-02393-MGL (D.S.C.) ($50 million recovery*);
•    In re Medtronic, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 0:13-cv-0168 (D. Minn.) ($43 million recovery*);
•    Första AP-Fonden and Danske Invest Management A/S v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., Civil No. 12-3070 (JNE/HB) (D. Minn.) ($39.25 million recovery*);
•    Ross v. Career Education Corp., No. 12-cv-00276 (N.D. Ill.) ($27.5 million recovery*); and
•    KBC Asset Management NV v. Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 14-cv-10105-MLW (D. Mass.) ($22.25 million recovery*).

克里斯托弗还代表投资者根据联邦证券法进行直接诉讼, in shareholder derivative litigation, and in antitrust class actions; whistleblowers in proceedings before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; and relators in qui tam litigation. In the international context, Christopher serves as U.S. 荷兰Stichting Petrobras赔偿基金会的律师, 它代表了在美国境外交易巴西石油公司证券的投资者的利益,这些投资者因巴西石油公司及其某些相关实体和前高管涉嫌长期欺诈和贿赂而遭受损失.

In addition to his securities practice, 克里斯托弗代表数十个政府实体对几家制药商提起诉讼, distributors, 以及与阿片类药物流行有关的药房. As part of that, 他曾担任华盛顿州针对处方阿片类药物“三大”分销商的诉讼和审判律师之一,该诉讼在审判后达成5.18亿美元的和解. 他还成功地向阿拉斯加州针对众多阿片类药物制造商的多项动议的反对意见作了简报和辩护.*

作为他无偿服务的一部分,克里斯托弗起草了 amicus curiae 在美国法院审理的大约20个宪法案件的摘要.S. 最高法院(引用了他的工作)和联邦上诉法院. Outside of his legal practice, Christopher是Operation Sight的董事会成员, 一个为有需要的人提供免费白内障手术和其他服务的非营利组织.

2008年,Christopher被中庙荣誉协会(honorable Society of the Middle Temple)授予英格兰和威尔士律师资格.

* Please remember that every case is different. 澳门皇冠现金手机入口为一个客户在一件事情上取得的任何结果并不一定意味着其他客户也能获得类似的结果.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
Christopher F. Moriarty, 最高法院裁定证券法时间限制不受美国管道收费的约束, Class Action & 衍生诉讼通讯,美国律师协会(10月). 3, 2017)

SELECT PRESENTATIONS:
Panelist, 专家:在与信息传播趋势一致的诉讼中传达复杂的想法和问题,美国律师协会诉讼部分年会(2022年5月6日)

Education

J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2011

M.A., Trinity College, University of Cambridge, 2007

B.A., Trinity College, University of Cambridge, 2003

Licensed In

  • South Carolina

Admitted to Practice Before

U.S. 第一,第二,第三,第四,第五,第九和第十巡回上诉法院

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Michigan, and the District of South Carolina

Associations

South Carolina Association for Justice

American Bar Association

South Carolina Bar Association

Charleston County Bar Association

Awards and Accolades

2016–2021 South Carolina Super Lawyers® Rising Stars list
Securities litigation