On April 29 and 30th, Friedman Kaplan partners Anne Beaumont and Asaf Reindel spoke at the GAIM Ops Cayman conference. Ms. Beaumont moderated a panel titled "You Will Be Hacked: Practical Lessons in Preparing for and Responding to Cyber Incidents," and Mr. Reindel spoke at a speaker-hosted lunch table titled "How Fund Managers Can Prepare for the Anticipated End of LIBOR."  More

Friedman Kaplan client, FlightSafety International Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, has formed a joint venture with TRU Simulation + Training Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company. The new company will provide training services for Textron Aviation‘s broad product line of business and general aviation aircraft. It will offer training for 48 aircraft models at 16 locations, using a fleet of 89 simulators. More

SDNY Chief Bankruptcy Judge Cecelia Morris has issued a decisive ruling in favor of Friedman Kaplan client the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust (the “Manville Trust”), resolving in the Manville Trust’s favor a series of legal questions arising from a claim made by Thorpe Insulation Company Asbestos Settlement Trust (the “Thorpe Trust”), seeking indemnification for millions of dollars in payments it had made to approximately 5,000 asbestos health claimants in California between 2010 and 2017. More

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed Nine West Holdings' Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization after nearly eleven highly contentious months of proceedings. Friedman Kaplan represented the indenture trustee for Nine West’s $250 million senior unsecured notes due in 2034. More

Friedman Kaplan is pleased to announce the promotion of Andrew Englander to Counsel. Mr. Englander joined the firm as an Associate in 2013, and since that time has represented major public and private companies as well as officers and directors in connection with complex commercial litigation matters, including with regard to issues of fiduciary duty. He also represents companies and individuals in internal investigations and in white collar criminal matters. More

Friedman Kaplan has formed a LIBOR Transition Task Force, led by litigation partner Anne Beaumont, to study and prepare for the expected cessation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which will occur no later than the end of 2021—and perhaps sooner. Given LIBOR’s pervasive use, the consequences of its permanent discontinuation will be felt—for better or worse—throughout the financial markets. As one market participant recently observed, “a misstep could have substantial consequences for investors globally.” More

Effective December 21, 2018, Friedman Kaplan partners Anne E. Beaumont, Michael A. Gordon, Mala Ahuja Harker, Jason C. Rubinstein, and Jeffrey R. Wang will join the firm’s newly formed Management Committee, taking over responsibility for firm management from longtime Managing Partner and founder Eric Seiler. More

Friedman Kaplan is pleased to announce that Joel I. Frank has joined our partnership. Mr. Frank will be a partner in our corporate department and will focus on securities matters. More

The Wireless History Foundation inducted FK partner Barry Adelman into its Hall of Fame at its Awards Dinner in Los Angeles on September 12th. More

Justice Saliann Scarpulla of the Supreme Court of New York, New York County, issued a decision handing a resounding victory to Friedman Kaplan’s client All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. and its affiliates (together, “ANA”) in a case filed against ANA, Japan’s largest airline, by a former supplier, Kyowa Seni, Co., Ltd. (“Kyowa”).  More

Friedman Kaplan partner Christopher Colorado on June 27 participated in an American Bar Association Section of Litigation panel entitled Virtual Currency: Current Regulatory and Civil Litigation Trends.  More