Mr. Kaplan is widely recognized as a leading plaintiff and has led numerous lawsuits against numerous shareholder class actions and derivatives, recovering billions of dollars for victims of corporate misconduct. He was recently listed by defense and corporate attorneys as one of the top 75 plaintiff lawyers in the U.S. for all disciplines, and has been ranked by Legal 500 as one of the top securities litigation lawyers in the U.S. for the past three years. Mr. Kaplan has been recognized as a super lawyer in the New York metropolitan area. He was lead counsel for CalPERS in the AOL Time Warner I & II (Ca. Sup. Ct., L.A. Cty.
cases) and was a responsible partner in In re Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Securities, Derivative & ERISA Litigation, In re Escala Securities Litigation and In re Bank of America Corp. Securities litigation, in which a $2.425 billion settlement and changes to corporate governance were approved by the court. In the field of antitrust, Mr. Kaplan has built a reputation as a leading litigator. He is senior counsel in the In re Air Cargo antitrust litigation (over $1.25 billion in settlements) and was recently appointed by the courts as lead counsel in the DIPF antitrust litigation, the In re Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings antitrust litigation, and the In re Keurig Green Mountain Single-Serve Coffee antitrust litigation. He also represents clients in private antitrust proceedings, including: Affiliated Foods, Inc., Associated Grocers of New England, Inc., URM Stores, Inc., Western Family Foods, Inc. and Associated Food Stores, Inc. in individual cases against Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, d/b/a Chicken of the Sea, King Oscar, Inc., Bumble Bee Foods, LLC f/k/a Bumble Bee Seafoods, LLC, and StarKist Co., No. 15-cv-4312, No. 15-cv-3815, No.
15-cv-4187, No. 15-cv-4667 (N.D. Cal.). Previously, he served as lead counsel or executive committee member in numerous triple-damage lawsuits brought by plaintiffs, including In re Neurontin Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1479, Main Case No. 02-1390 (D.N.J.) ($190 million restored); In the high fructose corn syrup antitrust litigation, MDL No. 1087, Main File No. 95-1477 (C.D. Ill) ($531 million recovered); In the Antitrust Litigation for Brand Name Prescription Drugs, MDL 997 (N.D.
Ill.) ($720 million plus millions of restored dollars); With respect to antitrust disputes relating to infant formula, MDL 878 (N.D. Fla.) ($126 million recovered); In re Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation, MDL 1200 (W.O. Pa.) ($122 million and over one million dollars restored) (Mr. Kaplan successfully argued an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which issued an innovative and often cited summary decision. In re Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation, 385 F.3d 350 (3d Ar. 2004); In re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litigation, MDL 1682 (E.D. Pa.) ($97 million restored); In re Plastics Additives Antitrust Litigation, 03-CV-1898 (E.D.Pa.) ($46.8 million restored); In re Medical X-Ray Film Antitrust Litigation, CV 93-5904 (E.D.N.Y.) ($39.6 million recovered); and In re NBR Antitrust Litigation, MDL 1684 (E.D. Pa.) ($34.3 million recovered). M. Kaplan currently represents financial institutions across the country in data breaches against The Home Depot and is a member of the Applicant Steering Committee.
He also represents a group of individuals in a group against Horizon Healthcare Services who allege intentional and negligent violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, as well as violations of state law, based on Horizon`s failure to provide personal information. M. applicants in an adequate manner. Kaplan honed his litigation skills as a litigator in the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He has acquired extensive experience in litigation in civil and criminal proceedings. He also served as Legal Clerk to the Honourable Sylvester J. Ryan, then Presiding Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and Acting Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Rye, New York.
In addition to his litigation practice, he has also served on legal and legal committees. For more than fifteen years, he has been a member of what is now the New York East District Court Committee on Civil Litigation.Mr. Kaplan has also been an active participant in the Federal Bar Council, an organization of judges and lawyers in the second circle, and is a member of the Programs and Winter Planning Committee. Recently, Mr. Kaplan was invited by the U.S. Judicial Center and attended a multi-day seminar for federal judges on complex litigation. In addition, Mr. Kaplan was a member of the Business Regulation committees and federal courts of the New York City Bar Association. Lord. Les articles publiés par Kaplan comprennent : « Complaint and Discovery In Securities Cases », Trial, avril 1987; « Franchise Statutes and Rules », Westchester Bar Topics, hiver 1983; « Roots Under Fire: Alexander v. Haley and Courlander v.
Haley », Communications and the Law, juillet 1979.Mr. Kaplan sitzt im Vorstand mehrerer Organisationen, darunter das Columbia Law School Board of Visitors, das Board of Directors des Carver Center in Port Chester, N.Y., das Mitglied des Dana Farber Visiting Committee, Thoracic Oncology in Boston, MA, und das Mitglied des Board of Trustees der Rye Historical Society.Bildung: B.A., Williams CollegeJ.D., Columbia University Law School Anwaltszugehörigkeit und Gerichtszulassung: New York state and district of Columbia bars U.S. Supreme Court Berufungsgerichte für den zweiten, dritten, siebten, neunten, zehnten und elften Bezirk U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York, the Central District of Illinois, and the District of Arizona Professional Affiliations: National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys (past chair)Antitrust Support Committee (past chair) U.S. Advisory Group. S.
