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    Jacob E. Cohen

    Special Counsel

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    New York

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    Jacob Cohen is a member of the Firm’s Litigation Group. Mr. Cohen represents leading global companies and financial institutions in a wide variety of complex commercial litigations, including securities, federal RICO, banking, fraud, merger-related disputes, and labor and employment actions.

    Spotlight

    S&C Obtains Trial Win for Rock Holdings in First Insider-Trading Claim Litigated to Trial in Delaware Chancery Court

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    S&C Secures Dismissal of Securities Lawsuits against Barclays Involving Over-Issuance

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    S&C Secures Dismissal of Litigation in Sarah Clement v. Apollo Global Management

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    S&C Obtains Another Sixth Circuit Victory for FCA US in RICO and Labor Act Litigation

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    Experience

    • Goldman Sachs in obtaining a major victory from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a $13 billion securities case, with the court reversing class certification after 13 years of litigation and establishing important guardrails to the “inflation-maintenance” theory of securities fraud. The Second Circuit’s 2023 ruling followed a favorable decision for Goldman Sachs by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2021 and three discretionary Rule 23(f) appeals, marking just the second time a federal appeals court has granted interlocutory review of class certification three times. Following the Second Circuit win, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the suit with prejudice, bringing an end to the long-running litigation. 
    • Goldman Sachs in obtaining summary judgment dismissing class action fraud claims brought by investors alleging losses exceeding $2 billion in two CDO transactions.
    • Goldman Sachs in obtaining dismissal of claims for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and unjust enrichment brought by a German bank concerning a CDO transaction.
    • Fiat Chrysler in obtaining dismissal of RICO claims brought by General Motors purportedly related to improper payments to the union of United Auto Workers, as well as in a related state court action alleging the same claims.
    • Fiat Chrysler in obtaining dismissal of two proposed class actions and an individual action brought by auto workers alleging that the company colluded against them with the union of United Auto Workers.
    • Eisai in a breach of contract action against Pfizer and Viatris relating to sales of the generic form of Lyrica® in Japan.
    • Banco Santander (Brasil) in a litigation against American Airlines seeking a declaratory judgment that their co-brand credit card agreement has been terminated as a result of American Airline’s cessation of flights to Brazil as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.

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    Credentials

    Education

    • University of Toledo College of Law, J.D., 2009
    • University of Toledo, M.B.A., 2009
    • The George Washington University, B.A., 2005

    Bar Admissions

    • New York

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