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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite

USA Guide 2026 : District of Columbia


Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

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Our Litigation Group comprises approximately 600 attorneys throughout the firm’s offices, and our attorneys are admitted to practice throughout the U.S. as well as more than 30 other countries and territories. Our international experience enables us to effectively represent non-U.S. plaintiffs and defendants in U.S. judicial proceedings. We represent clients in trial and appellate courts at the federal and state level, before administrative tribunals, and in arbitrations and other dispute resolution proceedings. We also represent clients in proceedings involving government agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Attorney General’s Office, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the New York Stock Exchange, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service.

We have handled some of the largest and most high-profile cases in recent years. In securities litigation, we have served as lead counsel in several of the largest securities class actions in U.S. history, and we have handled cases responsible for the law that today guides participants in corporate control contests. In the area of mass torts, our litigators pioneered the “national counsel” model of handling this complex litigation, and we have been involved in many of the significant mass tort litigations of the last 20 years.

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Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite - District of Columbia

Band 4

Band 4


What the Team is Known For

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has a talented team that is regularly involved in trial and investigative proceedings. The firm offers real strength in the consumer protection area, regularly defending clients against alleged violations of the Consumer Protection Act and handling consumer class actions. It also maintains significant expertise in the False Claims Act area. The team is experienced in handling multijurisdictional cases within the USA, as well as those concerning international law. It regularly defends clients in the finance and technology sectors, including international banks and e-commerce companies.

Work Highlights

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  • Skadden represented Getty Images in cross-appeals regarding a district court’s ruling that Getty Images breached contracts with Alta Partners and CRCM by denying their attempts to exercise financial warrants to purchase Getty Images shares.

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 2Bradley Klein
    Band 2Bradley Klein

    Bradley Klein

    Bradley Klein is a distinguished litigator with considerable strength handling securities class actions and notable expertise representing clients in Asia.

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