The ink has hardly dried on the pages of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), and there is already heated debate about whether some businesses improperly took advantage of the government aid. 

Gone are the days when business deals were made only between regional or national partners.  An increasing number of U.S. companies are the product of foreign investment or leadership.

Until recently, the California Code of Civil Procedure provided that parties responding to inspection demands could produce documents either “as they are kept in the usual course of business” or “organized and labeled to correspond with the categories in the demand.”  

Proposed three-year “safe harbor” from application of the federal securities laws for cryptocurrency offerings and trading.

Alto Litigation has been named to Benchmark Litigation's 2020 US Awards West Coast shortlist.

Bahram Seyedin-Noor has been named to the 2020 Benchmark Litigation US Awards West Coast shortlist.

Alto Litigation, PC is proud to announce that Alto attorneys Bahram Seyedin-Noor and Daniel Sakaguchi were recognized as 2019 Super Lawyers.

Alto Litigation was ranked a Recommended Firm in California and a Tier 1 Firm in San Francisco.

This May marked the three-year anniversary of the Defend Trade Secrets Act. While the prohibitions against trade secret misappropriation created by the DTSA have been well vetted since the Act’s inception, less frequently discussed is the immunity granted under the Act to certain individuals who might expose trade secrets: whistleblowers.

Alto Litigation is pleased to announce that Josh Korr has joined the firm as a senior associate.

Alto Litigation’s Bahram Seyedin-Noor has been selected as the 2019 San Francisco Attorney of the Year by Benchmark Litigation.

Alto Litigation’s Bahram Seyedin-Noor has been selected to Benchmark Litigation’s 2019 US Awards West Coast shortlist.

Alto Litigation has been selected to Benchmark Litigation’s 2019 US Awards West Coast shortlist.

“We are excited for the added firepower Monica brings to our IP and commercial litigation practice,” commented Alto Litigation CEO, Bahram Seyedin-Noor.

In a significant decision, the Delaware Chancery Court on December 19, 2018 held that certificates of incorporation in Delaware-chartered companies cannot have forum selection provisions requiring shareholder actions under the Securities Act of 1933 to be filed in federal court.  In Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg, C.A. 2017-0931-JTL, slip op. (Del. Ch. Dec. 19, 2018), Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster drew an important distinction between internal-affairs claims, such as derivative actions, which may be regulated by forum selection provisions, and external-affairs claims, such as actions under the 1933 Act, in which the plaintiff happens to be a stockholder but which concern the corporation’s external relationships.

As litigation boutique Alto Litigation PC celebrates its fifth anniversary, the firm’s lawyers and staff take part in Five Acts of Gratitude to give back to the San Francisco community.

Kopel is quoted in article entitled “What's Next: SEC's Big No in Crypto | Illegal Gene Dabbling | Government Facial Recognition Face Off.”

Veteran SEC defense lawyer and securities litigator Jared Kopel joins Alto Litigation as senior counsel.

Ketroser's "10 Pitfalls For Shareholder Derivative Litigants" runs in Expert Analysis section

Ketroser pens "Demand futility in the 9th Circuit"