Securities Class Actions

Although very few securities class actions have ever been tried to verdict before a jury, Schiff Hardin has tried three such cases, including one in which we represented more than 30 underwriters of an initial public offering. Such valuable experience in ground-breaking cases distinguishes Schiff Hardin among firms handling securities, commodities and takeover litigation.

Schiff Hardin's extensive experience in this area includes litigation under state and federal securities laws and federal commodities laws in the following venues:

• In federal and state courts across the country
• Before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
• In disciplinary proceedings threatened or commenced by self-regulatory organizations
• In arbitrations and other alternative dispute resolution forums