Megan Alicia Behrman

Ms. Behrman’s experience includes representing:

• A lender to a Ponzi scheme facing conspiracy and aiding and abetting fraud claims in multiple cases filed across the country and internationally. Three of the domestic cases were dismissed on standing grounds. The international court adopted all of Latham’s and its co-counsel’s arguments and discharged a prior ex parte order allowing the plaintiffs to serve the defendant outside of the jurisdiction, ending the case.
• An American conglomerate and individual defendants in several securities class actions in New York state and federal courts alleging tens of billions of dollars in claimed damages, as well as in related regulatory investigations. Several of the cases have been dismissed with prejudice.
• A major financial institution in a securities class action in New York state court.
• Lead underwriters in a securities class action filed in Texas state court.
• A leading fitness technology company in a high-profile consumer class action under the New York General Business Laws. The court denied class certification.
• A clinical-stage biotechnology start-up company and individual defendants in a securities class action in Massachusetts federal court.
• A talent matching start-up company in cases involving breach of contract, fraud, conspiracy, and theft of trade secrets.
• A leading international bank in an internal investigation and root-cause analysis of its losses related to the widely reported collapse of a family office, as well as in subsequent related dealings with global regulators.
• A global bank in an internal investigation into trading activity across hundreds of its subsidiaries and affiliates, as well as in subsequent interactions with various regulators.
• Equity holders of a medical-device manufacturer in an earn-out dispute against its large pharmaceutical acquirer.
• A former prison inmate in a pro bono 8th Amendment federal jury trial.