Overview
A passionate and formidable trial lawyer, attorney Dan Edelman represents clients in complex commercial disputes, including securities and shareholder litigation, antitrust litigation, and trade secret litigation. He has handled matters that run the gamut from straightforward contractual obligations to thorny questions of statutory law requiring economic analysis.
His clients include every type of commercial business, but particularly financial services, pharmaceutical (and biopharmaceutical), and commercial real estate companies of all sizes and stages.
Clients seek out Dan when they need a litigation attorney adept at breaking down and clearly explaining complex commercial and economic issues. Clients also appreciate that he keeps them abreast of every development in their case and treats their case with the same level of concern as they do.
Focus Areas
Services
- Antitrust
- Appellate
- Banking Litigation
- Class Actions
- Commercial and Contract Litigation
- Corporate and Securities Litigation
- ERISA – Retirement and Benefit Plan Litigation
- Insurance Coverage and Reinsurance Disputes
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation & Business Disputes
- Real Estate
- Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility
Industries
Experience
- Successfully defended a worldwide credit card company against claims of attempted monopolization and illegal tying in the debit card market.
- Defended a global pharmaceutical manufacturer in a multidistrict litigation and concurrent state cases involving price fixing and price discrimination.
- Represented a leading mobile wireless provider in merger litigation under Section 7 of the Clayton Act.
- Represented a national Internet content provider sued together with other Internet provider businesses for concerted action in connection with financial rate tables.
- Represented a pharmacy benefit manager asserting group boycott claims against several large pharmacy chains resisting a prescription drug benefit program.
- Represented a major accounting firm asserting and developing loss causation defenses in a large securities litigation.
- Defended a commodities trading company in litigation stemming from restated financials.
- Represented a biopharmaceutical company in various cases concerning trade secret infringement associated with an FDA-approved drug.
- Represented a hedge fund defending against the use of a preferred shares conversion cap blocker in a “short-swing profit” claim.
- Represented a syndicate of banks in a lender liability case involving a foreclosure of a business executed under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
- Sought injunctive relief for a private equity firm’s portfolio company under the Defend Trade Secrets Act.
- Represented owners of commercial real estate asserting self-dealing claims against asset managers.
- Represented an international bank in seeking recovery under a forfaiting contract.
- Represented an international logistics and freight carrier in a dispute with a distributor over a long-term contract.
Credentials
Events
Insights
Insights
- BlogsSupreme Court Underscores Limited Applicability of Rule 10b-5(b) Omissions Claims4 minute read
- BlogsSupreme Court Upholds Personal Jurisdiction by Corporate Registration5 minute read
- BlogsSupreme Court to Decide Whether the Automatic Stay of Discovery In Securities Act Claims Applies In State Court ...3 minute read
- PublicationsDelaware Supreme Court Upholds Federal Forum Provision for Securities Act Claims3 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsExperienced Trial Lawyer Daniel D. Edelman Joins Epstein Becker Green2 minute read
- PublicationsCFTC and SEC Propose New Anti-Manipulation Rules for Swaps and Securities-Based Swaps
- PublicationsOutside Counsel: 'Twombly and Parallel Conduct Claims in the Second Circuit