REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Greg’s recent representative experience includes:
- Representing a commodities trading company in a CFTC trade practice investigation involving soft commodities.
- Representing a commodities trading company under investigation by the CFTC in a trade practice case related to the gasoline markets.
- Representing an international company in an investigation by the CFTC and an Exchange for certain trading in the sugar markets.
- Representing an oil company in a CFTC manipulation investigation.
- Representing a hedge fund in CFTC and Exchange investigations for certain trading in the natural gas markets.
- Representing an exchange-traded fund in a multi-agency trading practices investigation.
- Representing brokers in CFTC investigations relating to price reporting in the jet fuel markets.
- Representing a business development company in a joint SEC/DOJ investigation.
- Representing a small business lending company in SBA and USDA investigations into lending practices.
- Representing a broker-dealer in federal, state, SRO and arbitrations actions regarding the sale of unregistered securities.
- Representing an individual in an SEC action relating to the sale of unregistered securities.
- Representing a distributor in a trademark infringement International Trade Commission action relating to importation of gray market goods.
- Conducted an internal investigation on behalf of the board of directors of an advisory company.
- Conducted an internal investigation for a financial services company relating to dissemination of research.
- Assisting clients with the creation of record retention policies, e-communication policies, litigation hold procedures and e-discovery best practices.
- Representing clients in civil and criminal matters, including intellectual property litigation, adversary proceedings before bankruptcy courts, and contract dispute litigation and multi-district litigation involving aviation disasters and independent counsel investigations.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, Sedona Conference
- Member, District of Columbia Bar E-Discovery Committee
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Co-author, “The CFTC Flexes its Enforcement Muscles: Some Tips for Handling CFTC Administrative Proceedings,” Bloomberg Securities Law (January 9, 2012)
- Co-author, Defending Enhanced Document Review Tools, Executive Counsel (December 2011)
- Co-author, “Managing the Risks of eDiscovery: A Q&A with Bob Owen and Greg Kaufman,” Partnering Perspectives (Fall 2011)
- Co-author, “Finding Guidance on Electronic Discovery from the Court,” Partnering Perspectives (Fall 2010)
- Co-author, “Securities Regulation in the United States,” International Securities Regulation, Binder 8, Booklet 1 (May 2009)
- Co-author, “Case Study: SEC v. Collins & Aikman Corp.,” Securities Law360 (March 30, 2009)
- Co-author, “Discovery Can Get Tangled Up In ‘Strings’,” National Law Journal, Vol. 29, No. 14 (December 4, 2006)
- Author, Chapter 8, “Expert Evidence in the District of Columbia,” Scientific Evidence Review (American Bar Association, 2003)
- Speaker, “FTC - Defining new market authority,” Argus Oil Market Regulation Summit 2009 (October 21, 2009)
- Speaker, “Electronic Discovery,” Court of Federal Claims Bar Association CLE Program (November 15, 2006)
- Quoted in, "Explaining e-Discovery: A Look at Some Common Misconceptions," LJN's Legal Tech Newsletter (April 2011)
