Andrew George Horne's Legal Cases (5)

Privacy

Ramkissoon v. AOL

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OUTCOME: The case was dismissed in its entirety.

Plaintiff Kasadore Ramkissoon and two California residents who filed as "Doe" plaintiffs, alleged that AOL had violated Title II of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (the Store Communications A ... ct) by posting twenty million search queries performed by 685,000 AOL users on a publicly-available website. The relevant statute provided for minimum damages of $1,000 per violation. The plaintiffs brought the case as a class action in the Northern District of California. The case was the largest class action ever filed under the Stored Communications Act and was dubbed the "Exxon Valdez" of data leaks.

Tax

Confidential Arbitration

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OUTCOME: The investment bank prevailed in arbitration before a panel comprised of three former federal judges and received a multimillion dollar award.

Represented an investment bank in a $60 million dispute over the allocation of tax refunds and liabilities under a tax sharing agreement.

Employment and labor

Buettgen, et al. v. Harless, et al.

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OUTCOME: Case was dismissed in its entirity

Defended a yellow pages publisher in a putative ERISA class action lawsuit alleging that its employee benefits committee and senior executives breached their fiduciary duties in continuing to offer com ... pany stock when it was supposedly imprudent to do so.

Insurance

Edmonson v. Lincoln National

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OUTCOME: Following discovery, the case was dismissed on summary judgment.

Defended an insurance company in connection with an ERISA class action lawsuit alleging that the company engaged in self dealing by using retained asset accounts to pay death benefits.

Securities and investment fraud

Confidential Regulatory Proceedings

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OUTCOME: Matter was settled prior to commencement of formal regulatory proceedings.

Defended an investment bank and its employees in connection with numerous regulatory investigations relating to its employment practices and reporting of securities law violations.

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