Britney A. Lewis

Litigation Matters

• INEOS v. BASF — Defeated preliminary injunction and won voluntary dismissal of lawsuit brought by INEOS seeking to enjoin the sale of BASF’s polyolefin catalysts business to W.R. Grace.
• Florida v. Georgia — Counsel for the State of Georgia in a rare “original jurisdiction” dispute with Florida pending in the Supreme Court of the United States. The case is being litigated before a Special Master appointed by the Court to conduct discovery and trial proceedings.
• In re Caterpillar Inc. Securities Litigation — Counsel for Caterpillar in putative securities fraud class action. Successfully obtained dismissal of the case on a motion to dismiss.
• Luca v. Wyndham — Counsel for Wyndham in putative nationwide class action challenging hotel billing practices.
• Cerberus v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce — Counsel for Cerberus-affiliated investment vehicles in lawsuit bringing breach of contract claims against CIBC, stemming from CIBC’s payment obligations related to cash and synthetic assets in its U.S. residential housing portfolio.
• In re Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation — Counsel for Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation and its subsidiaries, in its successful valuation trial in its Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• Moore v. Raytheon — Counsel for Raytheon in ERISA litigation relating to retiree health benefits at Raytheon’s Tucson missile facility.
• Caterpillar Derivative Actions — Counsel for Caterpillar in multiple shareholder derivative actions filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
• UTC class actions (C.D. Cal., S.D. Fla., E.D. Pa.) — Counsel for UTC in putative class actions alleging warranty and consumer protection claims relating to HVAC units.
• Counsel to global financial institution in federal antitrust class actions alleging that foreign currency dealers conspired to manipulate the benchmark WM/Reuters currency exchange rate.
• Counsel for clients in books-and-records demands under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporate Law.

Government & Internal Investigations

• Counsel for public company in multi-agency investigation involving allegations of financial reporting and tax fraud.
• Counsel to global financial institution in investigations being conducted by numerous domestic and foreign regulatory authorities involving foreign currency exchange markets.

Litigation Paralegal - Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York)

Fitisemanu v. United States — Counsel to the American Samoa Government and the Congresswoman from American Samoa in litigation concerning the citizenship status of the people of American Samoa.

Territory of Guam v. Paeste — Counsel to the Government of Guam in seeking a stay and writ of certiorari from an injunction entered under § 1983 requiring Guam to pay income-tax refunds within six months of becoming due.

Pro bono counsel representing refugee seeking asylum in the United States.