Brandon D. Stone

White Collar/Investigations

• Counsel for technology company in DOJ- and SEC-facing investigation into alleged material misstatements made while soliciting investments.
• Counsel for government contractor in responding to a grand jury subpoena in a DOJ-facing public corruption investigation.
• Counsel for private equity client responding to a subpoena from U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control related to a portfolio company’s transactions.
• Represented a multinational pharmaceutical company in a DOJ-facing investigation into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in India.
• Represented an industrial parts manufacturer in DOJ- and SEC-facing investigations into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in South Korea.
• Represented numerous companies in conducting internal investigations and/or responding to subpoenas or requests from federal and state enforcement agencies.
• Represented a technology company investigating the theft of trade secrets and confidential business information in coordination with the DOJ.

Commercial Disputes

• Counsel representing Boeing in litigation brought by pilots and flight attendants alleging economic harm from the grounding of the 737 MAX aircraft.
• City of St. Louis v. Los Angeles Rams (Mo. State Court) Counsel representing the Los Angeles Rams and its owner in action challenging team’s relocation to Los Angeles.
• Williams v. BASF Catalysts LLC (D.N.J.) Counsel representing BASF in putative nationwide class action alleging multi-decade fraud on litigants and courts in asbestos litigations across the country.
• Anderson v. Rush Street Interactive, LP (N.D. Ill.) Counsel representing Rush Street Interactive in dispute alleging breach of contract and quasi-contract claims.
• Conduent Business Services, LLC v. Cognizant Business Services (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) Counsel representing Cognizant Business Services in a dispute alleging breach of contract and fraud.
• Peraton v. Raytheon (E.D.Va.) Counsel to Raytheon defending against claims that it misappropriated trade secrets and other confidential information from a former teaming partner.
• Windy City Investments v. TIAA (Del. Ch. Ct.) Counsel for a Madison Dearborn Partners’ portfolio company in litigation against TIAA stemming from the 2014 sale of Nuveen Investments, Inc.
• Hill v. LW Buyer LLC (Del. Ch. Ct.) Counsel for private equity portfolio company in post-closing indemnification dispute.
• Showtime Networks v. Charter Communications (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) Counsel for Charter in programming contract disputes.
• Brigade Leverage Capital Structures Fund, Ltd., et al., v. García-Padilla, et al. (D.P.R.) Counsel to the Government of Puerto Rico in its financial-crisis litigation.

Antitrust

• In re Humira Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.; 7th Cir.) Counsel for AbbVie in multi-defendant antitrust case regarding AbbVie’s Humira, the best-selling drug in history, where plaintiffs assert that AbbVie amassed a “patent thicket” of over 100 patents and entered anticompetitive settlement agreements with biosimilar manufacturers. District court granted motion to dismiss with prejudice.

False Claims Act

• U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. Supervalu and U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway (C.D. Ill.; 7th Cir.) Counsel representing defendants in False Claims Act case where whistleblower asserted pharmacies submitted tens of millions of fraudulent Medicare claims over nearly a decade when offering discounts to uninsured customers. District court granted summary judgment for defendants and dismissed all claims.
• Counsel representing a government contractor in responding to DOJ investigation on False Claims Act and civil fraud allegations.

United States v. Avila (N.D. Ill.) Counsel representing defendant charged with violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

Burton v. Ghosh, et al. (7th Cir. and N.D. Ill.) Counsel representing prisoner plaintiff asserting Eighth Amendment claims of deliberate indifference of serious medical needs under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Took over case on appeal after dismissal with prejudice. Successfully briefed and argued for reversal and remand before the Seventh Circuit. Burton v. Ghosh, 961 F.3d 960 (7th Cir. 2020). Case is awaiting trial.

Coulibaly v. Pompeo (D.D.C.) Counsel representing plaintiff former government employee asserting claims of discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Family Medical Leave Act. Case is awaiting trial.

Boone v. Everett (E.D. Va.) Trial counsel for prisoner plaintiff asserting Eighth Amendment claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 related to injuries sustained in a use-of-force incident.

Quinteros v. Attorney General (3d Cir.) Counsel for detained former MS-13 gang member challenging his removal to El Salvador under the Convention Against Torture. Government moved to remand after the filing of opening brief.

Lashley v. Martin (D.C. Super. Ct.) Counsel to defendant in landlord/tenant dispute. Case settled favorably for defendant.