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Jeremy T. Adler

Adler_Jeremy

Jeremy T. Adler

Counsel

New York + 1 212 295 6417

Jeremy Adler focuses his practice on securities litigation and enforcement matters, including civil litigation and investigatory work involving claims brought under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, shareholder derivative lawsuits and antitrust actions.

Mr. Adler has defended numerous public companies in securities litigation in which courts have dismissed all claims against his clients at the pleading stage, as well as cases where his clients were able to negotiate favorable settlements after a partial dismissal. These successful representations include actions involving Top Ships, Inc. (all claims dismissed with prejudice; affirmed on appeal); Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (all claims dismissed with prejudice; affirmed on appeal); Activision Blizzard, Inc. (all claims dismissed with prejudice); Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. (favorable settlement after motion to dismiss decision rejected key theory of liability); and Dynagas LNG Partners LP (favorable settlement after court dismissed Exchange Act claims on the pleadings). Mr. Adler also has significant experience with all stages of discovery and trial, including a two-week trial in the Southern District of New York in which Mr. Adler was part of the trial team that successfully defeated efforts by various state attorneys general to block the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint on antitrust grounds.

Mr. Adler joined WilmerHale after working for several years as a litigation associate in the New York office of an international law firm. Mr. Adler previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Jack B. Weinstein and the Honorable David G. Trager of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Experience

    • Embark Technology, Inc.: Achieved favorable settlement of securities class action in the Northern District of California for company that develops self-driving software solutions for trucks.
    • Obtained dismissal of all claims against Activision Blizzard and its directors and officers in securities and derivative actions concerning company’s code of conduct and ESG report. Cheng v. Activision Blizzard, Inc., 2022 WL 2101919 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 18, 2022) and 2023 WL 2136787 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 22, 2023), aff’d 2024 WL 208142 (9th Cir. Jan. 19, 2024); Kahnert v. Kotick, 2023 WL 2628609 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 17, 2023).
    • Zuora, Inc.: Represented software as a service (SaaS) company and its directors and officers in securities and derivative actions in Northern District of California. Favorable settlement reached after fact and expert discovery.
    • Obtained dismissal of securities class action claiming defendants deceived investors by failing to disclose accounting errors and internal control issues. Decision affirmed on appeal. In re Renewable Energy Grp. Sec. Litig., Inc., 2022 WL 179830 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 20, 2022), aff’d 2022 WL 14206678 (2d Cir. Oct. 25, 2022).
    • Obtained dismissal with prejudice in securities class action against shipping company alleging securities fraud and market manipulation arising out of a shipping company issuing large quantities of securities to outside institutional investors and effecting reverse stock splits. Decision affirmed on appeal.  Brady v. Top Ships, Inc., 324 F.Supp.3d 335 (E.D.N.Y. 2018), aff’d sub nom. Onel v. Top Ships, Inc., 806 Fed. Appx. 64 (2d Cir. 2000).
    • Achieved victory for T-Mobile at trial in case in which various state attorneys general sought to block merger with Sprint. New York v. Deutsche Telekom AG, 439 F.Supp.3d 179 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 11, 2020).
    • Dynagas LNG Partners LP (S.D.N.Y.): Represented shipping company and its officers and directors in securities class action in the Southern District of New York. Favorable settlement reached after court dismissed primary claims on the pleadings.
    • Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. (E.D.N.Y.): Represented company and its officers and directors in securities class action and derivative action in Eastern District of New York. Favorable settlement reached after court rejected key theory of liability on the pleadings.
    • IVERIC bio, Inc. (f/k/a Ophthotech Corp.) (S.D.N.Y.): Represented ophthalmic drug company and its officers and directors in securities class action and derivative action in the Southern District of New York. Favorable settlement reached during fact discovery.
    • HeartWare International Inc. (S.D.N.Y.): Represented medical device company and its officers in securities class action in the Southern District of New York. Favorable settlement reached during fact discovery.

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2009

      magna cum laude

      Order of the Coif, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Constitutional Law

    • BA, Political Science, Brown University, 2003

  • Admissions

    • New York

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Jack B. Weinstein, US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2011 - 2011

    • The Hon. David Trager, US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2010 - 2011

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