Robert Horowitz

Background

About Robert Horowitz

I am Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig's securities litigation practice. My securities practice involves the defense of underwriters, issuers, directors, and officers in securities class actions, in SEC investigations and enforcement actions, shareholder derivative actions, and M&A litigation. In my first foray into criminal defense, I, along with my white collar colleagues, Greg Kehoe and Dan Filor, recently convinced the SDNY prosecutors to voluntarily dismiss their indictment accusing our client, the former President and CFO or Brixmor Property Group (NYSE-BRX), of securities fraud. Among my other successful representations are a defense judgment after trial in an SEC action alleging insider trading against a money manager, summary judgment on the eve of trial dismissing a securities class action against a medical insurance company, dismissal of putative class action against the majority shareholder of a Russian oil company, and an award of sanctions under the PSLRA (reimbursement of all defense costs) in conjunction with a dismissal of a putative class action against an issuer and its officers and directors. My consumer practice focuses on the defense of companies accused of violating consumer protection statutes in class actions and regulatory proceedings. In a multidistrict litigation that has been widely cited to support dismissal of claims by consumers who allege that webpage offers are deceptive, we obtained dismissal of a putative class action as a matter of law based on the court’s finding that consumers are charged with knowledge they would glean from reading the disclosures, whether or not they read them, and in this case a reasonable consumer who read the disclosures would have understood them. I also have substantial experience in prosecuting and defending trademark, trade dress, design patent and licensing claims, mostly in the footwear and fashion industry, in representing franchisors in disputes with franchisees, and in handling general commercial litigation.