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Thomas B. Walsh
Thomas B. Walsh
Partner
  • Dallas
Email
+1 214-453-6460
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Partner

  • Dallas
Samantha Lerner
Samantha Lerner
Partner
  • Chicago
Email
+1 312-558-6463
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Partner

  • Chicago
Amanda Groves
Amanda Groves
Partner
  • Los Angeles, 
  • San Francisco
Email
+1 213-615-1851
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Partner

  • Los Angeles
  • San Francisco
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Capabilities 80 results

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Class Actions & Group Litigation

Winston has developed a consistent record of success handling class action cases in state and federal courts. The practice is anchored by seasoned class action lawyers, many of whom have been recognized by Chambers USA and other ranking organizations as being top practitioners in their field. Our clients rely on us to steer them through class action matters by drawing on the firm’s significant experience in resolving complex litigation using creative and aggressive arguments, across a broad range of class, collective, coordinated, and mass actions, as well multidistrict litigation. We also have succeeded at trial in several class actions—a rare occurrence....Read more

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Securities, M&A & Corporate Governance Litigation

In today’s market, litigators with experience in securities, corporate governance, and M&A-related (collectively, “securities litigation”) matters need to leverage their broad experience to serve as both advocate and as counsel and strategist, focused on helping clients to overcome not just a legal issue but a collective business problem. Given the frequent interplay between things such as corporate-control transactions, public offerings, activist shareholders, the use of complex derivatives and other financial instruments, bad news impacting stock performance, regulatory inquiries and investigations, and insurance coverage, strategic and tactical litigation decisions can have a wide-ranging impact on the success of a given transaction, as well as on companies, their boards, senior management, and advisors....Read more

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Financial Services Litigation

Winston’s financial services litigators advise financial services companies of every size and scope on litigation, dispute resolution, and regulatory matters in local, state, and federal jurisdictions. While we are proud to have advised many clients as to how avoid formal legal proceedings, should litigation arise, we bring to bear the full strength of our nationally renowned litigation and trial practice when it does arise....Read more

Experience 112 results

Experience

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January 27, 2026

PayPal Successfully Invalidates Asserted Claims of Secure Payment Transaction Patent Under 35 U.S.C. § 101

Winston & Strawn secured a decisive victory for PayPal in an intellectual property dispute brought by Irish non-practicing entity Internet Payment Patents LTD (IPPL). Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen of the Northern District of California entered final judgment in PayPal’s favor, finding all asserted patent claims ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and granting PayPal’s motion to dismiss without leave to amend....Read more

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December 22, 2025

Counsel to BTIG, LLC in $100M IPO of Social Commerce Partners Corporation

Winston & Strawn LLP served as counsel to BTIG, LLC, as sole book-running manager, in connection with the $100M initial public offering of Social Commerce Partners Corporation’s, a newly organized special purpose acquisition company formed as a Cayman Islands exempted company. The Company priced 10,000,000 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, with each unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant....Read more

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December 3, 2025

US Tiger Securities Announced IPO

Winston & Strawn LLP is serving as U.S. securities counsel to US Tiger Securities, Inc., a full-service broker/dealer, in connection with the $10,000,000 initial public offering of SMJ International Holdings Inc., a Singapore-based premium flooring specialist. The Company priced 2,500,000 Class A ordinary shares at US$4.00 per share. The Class A ordinary shares are expected to begin trading on the NYSE American under the ticker symbol “SMJF” on December 4, 2025....Read more
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Benefits Blast

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April 2, 2026

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5 Min Read

DOL Proposes Safe Harbor for Alternative Investments in 401(k) Plans

The U.S. Department of Labor (the DOL) has published its long-awaited proposed rule on selecting alternative investments in participant-directed 401(k) plans.

False Claims Act Playbook

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April 1, 2026

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4 Min Read

DEI and FCA Liability: EO Highlights Potential Exposure for Federal Contractors

On March 26, 2026, President Trump signed a sweeping Executive Order titled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors” (the EO) that attaches binding contractual consequences to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in federal contracting. By April 25, 2026, federal contractors, subcontractors, and lower-tier subcontractors should expect to be required to agree—as a term of their contracts—not to engage in “racially discriminatory DEI activities,” to open its books and records to government compliance audits, and to acknowledge that any violation is material to the government’s decision to pay—a critical element for False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement. In this blog, Winston lawyers analyze the new EO and weigh potential implications for contractors. 

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March 31, 2026

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The Xerox “Non-Subsidiary Drop-Down Financing”: A New Frontier in Leakage and Subordination?

Last month, Xerox Corporation (Xerox) completed a $450 million intellectual property-backed financing through a newly formed joint venture with third-party private equity investors. The transaction has drawn considerable attention among leveraged finance participants and practitioners as it exposes a potential structural gap found in many of today’s credit documents....Read more
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Other Results 68 results

Law Glossary

What Is a Class Action?

A class action is a procedural device that allows one or more persons, usually plaintiffs (though federal and state procedural rules also authorize defendant classes) to file suit on behalf of a group of similarly situated persons. Federal law defines a class action as “any civil action filed under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or similar State statute or rule of judicial procedure authorizing an action to be brought by 1 or more representative persons as a class action.”  28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(1)(B), (d)(8)....Read more

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What Is Removal Law?

Removal is a procedural mechanism through which a case filed in state court may be transferred to federal court upon the request of one or more parties. Actions filed in state court over which a federal court would have original jurisdiction may be transferred—or removed—to federal court under the removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1441. Generally speaking, removal is possible if (1) the plaintiff(s) and defendant(s) are citizens of different states and the case places more than $75,000 in controversy (so-called “diversity” jurisdiction), or (2) the case turns on issues of federal law (so-called “federal question” jurisdiction). In many cases, defendants prefer to be in federal court, and so defendants often analyze early in the case whether removal is possible. ...Read more

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What Are Dark Patterns?

Dark patterns are deceptive or manipulative designs on digital platforms that trick users into making unintended choices. Dark patterns can appear as designs that create misleading impressions, hide or delay disclosure of material information, lead to unauthorized charges, or obscure privacy choices. Some examples include advertisements deceptively formatted to look like independent editorial content; non-descriptive dropdowns, arrows, or small icons to hide the full cost and other terms, free trials that automatically convert to recurring subscriptions; and prominent cookie-consent banners that hide cookie-rejection options....Read more
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