Friedman Kaplan played a critical role in high-profile litigation that followed in the wake of an “uptier” transaction negotiated by distressed bedding manufacturer Serta Simmons Bedding with certain of its lenders under an existing debt facility. The resulting liability management transaction became the subject of hotly contested litigation during Serta’s 2023 Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Friedman Kaplan, along with Paul Weiss and Porter Hedges, represented a group of excluded lenders in extremely expedited litigation and through trial in Houston, Texas. More

Friedman Kaplan obtained the dismissal with prejudice of an $85 million lawsuit that was initially filed in 2021 by a New York City construction developer against now defunct Signature Bank and several of its subsidiaries. In its decision, a New York federal court enforced several provisions in Signature Bank’s account agreement that barred the developer's claims, and the dismissal is a complete victory for Friedman Kaplan’s client, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for Signature Bank. More

Friedman Kaplan proudly announces that litigator Elizabeth Bierut has become a partner of the firm. More

Friedman Kaplan recently filed an amicus brief on behalf of a coalition of distinguished legal scholars in Smith & Wesson Brands., et. al. vs. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, the first case in which the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the scope of a federal law that provides broad – but not absolute – immunity to gun manufacturers and sellers whose products are used to commit acts of violence. More

The New York Law Journal published an article written by Friedman Kaplan counsel Bonnie M. Baker examining the recent decision in Parker v. Alexander which determined that New York’s Adults Survivors Act and Child Victims Act largely preempt the claim revival provision in New York City’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law. More

The New York Law Journal recently published an article written by Friedman Kaplan counsel Bonnie M. Baker regarding a potential amendment to New York State’s criminal “revenge porn” statute after a recent New York Criminal Court decision from Kings County. More

The New York Law Journal recently published an article written by Friedman Kaplan counsel Bonnie M. Baker on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Diaz v. United States, regarding expert testimony on a criminal defendant’s mental state and how defense counsel can navigate the post-Diaz landscape.  More