Kevin Crisp

Merger and Acquisition Litigation

• Defense of an automobile manufacturer regarding alleged fraud and breach claims in connection with a $3.4 billion merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
• Defense of a power management manufacturer against alleged holdback and breach claims arising out of $1.75 billion acquisition.
• Defense of a semiconductor manufacturer as to alleged business torts and securities fraud related to a $300 million acquisition.
• Defense of a broadcasting company regarding alleged indemnification and working capital adjustment claims with respect to $300 million merger.
• Defense of a mortgage lender over alleged working capital adjustment and earnout claims arising out of $200 million merger.
• Defense of an information technology company for alleged indemnification claims in connection with $200 million acquisition.
• Defense of a biotechnology company against alleged dissenter and appraisal claims with respect to purchase of $150 million biotechnology company. 
• Defense of a registered investment advisory firm regarding alleged fraud and breach claims related to $50 million acquisition.

Securities Litigation

• Defense of a funeral home operator regarding class action claims related to $1.3 billion merger.
• Defense of a mortgage lender against class action claims related to conversion of $150 million in preferred shares.
• Defense of a pharmaceutical company as to class action claims arising from $350 million merger.

Corporate Fiduciary Duty Litigation

• Defense of a master plan real estate developer regarding a $500 million case alleging breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent transfer claims.
• Defense of a mortgage lender’s senior officers against a $400 million suit alleging breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent transfer claims.

Banking and Finance Litigation

• Representation of a lender in judicial foreclosure regarding $100 million loan secured by hotel properties.
• Representation of a lender in judicial foreclosure regarding $40 million loan secured by commercial properties.

Trade Secret Litigation

• Defense of an industrial real estate developer as to alleged trade secret misappropriation claims.
• Defense of a registered investment advisor against alleged trade secret misappropriation claims.
• Representation of registered investment advisory firm regarding alleged $100 million trade secret misappropriation claims. 
• Representation of real estate investment firm for trade secret misappropriation claims.

Government Investigation/False Claim Act Cases

• Defense of CEO and chairman against nationwide civil and criminal investigations conducted by various federal agencies, which included a two-year Congressional investigation and numerous related civil litigations.
• Defense of real estate investment firm against false claim act allegations.
• Defense of multinational trading and service company regarding fraud and breach claims arising out of false claim act allegations.

Other Litigation

• Defense of mobile data technology company against a $50 million case alleging breach of contract and option claims.
• Defense of a financial services company in a $20 million suit alleging breach of contract and fiduciary duty claims.
• Representation of various individuals against homeowners’ associations. 

Some of these representations were handled by Kevin prior to joining Haynes Boone.

• Orange County Bar Association
• Orange County Federal Bar Association
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers

• Best Lawyers in America®, Woodward/White, Inc., Commercial Litigation, 2023-2026
• Selected for inclusion as a Rising Star, Southern California Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2018

• “Not So Fast! Ninth Circuit Clarifies the Role of Materiality in Triggering SLUSA’s Class Action Bar,” co-author, client alert, April 16, 2021.
• “First Diversity-Driven Derivative Suit in Facebook Case Tossed by Northern District of California,” co-author, client alert, March 31, 2021.
• “9th Circuit Traces Limits Of Title VII Around Arbitration,” co-author, Law 360, Jun 17, 2015.
• “Ninth Circuit Again Clarifies that Arbitration Is Creature of Contract: Employee's Agreement to Abide by Company Manual Is Sufficient to Send Title VII Claims to Arbitrator,” co-author, client alert, May 28, 2015.
• “Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Refusal to Enforce Arbitration Clause in Barnes & Noble’s Browsewrap Agreement—‘Without More,’ Is Insufficient,” co-author, 20 IP Litigator 34 (2014).
• “New Ninth Circuit Opinion Requires Companies Seeking to Enforce Arbitration to Pay 'Sirius' Attention to Contract Formation,” co-author, client alert, Nov. 18, 2014.
• “Giving Investors Short Shrift: How Short Sale Constraints Decrease Market Efficiency and a Modest Proposal for Letting More Shorts Go Naked,” 8 J. Bus & Sec. L. 135 (2008).