USA – CALIFORNIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Steven Kaufhold, Jonathan Gaskin and Urvashi Malhotra, Kaufhold Gaskin LLP
Kaufhold Gaskin LLP is a San Francisco-based liti- gation boutique with a practice focus on securities and derivative litigation. Founding partners Steven Kaufhold and Jonathan Gaskin have played key roles in the defence of scores of collective redress and class action proceedings. Since its inception, Kauf- hold Gaskin has defended companies and their di-
rectors and officers in connection with a wide range of collective redress and class action proceedings both in Federal District Court and in the many Cali- fornia Superior Courts across the state. Most recent- ly, Kaufhold Gaskin was recognised in the inaugural Chambers Spotlight for California in the practice area of securities litigation. class actions, derivative actions, regulatory actions, internal investigations, contractual disputes, PAGA actions, employment disputes, real estate disputes, and criminal actions. He also has extensive experience advising companies regarding issues ranging from entity formation and corporate governance to disclosures, public filings, and D&O insurance. Mr Gaskin’s practice also includes advising start-up and next-stage companies and founders regarding leadership transitions and serving as outside general counsel for several clients.
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Steven Kaufhold is a business trial lawyer who focuses on securities, derivative, privacy and consumer class action litigation. Since the enactment of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, Mr Kaufhold
has represented dozens of public companies, directors and officers in securities and derivative matters. A regular speaker on litigation issues and strategy, Mr Kaufhold has spoken at programs sponsored by the UCLA Anderson School Directors Training & Certification Program, the National Association of Corporate Directors, the Directors Roundtable, Glasser LegalWorks, the State Bar of California, the Bar Association of San Francisco, Stanford University, UC Hastings College of the Law and the University of San Francisco, among others.
Urvashi Malhotra represents clients in complex civil litigation with a focus on securities and derivative litigation and commercial disputes. Prior to her work at Kaufhold Gaskin, Ms Malhotra was a business litigation
Jonathan Gaskin is a lawyer at Kaufhold Gaskin LLP. His practice focuses on resolving complex business situations and ranges from
associate at two international Vault top 50 law firms, working on a variety of commercial and securities litigations, regulatory investigations, and internal corporate investigations. In both firms, Ms Malhotra also maintained a robust pro bono practice, working on housing, immigration, and criminal defence cases.
providing pre-litigation advice to handling trials and appeals. Mr Gaskin has represented numerous individuals, business entities, officers and directors in securities
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