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Michael J. Kahn

Michael
Kahn

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

mjkahn@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 415.393.8316

FAX:+1 415.374.8489

San Francisco

555 Mission Street, Suite 3000, San Francisco, CA 94105-0921 USA

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PRACTICE

Securities Litigation Class Actions Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Michael Kahn is a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.  Mr. Kahn litigates a wide variety of business disputes, with an emphasis on securities law, fiduciary duty, and corporate law matters.  Mr. Kahn also has experience representing clients as both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of other commercial litigation, including contract, fraud, trade secrets, unfair competition, employment, false advertising, constitutional, bankruptcy, and insurance disputes.

Representative Matters

  • Defending Facebook in securities and derivative litigation arising out of news of Cambridge Analytica’s misappropriation of user data
  • Defending Slack in the first securities and derivative suits relating to going public through a direct listing
  • Successfully dismissed multiple derivative actions against USAA relating to its investment in TrueCar
  • Successfully dismissed securities suit against Elliott Management relating to the acquisition of Gigamon
  • Represented Welltower in suit against former executive for allegedly violating non-compete agreement. Defeated defamation counterclaim, and then secured favorable settlement the night before trial
  • Defeated attempted hostile takeover of Depomed (Assertio) after securing a preliminary injunction based on misuse of Depomed’s confidential information in breach of NDA
  • Represented venture capital firm in securities litigation arising out of collapse of private start-up company
  • Defending former executives of technology company in defamation action regarding their allegations that a CEO committed sexual assault
  • Represented technology company as plaintiff (and defendant in countersuit) in sprawling fraud, breach of contract, trade secrets, false advertising, and unfair competition litigation arising out of data hosting contract
  • Represented PG&E Board committee in investigation of alleged breaches of fiduciary duty by directors and officers in connection with fatal San Bruno pipeline explosion
  • Represented Microsoft in successfully convincing Ninth Circuit to affirm dismissal of securities suit relating to accounting for Surface tablet

Mr. Kahn also has an active pro bono practice.  He represented a death row inmate in the successful reversal of his conviction and death sentence after proving at a bench trial that juror misconduct corrupted client’s trial.  He also successfully vacated on constitutional grounds the felony conviction of a non-citizen, legal resident who otherwise faced the threat of deportation.  Additionally, Mr. Kahn played a lead role in working with a civil rights organization to draft a report on police reform.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Kahn was a litigation associate in the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.

Mr. Kahn received his Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 2012, where he was a Robert McKay scholar.  He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 2009, where he graduated with High Honors in History and High Distinction in General Scholarship, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Kahn is admitted to practice in California and New York.

EDUCATION

New York University - 2012 Juris Doctor

University of California - Berkeley - 2009 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

New York Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - May 3, 2021 | Court Holds That Federal Securities Law Claims Are Subject to Delaware Exclusive Forum Bylaw
Client Alert - January 29, 2021 | Ninth Circuit Upholds Broad Protection for Corporate Officers Making Forward-Looking Statements
Client Alert - March 5, 2019 | 2018 Year-End Securities Litigation Update
Client Alert - February 1, 2018 | 2017 Year-End Securities Litigation Update
Client Alert - January 25, 2017 | 2016 Year-End Securities Litigation Update
Article - April 27, 2016 | Deal Litigation After ‘Trulia’
Client Alert - January 25, 2016 | 2015 Year-End Securities Litigation Update
Client Alert - September 28, 2015 | Omnicare in Action: City of Westland Decision Demonstrates Meaningful Pleading Bar to Opinion Statement Liability
Article - April 15, 2015 | Proposed DGCL Amendment Aims to Codify Forum Selection Bylaws
Client Alert - March 25, 2015 | U.S. Supreme Court Issues Long-Awaited Decision in Omnicare, Resolving Circuit Split Regarding Opinion Statement Liability under Section 11 of Securities Act of 1933
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