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Cypress LLP is representing Grupo Cultural AfroReggae

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Cypress LLP is representing Grupo Cultural AfroReggae — a Brazilian not-for-profit organization that promotes cultural and social entrepreneurism, music and the arts justice programs in the favelas (i.e., slums) — in a lawsuit against Google Inc. The lawsuit alleges that Google used, without proper attribution, AfroReggae’s idea of digitally mapping the vast, poverty-ridden favelas surrounding Rio de Janeiro. Previously, the favelas were literally “gray space” on digital maps. The lawsuit alleges that Google used AfroReggae’s idea to promote itself during the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The Daily Journal, a California legal newspaper, recently wrote about the lawsuit – you can read it here.

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Mark Labaton’s Selective Legal Publications

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“United States ex rel. Leveski v. ITT Educational Services, Inc.: The Seventh Circuit Reinvigorates the False Claims Act to Combat Recruiting Abuses by For-Profit Schools,” Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, Vol. 46, No. 4, Summer 2015, pp. 815-63;
“Roberts Puts Securities Class Action Hyperbole to Bed in Halliburton,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 8, July 1, 2014;
“Curious, revealing history of billable hours: “Wait: the art and science of delay,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 7, August 31, 2012;
“Blowing the Whistle on Corporate Fraud,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 6, December 20, 2010;
“Credit-Rating Agency Reform?” Los Angeles Daily Journal, pp. 1, 6, January 7, 2010;
“Swap Meet,” Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, pp. 24-30, October 2009;
“Ratings (Fool’s) Gold,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 6, July 27, 2009;
“Insisting on Reform,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 6, March 24, 2009;
“Cutting Class,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 6, November 17, 2008;
“Rewarding the Head of the Class,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 4, August 19, 2008;
“Lessons Learned?” p. 6, Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 10, 2008;
“Opting Out,” p. 4, Los Angeles Daily Journal, April 1, 2008;
“From “Rats’ to Riches: Whistle-blowers Deserve Increased Protection,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 6, February 7, 2008;
“Word to The Wise: Language Is a Lawyer’s Strongest Tool,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 6, January 17, 2008;
“Watching Waste,” p. 6, Los Angeles Daily Journal, November 19, 2007;
“Bursting the Pay Bubble,” p. 6, Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 25, 2007;
“Fraud-Busting Sarbanes-Oxley Act Is Too Important to Discontinue,” p.6, Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 30, 2007;
“On Being a Plaintiffs’ Lawyer,” pp. 16-17, Los Angeles Daily Journal, May 30, 2007;
“Gatekeeper Liability,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 7, May 8, 2007;
“Trying to Fix What Isn’t Broken in Securities Law,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 6, March 16, 2007;
“Twenty Years Later, False Claims Amendments Keep Working,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 6, October 20, 2006;
“Whistle Shop: A Split Among Federal Courts Means That Chief Justice Roberts May Have an Opportunity to Revisit His 2004 Decision Limiting Whistle-Blower Suits,” Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, pp. 25-31, July/August 2006;
“The Federal False Claims Act: A Primer for Lawyers Pursuing Actions on Behalf of Whistle Blowers,” The Advocate Magazine, pp. 54-58, March 2006;
“The Heightened Pleading Standard of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 After Silicon Graphics, Press, Advanta, and Comshare,” 1151 Practicing Law Institute 825, pp. 9-59, 1999 (co-author);
“Bankers Must Protect Themselves Against Costly Civil Money Penalties;” Banking Law Review, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 22-25, 1990;
“Discovery Reform for Informational Property: More Protection for Unwilling Non-party Experts,” Legal Times, Vol. XII, No. 39, pp. 26-27, 1990;
“Making Crime Pay — For the S & L Bailout,” Legal Times, Vol. XII, No. 20, pp. 23-24, 1989;
“Discovery and Testimony of Un-retained Experts: Creating a Clear and Equitable Standard to Govern Compliance with Subpoenas,” 1987 Duke Law Journal 140, pp. 140-56.

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Mark Labaton’s Selective Leadership Positions

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American Law Institute, (elected 2008)
Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Board of Governors (2008-12)
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Appellate Section (2009-12)
Institute for Law and Economic Policy, Vice President (2009-present)
Taxpayers Against Fraud (Dodd-Frank SEC Working Group) (2010-present)
Special counsel, D.C. Mayoral transition team and Special Counsel to the mayor (1992-93)

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Mark Labaton’s Selective Awards & Distinctions

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Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year, Lawyer Monthly Magazine (2015 & 2016)
Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year, Finance Monthly Magazine (2015 & 2016)
Global Law Expert Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year (2014 & 2015)
California Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year, Corporate INTL Magazine (2014-2017)
Southern California “Super Lawyer,” (2009-2017)
Best Lawyers in America (2015 & 2016)
Commendation from Mayor of the City of Lancaster for Countrywide Securities Litigation (2011)
On cover of Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (October 2009)
Awards and commendations from: U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno; multiple U.S. Attorneys; the FDIC; the FDIC’s Office of the Inspector General; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; the Immigration and Naturalization Service; the Small Business Administration
Hervey M. Johnston Writing Prize, Duke University School of Law (awarded for best law school student law review article as one of a half dozen awards at graduation – previously last awarded eight years earlier and adopted to change the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by the Judicial Conference and U.S. Supreme Court)
Ford Foundation Grant Funding (to write series of human rights articles for foreign newspapers and magazines)
Commendations of Mayor of District of Columbia and other city officials.

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Representative Civil Case Resolutions

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Mr. Labaton served as lead counsel or co-counsel or played a key role in lawsuits where clients received substantial monetary settlements or awards, including:

In re Countrywide Securities Litigation (settlement $601 million)
Kline Hawkes et al. v. Bill Gross, et al. (settlement $138 million)
In re Hewlett Packard Securities Litigation (settlement $57 million)
In re Goldman Sachs Securities Litigation (settlement $29 million)
In re Heritage Bond Litigation (settlement $28 million)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Kemal Shoaib (judgment $26 million)
In re: Semtech Securities Litigation (settlement $20 million)
In re Comerica Bank Securities Litigation(settlement $10 million)
In re Channell Litigation (settlement $7.8 million)
In re Beckman Coulter Securities Litigation (settlement $5 million)
In re: Plug Power Securities Litigation (settlement $5 million)
Corona v. Cloughtery Meat Packing (settlement $4.5 million)
Wingard v. Lowe’s/Home Depot (settlement $4 million)
U.S. ex rel Baylor v. Kerlan-Jobe Clinic (settlement $2.6 million)
United States v. William Lange (President Trump’s auctioneer) et al. (settlement $1.8 million)
U.S. ex rel. Basu v. Grewal (settlement $1.3 million)
U.S. ex rel. Rost v. Pfizer (confidential settlement)
U.S. ex rel. Carter v. Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (confidential settlement)
In re: Genus Derivative Litigation (confidential settlement)
In re: Idealab Derivative Litigation (confidential settlement)
In re: Intermix/MySpace Derivative Litigation (confidential settlement).

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