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Tobias B. Jacoby
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- Special Counsel
- New York
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Tobias B. Jacoby is a trial and appellate lawyer who has helped clients resolve disputes in federal and state litigation, arbitration, and mediation for over twenty years. Toby defends accounting and auditing firms in civil litigation, including purported class actions, and in investigations before the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). He also represents clients in business disputes involving, among other things, lender liability, real estate, trusts, corporate governance, securities, breach of contract, IP licensing, and advertising. His pro bono work focuses primarily on appellate amicus briefs.
Experience
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Deloitte (UK) in an alter ego fraud case arising from audits of a Russian bank.
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Deloitte (US) in an actuarial fraud case arising from the collapse of an insurance company.
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The former CFO of a publicly traded consumer financial services company in an SEC civil enforcement action alleging accounting fraud.
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Auditing firms and individual auditors in investigations before the PCAOB and the SEC.
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Gamma Real Estate Capital on appeal in lender liability dispute involving multibillion-dollar real estate development.
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CPR Money LLC, a lender to real estate developers, in a tortious interference action.
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Globecomm Systems Inc. in an arbitration concerning a post-acquisition earn-out payment.
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Congregation Jeshuat Israel in a trust and property dispute concerning ownership of colonial-era silver bells and a synagogue building.
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The board of directors of Globecomm Systems Inc. in a shareholder class action alleging breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with the acquisition of the company.
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Globecomm Systems Inc. in a proxy disclosure suit.
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Sirius XM Radio Inc. in a patent infringement suit brought by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V., a German research organization, involving licensing and sublicensing of satellite communication technology.
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Perion Network Ltd., a global advertising technology company, in a trade secret, trademark and copyright lawsuit.
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PBM Products in a false advertising dispute concerning claims about store-brand infant formula.
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Neutrogena Corp. in a false advertising dispute concerning claims about the company’s sunscreen products.
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Procter & Gamble in a false advertising dispute concerning claims about tampons.
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Supreme Court amicus briefs in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (2022) and Fulton v. Philadelphia (2020).
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Appellate amicus briefs in Washington v. Arlene’s Flowers (Wash. 2019) and Fulton v. Philadelphia (3d Cir. 2018).
Credentials
Education
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J.D., Columbia Law School, 2003 - Managing Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law (2003)
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
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A.B., Law, Letters and Society, University of Chicago, 2000
Bar Admissions
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New York, 2004
Clerkships
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Honorable Richard M. Berman, U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York, 2005 - 2006
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S.C.A., 1st Circuit
- U.S.C.A., 2nd Circuit
- U.S.C.A., 4th Circuit
- U.S.D.C., Eastern District of New York
- U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York
- U.S.C.A., Federal Circuit
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