John R. Fornaciari

Experience

• Representing clients in the transportation industry in two pending cartel investigations.
• Has represented clients in the construction materials and banking industries in class action antitrust and securities litigation.
• Represents firms conducting international operations in related governmental investigations and litigation across borders.
• Designed and implemented antitrust and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance programs and compliance training programs for companies in the U.S. and abroad.
• Represents public accounting firms in matters regarding audits and consulting engagements in private litigation and regulatory proceedings.
• Represents a Japanese cargo airline in a cartel investigation and a related private multidistrict antitrust litigation.
• Represents a Japanese freight forwarder in a cartel investigation and related private antitrust class action suits.
• Represents a major international building materials supply company in a private antitrust class action.
• Represented a defendant client in a seven-month trial of criminal charges against a banking firm and individuals involving mail and wire fraud, conspiracy and anti-racketeering law charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
• Represented a defendant client in a three-month trial of federal criminal charges of mail and wire fraud and conspiracy in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
• Represented a client firm in a freeze-out merger trial in Delaware Chancery Court.
• Represented a financial institution in various commercial breach of guaranty trials in San Diego Superior Court.
• Represented shipowners in a trial of Jones Act claims in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Represented a plaintiff Russian company in a fraud trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Represented a plaintiff developer in a Clean Water Act suit against a contractor in an injunctive proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
• Represented a developer in a bribery investigation in Connecticut.
• Has represented public accounting firms in malpractice cases with regard to audits of private and public companies.
• Represented plaintiff clients in a federal securities trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
• Has represented boards of directors of financial institutions regarding investigations into various bank regulatory issues.
• Has represented numerous firms and individuals in federal grand jury investigations of possible violations of antitrust laws, banking laws and the FCPA. 
• Has designed and implemented for U.S. firms compliance programs for international firms located in Ireland and Japan.