Christy is an associate in the firm’s White Collar + Government Investigations practice. She brings experience launching and growing a startup company to offer clients a unique perspective on the interplay between regulatory compliance and corporate strategy. Christy represents clients in regulated industries such as health care and pharmaceuticals, counseling on compliance with state and federal regulations, conducting internal investigations, and handling regulatory investigations and enforcement actions related to the False Claims Act, Stark Law, and Anti-Kickback Statute.

In her prior role as co-founder and general counsel of an e-commerce startup, Christy managed manufacturer oversight and compliance, employee training, and handled commercial contracts and vendor agreements.

• Conducted internal investigations for pharmaceutical industry clients, focusing on compliance with FDA promotional and advertising regulations.
• Represented a life sciences client facing regulatory action by multiple state attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice related to generic drug pricing.
• Counseled leading health care and pharmaceutical clients on product launch and development strategies, including regulatory, compliance, and litigation risk.
• Counseled a medical device startup on internal compliance program requirements.
• Represented a health care industry client in an FTC investigation related to allegations of kickbacks.
• Represented a pharmaceutical industry client in an FDA investigation and enforcement action related to allegations of false advertising.
• Represented a pharmaceutical client in a case involving allegations of anti-competitive conduct regarding generic drug pricing.
• Represented a heavy duty truck manufacturer in hub-and-spoke conspiracy lawsuit, successfully defeating plaintiffs’ motion for class certification.
• Represented a chemical manufacturer in a lawsuit alleging trade secret theft in Delaware Chancery Court.
• Represented a major insurer in a case of first impression regarding the scope of a cyber insurance policy, winning a finding of no coverage at the summary judgment stage.
• Represented a major insurer in a case involving coverage for claims made in higher education advertising.
• Advised a university on the applicability of OFAC sanctions regimes and government regulations related to the import of biological materials, grant funding where research would be conducted in a country subject to export controls, and information sharing with a Chinese scientist.
• Represented an individual in a petition to the OFAC for the removal from the SDN list.