Gregory T. Casamento

With a deep focus on complex commercial litigation, class actions, bankruptcy, and arbitration, Greg serves clients predominantly in the financial services and fintech sectors. His clientele includes investment, commercial, and retail banks, insurance companies, structured finance entities, and fintech firms. Greg is well-known for handling high-stakes class actions and antitrust litigations, particularly involving benchmark price fixing, securities law violations, and unfair competition.

Greg helps clients navigate and resolve their most complex legal challenges to avoid costly litigation. His responsive and meticulous approach offers clients tailored solutions that help safeguard their interests in an increasingly digital and regulated environment.

Class Actions and Antitrust

• Defends clients in all types of class actions and antitrust cases relating to financial service products, including student loan trusts, consumer financial products, and related issues.
• Represents a large financial institution in numerous class actions involving alleged manipulation of LIBOR and other financial benchmarks (EURIBOR, YEN LIBOR, ISDAFIX).

Business Technology and e-Matters

• Counsels clients on all issues relating to electronic records management, e-signatures, e-contracting, e-records, e-admissibility, e-vaulting, and eDiscovery in accordance with ESIGN, UETA, and the rules of evidence.

TROs/Preliminary Injunctions/Restrictive Covenants

• NYCB v. Pourro and Murphy, Sup. Ct. Nassau County, NY. Defended bank executives from a TRO/preliminary injunction action brought by clients’ former employer alleging breach of restrictive covenants.
• BMC Software v. Sharpe, Sup. Ct. New York County, NY. Represented BMC Software in a dispute involving the breach of restrictive covenants and the theft of trade secrets by multiple BMC New York sales representatives.

Administrative Proceedings

• Represented clients before the New York State Department of Insurance on licensing and related issues.
• Secretary of Labor v. U-Haul, OSHRC. Litigated nine OSHA citations (repeat, serious, and other classifications) and the corresponding fines, which were all resolved through a settlement agreement dismissing three citations, reclassifying three serious citations to the other, and reducing the total fine paid by the client by more than 95%.
• Represented parties in several SEC investigations relating to allegations of potential misconduct by financial service companies and their employees.

Contract and Insurance

• Unity Management and Decter v. Select Ins. Co., Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. Obtained dismissal of claims seeking coverage ($2.83 million), punitive damages, and attorney’s fees under an investment advisors’ insurance policy by the insured company and one of its directors.
• Minnesota Life Insurance Company v. Wilmington Trust Company, East. Dist. of TN. Defended Global Fund House in a claim against an estate alleging that the purchase and assignment of several life insurance policies were ineffective. Global Fund House’s motion to dismiss was granted against the estate.

Reported Decisions

• In re Golden, 596 B.R. 239 (E.D.N.Y Bank. 2019).
• Contant v. Bank of America Corp., 385 F. Supp. 3d 284 (S.D.N.Y 2019).
• Michelo v. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2007-2, 419 F. Supp. 3d 668 (S.D.N.Y 2019).
• Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank AG v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., 144 A.D. 3d 501 (NY App Div, 1st Dep. 2016).
• In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation, 935 F. Supp. 2d 666 (S.D.N.Y 2013).
• Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Bros. Co. v. Standard Chartered Intern. (USA) Ltd., 785 F. Supp. 2d 434 (S.D.N.Y 2011).
• City of New York v. Tavern on the Green, L.P., 427 B.R. 233 (S.D.N.Y 2010).
• PBM Products, LLC v. Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., 678 F. Supp. 2d 390 (E.D.V.A 2009).
• In re Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litigation, 224 F.R.D. 555 (S.D.N.Y 2004).

• BTI Consulting Group, Client Service All-Star (2020)
• Super Lawyers® New York Metro, Business Litigation (2020-2021, 2023)
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Navy Achievement Medal – Defense Counsel
• Navy Commendation Medal – Prosecution Counsel