Lauren focuses her practice on complex business disputes and privacy litigation. She has represented major financial institutions and large data companies in high-profile, high-stakes litigation in both federal and state courts.

Lauren also has extensive experience with the False Claims Act and its state counterparts. She particularly enjoys helping clients navigate the challenging and uncertain processes of government investigations, enforcement actions, and litigation where the adversary is a government entity.

• Represented a national bank in high-profile class action related to CARES Act mortgage forbearance.
• Assisted a commercial non-bank lender in determining whether a loan worth over $20 million had been fraudulently conveyed to a borrower. Represented lender in filing a complaint in federal court against former executives of borrower. Received default judgment in favor of lender.
• Represented a national bank’s auto lending division in a putative nationwide class action challenging the bank’s administration of guaranteed asset/auto protection products.
• Represented a large data and information services company in multistate attorneys general investigation, as well as ancillary litigation, arising from alleged violations of state false claims acts. Prepared for trial against one attorney general.
• Worked on team selected to serve as federal monitor of asset management firm under terms of an SEC order. Reported to the SEC on firm’s compliance with federal securities laws and made policies and procedures recommendations.
• Represented an investment bank in a FINRA industry dispute arbitration.