Gary Friedman, Daphne Morduchowitz, Vinny Sama, Catherine Schumacher, Matthew Catalano, and Sarah Fedner Selected as Litigators of the Week by The American Lawyer

Seyfarth partners Gary Friedman, Daphne Morduchowitz, Vinny Sama and Catherine Schumacher and associates Matthew Catalano and Sarah Fedner were chosen as Litigators of the Week by The American Lawyer for the past week in recognition of gaining dismissal of the securities lawsuit on behalf of MSD. The Seyfarth team collaborated on the matter centering around Hayward Holdings, a designer and manufacturer of pool equipment, with lawyers from Latham & Watkins and Willkie, who were similarly honored.

The Seyfarth attorneys represented MSD, a private equity sponsor of Hayward Holdings, and were granted dismissal on a securities lawsuit, claiming the company made false and misleading statements about its inventory and distribution channels after growth in demand in the pool industry at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, by a US District Judge in New Jersey. The American Lawyer’s Litigators of the Week spotlight lawyers who obtained significant litigation successes during the previous week.