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Michael Shortnacy focuses his practice on defense of high stakes consumer class actions and regulatory enforcement actions relating to consumer protection statutes. He litigates before state and federal courts in matters involving claims of unfair competition, false and deceptive advertising and other violations of consumer protection laws.
Michael has significant experience counseling clients in all aspects of electronic discovery in complex and crisis litigation, and in civil and criminal investigations, and regulatory proceedings. Michael also advises clients on information governance and records management and retention, and compliance with state and federal discovery obligations, before, during and after litigation. Michael regularly designs cost effective and proportional electronic discovery strategies and protocols for clients in the automotive industry. A seasoned litigator, Michael has frequently and successfully argued defensibility of process to courts and special discovery masters, protecting client data and avoiding costs.
Michael also has experience in white collar criminal defense matters. He has represented corporate clients, special committees and boards of directors in internal investigations, as well as defended entities and individuals in federal and state grand jury investigations and proceedings related to securities and other fraud allegations. Michael advises clients across a variety of industries, including automobile and retail product manufacturers, software solutions providers and financial services companies.
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