Mark is a member of the firm’s Securities, Government Enforcement and Corporate Governance Litigation practice group, frequently representing public and private entities in connection with a variety of government investigations, enforcement actions and other securities litigation. Mark is also a member of the firm’s Educational Institutions practice group, representing colleges and universities in the area of tort and employment litigation. Mark has been named a 2008
Massachusetts Rising Star in the area of Securities Litigation.
Notable Experience
- Represented publicly held telecommunications company in responding to stock option backdating inquiries by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Internal Revenue Service.
- Represents publicly held company in shareholder derivative and class action securities litigation.
- Conducted internal investigation for publicly held biotechnology company in connection with issues of insider trading.
- Represents local university in wrongful death action involving cutting-edge issues of an educational institution’s liability for student harm.
- Represented local artist in federal court copyright litigation concerning joint authorship of a play.
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
- "The Long(er) Arm of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: The FCPA's Broad Reach and What Companies Can Do to Escape It," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, February 15, 2008.
- "College and University Liability for Student Deaths and Injuries," co-author, Boston Bar Journal, January/February 2008 edition.
- "Did the SEC Just Immunize Your Client? Economic Coercion Under Stein," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, February 12, 2008.
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - Is Your Company at Risk, panelist, Boston, Massachusetts, November 15, 2007.