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Selendy Gay secured an important victory for First Amendment rights in Florida on behalf of the authors of And Tango Makes Three, a widely lauded children’s book, and an elementary school student who wants to read the book. 

Selendy Gay, in collaboration with Wilmington-based Ross Aronstam & Moritz, obtained a total dismissal of all claims in a federal securities fraud complaint brought against client Warburg Pincus in Bellinger, et al. v. Laboratories Topco LLC, et al.

In a victory on behalf of a putative class of crypto-investors who traded on Coinbase, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court judgment to dismiss certain claims made in Underwood, et al. v. Coinbase Global Inc., et al.

In a victory on behalf of a putative class of investors who traded on BitMEX, a large cryptocurrency exchange and derivative trading platform, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion to dismiss in Messieh, et al. v. HDR Global Trading Limited, et al.

Selendy Gay filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. United States. The Court will consider “whether and if so to what extent does a former president enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.”

In a special feature with Creditor Rights Coalition, In Conversation with Women in Credit, founding partner Jennifer Selendy shared how she navigated her career in restructuring and weighed in on industry trends.

After two back-to-back clerkships, Elizabeth Snow set out to join a litigation firm that would give her firsthand experience from the start and align with her values. A little more than one year after joining Selendy Gay, Elizabeth has worked on cutting-edge commercial matters, and is the Pro Bono Captain of the Associates Committee and a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

The Legal Aid Society, Legal Services NYC, and Selendy Gay PLLC, alongside the New York State Attorney General’s Office and the New York City Law Department, secured another favorable ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upholding New York’s rent-stabilization regime against constitutional challenges by landlord groups.

In a victory on behalf of a putative class of investors who traded on Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto-asset exchanges, a Second Circuit panel unanimously reversed the district court’s decision granting Binance’s motion to dismiss in Lee v. Binance .

Kelley Cornish, whose practice features many of the nation’s largest and most sophisticated restructurings, joined Selendy Gay as a partner. Her move to the firm expands its complex commercial litigation capabilities in high-stakes restructuring and insolvency disputes, bankruptcy-related investigations, and litigation involving breaches of fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfers, preferences, and equitable subordination.