Ronald G. Blum

Partner

Litigation

Contact

rblum@manatt.com
Phone: 212.830.7186

Services

In the financial services field, recent matters include:

Legal Counsel to the Department of Justice-appointed Independent Compliance and Business Ethics Monitor of a global investment bank;
litigations arising from disputed trades, see, e.g., Luxor v. Seaport Group LLC, 148 A.D. 3d 590 (1st Dep’t 2017);
allegations of insider trading by the SEC and federal and state prosecutors;
FINRA arbitrations and related court litigations, see, e.g., Doscher v. Sea Port Group Securities, LLC, 832 F. 3d 372 (2d Cir. 2016);
alleged violations of FINRA guidelines.

In healthcare, recent matters include:

trial and appeals arising from sale of ambulatory surgery center and related real estate transaction, Center for Specialty Care, Inc. v. CSC Acquisition I, LLC, 185 A.D.3d 34 (1st Dep’t 2020), 187 A.D.3d 46 (1st Dep’t 2020);
litigation declaring New York State insurance statute unconstitutional under the Contract Clause of United States Constitution;
parallel civil and criminal proceedings involving alleged off-label promotion of pharmaceutical products;
litigations arising out of a hospital system’s appointment by the Department of Health as temporary operator of adult homes, MediSys Health Network, Inc. v. Local 348, 337 F.3d 119 (2d Cir. 2003);
dismissal, based on Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act preemption, of claims relating to medical device, Horowitz v. Stryker Corp., 613 F. Supp. 271 (E.D.N.Y. 2009);
along with the Medicare Rights Center, court challenge to the government’s failure to apply the “treating physician rule” in connection with Medicare reimbursement, Kaplan ex rel. Estate of Kaplan v. Leavitt, 503 F. Supp. 2d 718 (S.D.N.Y. 2007).

Other significant reported decisions include:

dismissal of securities class action litigations, Zheng v. Pingtan Marine Enterprise, Ltd., 379 F.Supp.3d 164 (E.D.N.Y 2019); Fila v. Pingtan Marine Enterprise, Ltd., 15 –cv-00267 (AJN)(S.D.N.Y. July 19, 2016).
litigation before the New York Court of Appeals regarding real property tax exemption for not-for-profit organization, Greater Jamaica Development Corp. v. New York City Tax Comm., 25 N.Y.3d 614 (2015) (to view oral argument, click here).
dismissal of antitrust allegations against medical liability insurer, Isaac v. Medical Liability Mutual Ins. Co., 132 A.D. 3d 1249 (4th Dep’t 2015).
preliminary injunction on behalf of Schick Manufacturing in false advertising case, Schick Mfg., Inc. v. Gillette Co., 372 F. Supp. 2d 273 (D. Conn. 2005).
representation of foreign attorney in litigations raising questions of attorney-client privilege, crime-fraud exception and interaction of foreign and local privilege and disciplinary rules, Madanes v. Madanes, 199 F.R.D. 135 (S.D.N.Y. 2001).
representation of Hewlett Packard in civil litigation to recover proceeds of criminal enterprise, Gala Enterprises, Inc. v. Hewlett Packard Co., 989 F. Supp. 525 (S.D.N.Y. 1998); 940 F. Supp. 212 (S.D.N.Y. 1997).
successful argument of leading case on the scope of federal appellate review in connection with preliminary injunctive relief, Lermer Germany GmbH v. Lermer Corp., 94 F.3d 1575 (Fed. Cir. 1996).
upon appointment by the New York Court of Appeals and on remand from the United States Supreme Court, persuaded New York’s highest court that the New York Constitution affords greater search and seizure protection than the U.S. Constitution, People v. Harris, 77 N.Y.2d 434 (1991).

Speaking Engagements

Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law, 1998-present, teaching courses on parallel civil and criminal proceedings and white-collar crime. Spring 2023 Syllabus.

Panelist, “Post-Roe: Reproductive Rights & Pro Bono,” Pro Bono Institute 2023 Annual Conference, February 24, 2023.

Speaker, “Chief Compliance Officers: Are DPAs Your Greatest Champion?” Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Webinar, May 16, 2019.

Honors & Awards

American Law Institute, elected October 2013

New York “Super Lawyer”

Big Brothers Big Sisters “Rookie of the Year” 2021

Legal Aid Society Prisoner Rights Project, 2011 Pro Bono Award

Admitted to practice in New York and the United States Supreme Court, United States Courts of Appeal, Ninth, Second and Federal Circuits, and United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of New York

Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law, 1998-present, teaching courses on parallel civil and criminal proceedings and white-collar crime. Spring 2023 Syllabus.

“How 6th Circ. Flint Ruling Adds To 5th Amendment Case Law,” Law360, December 2, 2022. (with R. Kimmel)

“Does Brady Extend to Private Lawyers, Foreign Investigators?” Law360, February 6, 2019.

"Parallel Civil and Criminal Proceedings in the Southern District: Are They Related?" New York Law Journal, July 13, 2015. (with A. Bhoumik)

“Mental Health Parity: Trends Emerging in New York,” 19 NYSBA Health Law Journal 2, Summer/Fall 2014. (with A. Antler)

“Civil-Criminal Crossroads: Brady Obligations of Civil Investigators,” New York Law Journal, June 23, 2014. (with A. Bhoumik)

"Issues and Strategies at the Crossroads of Criminal and Civil Law,” Chapter in Managing White Collar Issues, Thomson Reuters/Aspatore, 2010.

“Can Pandora's Box Be Closed? Asserting a Corporation's Attorney-Client Privilege Against its Former Leaders.” New York Law Journal, November 9, 2010. (with E. Greenberg)

“Unsettling Observations on the Settlement Privilege,” NY Litigator, Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 2007. (with A. Turro)

“The Self-Evaluative Privilege in the Second Circuit: Dead or Alive?” New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 75, No. 5, June 2003. (with A. Turro)

“American Courts and Foreign Litigants: Should American Discovery Rules Apply when a Foreigner Challenges an American Court’s Jurisdiction?” 11 International Company and Commercial Law Review 114, May 2000. (with M. Patrizio)

“American Courts in Aid of Foreign Litigation: Discovery in the United States by Litigants in Proceedings Outside the United States,” 9 International Company and Commercial Law Review 146, May 1998. (with P. Ball)

“Prejudgment Attachment in New York als Rechtsbehelf zur Durchsetzung von Ansprüchen ausländisher Parteien,” Bank-Archiv, July 1997. (with P. Dubsky)

“Handling U.S. Agents Bearing a Search Warrant,” National Law Journal, April 17, 1995. (with J. Frank)

“Attorney-Client Privilege: Internal Investigations and the Government,” New York Law Journal, December 16, 1993. (with J. Frank)

“People v. Harris, The Case for a Broader Exclusionary Rule,” New York Law Journal, March 25, 1991.

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How 6th Circ. Flint Ruling Adds To 5th Amendment Case Law

Manatt Litigation Partner Ronald Blum and Associate Rebecca Kimmel wrote an article for Law360 about the right of a witness both to testify ...

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Does Brady Extend to Private Lawyers, Foreign Investigators?

“More than 50 years ago, the state of Maryland convicted John Brady of murder without disclosing that Brady’s colleague had already ...

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Parallel Proceedings in Southern District: Are They 'Related'?

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Brady Obligations of Civil Investigators

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Blum to Speak on Reproductive Rights Panel at the Pro Bono Institute ...

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