Litigation

Arthur Luk is a member of Arnold & Porter LLP's litigation practice.  He focuses on securities enforcement and litigation, white collar criminal defense, and business litigation.

Mr. Luk has represented "Big 4" accounting firms and individual auditors, corporations, directors and board committees, and corporate officers and executives in a variety of matters, including investigations conducted by the US Department of Justice, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); securities class actions and shareholder derivative suits; commercial litigation in federal and state courts; and alternative dispute resolutions.  These matters have arisen in a number of industries, including banking and finance, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, private equity, real estate investment trusts, and telecommunications.

Mr. Luk also is active in pro bono matters.  He has represented, for example, indigent criminal defendants in appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Litigation Representative Matters

Investigation and Enforcement Matters

• Counsel for accounting firms and individual auditors in numerous SEC and PCAOB investigations, including in a contested PCAOB disciplinary proceeding
• Counsel for companies, executives and other employees in Department of Justice investigations regarding, for example, possible off-label promotion of pharmaceuticals
• Counsel for companies conducting internal investigations regarding, for example, compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

Securities, Derivative and other Complex Litigation Matters

• In re Herald, Primeo and Thema Funds (S.D.N.Y.)
• Isser v. Bray (Del. Ch.)
• In re Juniper Derivative and Securities Actions (N.D. Cal.)
• In re Qwest Communications International Inc. Securities Litigation (D. Colo.)
• Counsel for publicly held investment company in arbitration hearing relating to fraud and indemnification claims