Kevin Kent,

• Serves as special counsel to the Chester Water Authority in a series of related litigations in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Commonwealth Court, and Courts of Common Pleas involving the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the City of Chester, investor-owned utilities and others related to attempts to take over and sell the Authority without its consent. Included assessing litigation and regulatory risks arising out of privatization proposals from investor-owned entities.

• Member of multi-firm team representing proposed national classes of child sex trafficking victims against world’s two largest online pornography websites in connection with claims for statutory damages and injunctive relief under Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (“TVPRA”) and related federal statutes.

• On behalf of the ScottCare Corporation, secured judgment in the District Court dismissing three of four patents at issue in a dispute regarding remote monitoring cardiac technology, which was subsequently affirmed in 2020 by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Defended a civil RICO action involving international insurance transactions while coordinating with foreign lawyers on parallel civil and regulatory litigation in Europe.
• Represented a pharmaceutical company and its executives in a trade secrets and restrictive covenant dispute.
• Represented former head of a life sciences company in stock valuation arbitration.
• Represented developer of genetic mutation technology in litigation instituted by university system. The complaint alleged claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, tortious interference, conversion, conspiracy, punitive damages, and attorney's fees related to an IP license agreement. Convinced the Court to dismiss claims for tortious interference, fraudulent conversion, conspiracy, punitive damages, and attorney's fees, substantially narrowing the case to facilitate a resolution.
• Obtained settlement for a manufacturer of products for preserving temperature sensitive medicines, providing it with monetary and injunctive relief in trademark, copyright, and antitrust lawsuits.
• Obtained judgment on the merits in federal court on behalf of syndicators of a Thoroughbred stallion in a suit alleging breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference.
• Advised life sciences firm regarding litigation and regulatory risk assessment related to potential merger.

Receiverships

• Currently serving as the court-appointed receiver in an SEC enforcement action brought against and alleged operator of a Ponzi scheme and various business entities over which she exercised control. The SEC’s complaint alleges that the operator and these entities raised approximately $105 million from at least 40 investors based upon the operator’s false representations that these funds would be invested in highly liquid securities with consistently high returns. According to the complaint, the vast majority of these investments were instead funneled into unrelated companies, used to pay back other investors, or diverted for personal use. The SEC estimates that the investors are still owed in excess of $63 million in principal. As receiver, Kevin was tasked with determining the nature, location and value of, and taking custody and control of, all assets and property interests of the receivership parties, managing the receivership estate, utilizing receivership assets for the benefit of the estate, and taking whatever actions are necessary and appropriate for preservation of receivership assets. Kevin is also responsible for defending all suits and claims brought against the receivership parties and receivership assets, and facilitating the dissemination of information to investors.   
• Represented federally appointed receiver in an SEC enforcement action against hedge funds, related entities, and an individual who perpetrated a decade-long fraud against investors, recovering approximately $31 million through several litigations and the recovery/liquidation of assets. Through distributions of much of the recovered funds, achieved a minimum cumulative recovery rate of more than 80% of victim losses. Currently serves as liquidating trustee for certain illiquid assets that continue to be maintained for the potential benefit of victims.

• Counsel to federal equity receiver in FTC enforcement action involving alleged $17.9 million internet and telemarketing fraud.
• Counsel to federal equity receiver in an FTC enforcement action brought against a number of related entities and individuals in the debt collections industry.

• On behalf of the Governor's Office of General Counsel, completed an expedited investigation into the licensing and oversight of child daycare centers by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. It culminated in a comprehensive report detailing factual findings, investigative conclusions and, most importantly, recommendations to improve the oversight of daycare operations in Pennsylvania.
• Served as an expert witness on the subject of conducting internal corporate investigations
• Oversaw internal investigation of gaming industry business in connection with auditor inquiries.
• Represented independent contractors in disputes over the legality of ridesharing businesses.
• Conducted internal investigations of companies in connection with federal False Claims Act investigations.
• Advised financial services firms in connection with the Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, and related obligations.

• Defend law and accounting firms in malpractice, employment, and alleged whistleblower actions.
• Defended a former executor of an estate consisting of a multi-state commercial real estate empire. After 14 years of litigation that included various hearings, oral arguments, over 7o depositions, and an extensive trial, the trial court rejected the vast majority of claims lodged against the client. The case was resolved following further findings in the client's favor by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Supreme Court's rejection of the opponents' application for appeal. The case included King's Bench proceedings in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, other litigations in two federal district courts, and in the state courts of Pennsylvania, Florida, and Delaware.
• Convinced the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to grant allocator and ultimately find claims for breach of an oral contract for enhanced pension rights were preempted by ERISA, reversing earlier decisions in the case by the trial court and Pennsylvania Superior Court.

• Obtained summary relief on behalf of a charter school in precedent setting case in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, as well as summary judgment in the Court of Common Pleas, in parallel litigations concerning student enrollment caps.
• Represented nation's largest brick and mortar charter school in a nine-figure statutory funding dispute.
• Retained by clients to evaluate internal programs to ensure compliance with state and federal program requirements, including state ethics regulations and the federal E-rate (Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism) program, the largest source of technology funding for K-u schools in the United States. Worked closely with general counsel and compliance training consultants to ensure implementation of updated compliance policies and training programs.