Kevin Kent,

• 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.
• Oversaw internal investigation of gaming industry business in connection with auditor inquiries.
• Special counsel to municipal authority in connection with assessing litigation and regulatory risks arising out of privatization proposals from investor owned entities.
• 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 70 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-12 schools in the United States. Worked closely with general counsel and compliance training consultants to ensure implementation of updated compliance policies and training programs.
• Advising facilities financing, charter management organizations, education management companies, consultants, and other education vendors on a broad range of compliance and litigation risks.

• 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 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.
• Defending medical device company against claims of patent infringement.
• Obtained settlement for a product manufacturer providing it with monetary and injunctive relief in trademark, copyright, and antitrust lawsuits.
• Obtained judgment on the merits on all claims in New Jersey state courts on behalf of an outdoor advertising developer in a suit relating to the development of billboards, and specific performance with respect to developer’s contract with commercial landowner.
• 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.
• Defended subsidiaries of an international insurance company in a putative nationwide class action in New Mexico state court alleging failure to disclose and unfair trade practices in connection with the sale of insurance policies.
• Defended securities brokerage firm in a putative securities class action.
• Defend businesses and individuals in federal and state court employment litigation.
• Advised life sciences firm regarding litigation and regulatory risk assessment related to potential merger.

Receiverships

• Represented Court-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.