Matthew D. Ingber

Matthew also represents various pro bono clients, including individuals in asylum, civil rights, and death penalty cases. Most recently, Matthew and a team of Mayer Brown lawyers represented the Anti-Defamation League in a successful action resulting in an agreement with the School District of Philadelphia to address repeated incidents of antisemitism in its schools. (ADL Welcomes Resolution of Its Complaint Against the School District of Philadelphia for Severe Climate of Antisemitic Bullying and Harassment | ADL) He also led a team of lawyers in convincing the US Department of Homeland Security to grant asylum to a Nigerian family (including their chess-prodigy son) that escaped Boko Haram.

A National Law Journal "Litigation Trailblazer," American Lawyer "Litigator of the Week," three-time Law360 "MVP," Benchmark Litigation “Litigation Star,” and Chambers-ranked securities and commercial litigator, Matthew also previously served as a co-leader of the firm’s global Litigation & Dispute Resolution and global Banking & Finance Litigation practices.

• Represented James Im, a former CMBS bond trader at Nomura Securities International, in connection with an SEC-initiated lawsuit alleging federal securities fraud arising out of statements to trading counterparties about acquisition price and ownership. These allegations mirrored criminal charges brought by the DOJ against RMBS traders. After a two-week trial, a Manhattan jury determined that the SEC failed to prove that Mr. Im’s admitted lies amounted to even a civil violation.
• Representing securitization trustees in several litigations, pending in various jurisdictions, arising out of their role as securitization trustee in residential mortgage-backed securities.
• Secured a significant reversal from New York’s high court for BNY Mellon and a group of co-defendant securitization trustees in a case brought by investors in certain residential mortgage-backed securities. The New York Court of Appeals found that the trustees did not have contractual and common law duties to enforce repurchase obligations on mortgage loan originators, reversing a decision from the Appellate Division, First Department.
• Secured a total trial victory for BNY Mellon in the first financial crisis-era case against a securitization trustee to go to trial. Reported by the financial press as a “wipeout win in first trial of noteholder claims,” the victory followed a three-week trial in Ohio state court.
• Won a motion to dismiss on behalf of Frontier Communications in securities fraud lawsuit arising out of acquisition of Verizon assets; successfully represented client in related (and subsequently dismissed) shareholder derivative actions. In re Frontier Communications Corp. Stockholders Litigation, D. CT. 2017.
• In January 2014, after a nine-week trial widely reported in the financial and legal press, secured a victory for a securitization trustee when the New York State Supreme Court overwhelmingly approved an $8.5 billion settlement entered into by the trustee, Countrywide and Bank of America. Matthew was the lead Mayer Brown litigator who helped negotiate and then defend the settlement on behalf of the client.
• Represented an online gaming platform in connection with a New York Attorney General investigation into potential violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”).
• Represented BNY Mellon in all aspects of litigation and SEC and CFTC investigations relating to the bankruptcy of Sentinel Management Group. Matthew, as co-lead counsel, won a trial victory for BNY Mellon when a federal district judge, after a month-long bench trial on the bankruptcy trustee's $500 million claims for fraudulent and preferential transfers and equitable subordination, rejected all the trustee's claims. The case eventually settled after various appeals. (Grede v. The Bank of New York et al., N.D. Ill. 2010)
• Represented ACE American Insurance Company in a putative class action asserting claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
• Won summary judgment for YouTube and its parent, Google, in a billion-dollar copyright infringement suit brought by Viacom in federal district court in New York. The Washington Post called the win "an immense legal victory" for Google, and The New York Times observed that "the ruling in the closely watched case could have major implications for the scores of Internet sites" that rely on user-generated content. (Viacom et al. v. Google et al., S.D.N.Y. 2010)
• Won acquittal on all counts for an NYSE specialist broker accused of securities fraud in a two-week jury trial. The Wall Street Journal noted that the victory was the government's "first defeat in prosecutions of allegedly improper trading activity on the New York Stock Exchange." (U.S. v. Scavone, S.D.N.Y. 2006)
• Represented Altice USA in a putative class action asserting claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
• Represented a multinational corporation in connection with an internal investigation relating to irregularities in the management of employee benefit plans for the corporation's US subsidiaries.
• Represented a leading education and finance company in connection with investigations of the student loan industry by the attorneys general of ten states and various congressional committees.
• Lead trial counsel in successful Section 1983 civil rights action against the State of New York.
• Represented a Big Four accounting firm in connection with litigation arising out of its audit of a company accused of orchestrating a $600 million Ponzi scheme.
• Represented a UK television auction channel in a trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract matter.
• Represented major soft-drink manufacturer in tortious interference and breach of contract matter.
• Won a motion to dismiss with prejudice for all defendants in a Rule 10b-5 class action, In re eSpeed Securities Litigation, No. 05 Civ. 2091 (S.D.N.Y. 2006).
• Won a motion to dismiss with prejudice for all defendants in a Rule 10b-5 action, Abbad v. Amman, 285 F. Supp. 2d 411 (S.D.N.Y. 2003); the decision was affirmed on appeal in Abbad v. Amman, No. 03-9169, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 21033 (2d Cir. Oct. 8, 2004).
• Won summary judgment for a major banking client in a lender liability action.