Avi Mediratta

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About

Avi Mediratta is a commercial litigation associate in DLA Piper’s New York office. He has experience on firm teams representing clients in disputes in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitral forums. Avi has a broad base of experience, having encountered legal issues related to government investigations, class actions, employment law, trade secrets, data privacy, corporate raiding, and commercial contract disputes.

Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Bar admissionsNew York

EXPERIENCE

Representing an American subsidiary of a French information technology services firm in breach of contract and trade secret lawsuits against a multinational communications company in the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) arising from a termination of the parties’ longstanding agreement and the opposition’s economic espionage through poaching a former employee and stealing confidential proprietary information.
Represented a Japanese advertising technology company before the New York Supreme Court’s Commercial Division (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Comm. Div.) in a software licensing dispute with a former business partner alleging violations of the parties’ agreements. The case was settled favorably in JAMS mediation at the beginning of discovery.
Represented American entertainment and retail companies in ensuring compliance with subpoenas seeking information relevant to an ongoing data privacy investigation being conducted by the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) office.
Representing an American university in a class action before the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) arising from cancelation of in person classes and live art school performances due to a shift to remote instruction and the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Representing an American financial institution as a plaintiff in multiple breach of contract and business tort lawsuits throughout state courts in Colorado and Utah, arising from multiple former contractors starting a rival firm and engaging in corporate raiding of our client’s contractors and confidential business information.
Represented a British financial services and asset management firm in confidential arbitration under American Arbitration Association (AAA) rules; and litigation in the New York Supreme Court’s Commercial Division (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Comm. Div.) in discrimination and breach of contract actions arising from the termination of a management level employee. The plaintiff voluntarily dismissed their breach of contract case after DLA filed its motion for summary judgment. Our client prevailed on the remaining claims in arbitration, and the arbitrator awarded it attorney’s fees to be paid by the plaintiff.
Represented a Spanish renewable energy company in a securities class action appeal before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (2d Cir.).
Represented an American biotechnology company during an ongoing investigation by the United States Department of Justice’s (DoJ) Civil Division into the company’s pricing practices. The DoJ closed the investigation with no enforcement action.

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Education

JD, New York University School of Law
Senior Symposium Editor, NYU Journal of International Law and Politics

BS, Economics; Human & Organizational Development
Vanderbilt University, 2019

Pro Bono

Successfully represented asylum-seekers from the Garifuna Afro-indigenous community in Honduras. The Immigration Court agreed with DLA Piper’s arguments that return to Honduras would result in the clients’ imminent danger, and preliminarily granted their applications for asylum pending background checks.

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avi.mediratta@dlapiper.com

Phone

+1 212 335 4627

(Work, New York)

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