Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Hebrew

Lawyer Overview

Gidon Caine concentrates on securities and corporate governance litigation. He has experience representing venture capitalists, mutual funds, investment advisers, and directors and officers in securities class actions; corporate governance matters; derivative litigation; fiduciary duty litigation; mergers and acquisitions litigation; criminal, SEC, and NASD matters; internal investigations; arbitration proceedings; prelitigation counseling; and commercial matters. He also has experience in director and officer indemnification and insurance coverage matters and counsels companies and individuals on these issues.

Gidon has been quoted in USA Today on securities and corporate governance issues. He also has been a presenter at the Practising Law Institute and the Minnesota Institute for Continuing Legal Education as well as a conference sponsored by an insurance company for its clients. He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Accounting & GAAP Issues
• SEC Investigations & Proceedings
• Securities Fraud Class Actions
• Shareholder Derivative Actions

Representative Cases

• Karstedt v. Eugene M. Isenberg et al., No. 4:07-CV-00509 (S.D. Tex.)
• Lawrence Bezirdjian, IRA v. O'Reilly, No. C07-01144 (Contra Costa County Superior Court)
• Acquisition by AOL

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Business & Commercial Law, Capital Markets, Commodities, Foreign Investment, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• California
• New Jersey
• New York, First Department

Education

• New York University

Published Works

• Two Delaware Chancery Court Cases on Backdating and Spring-Loading Stock Options Increase the Stakes for Directors, 2007
• Practical Advice for Dealing with Civil and Regulatory Enforcement Issues, The Corporate Compliance & Regulatory Newsletter, 2006

Address

1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Phones

1.650.739.3952 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.650.739.3900 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com