Edwin M. Larkin is an experienced commercial litigator with a focus on complex commercial litigation matters and electronic discovery issues. He has handled a variety of high profile matters in a wide range of areas including securities fraud, antitrust, RICO, class action defense, products liability, and breach of fiduciary duty in numerous state and federal courts. Mr. Larkin has conducted numerous jury and bench trials in a number of jurisdictions.

Mr. Larkin has also developed a strong concentration in electronic discovery. With over 14 years of experience in matters involving electronic discovery issues, he is among the country's most experienced electronic discovery practitioners. Mr. Larkin's practice in the area of electronic discovery includes assisting case teams with the identification, collection, processing and review of electronically stored data. He has worked with most of the major e-discovery vendors and is routinely asked to provide recommendations to clients or case teams. Mr. Larkin also works proactively with clients on developing policies and procedures to deal with anticipated litigation associated with e-discovery issues including electronic document policies and protocols, litigation hold policies and procedures, and the preservation and the collection of electronically stored information with particular attention to discovery of “unstructured data” - electronic presentations, spreadsheets, graphic files and other digital data that are becoming an increasing focus in litigation and governmental investigations.

Significant Matters

On behalf of a large national insurance broker, Mr. Larkin led the team that conducted an internal investigation in response to a probe launched by then New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer into compensation practices and alleged bid-rigging within the brokerage industry. He represented the same client in the lengthy In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, a multi-district litigation, pending in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, in which class plaintiffs asserted violations of the Sherman Act and the RICO statute. Mr. Larkin assisted the client in negotiating a favorable settlement which was approved by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Mr. Larkin also represented a leading consulting firm being sued in a class action filed in Arkansas state court asserting fraud and state RICO violations for alleged billing improprieties relating to travel expenses. After motions to dismiss and class certification were filed, Mr. Larkin negotiated a very favorable settlement for his client.

Mr. Larkin obtained a favorable jury verdict for the same client in a breach of contract action arising out of the implementation of proprietary business software.

Mr. Larkin represented a major consumer products company in a civil racketeering case brought by the federal government.

Mr. Larkin has also represented the same client in products liability trials arising out of the use of their products.

Mr. Larkin represented a group of private equity funds in a securities fraud case arising out of their investment in a Chinese company through a reverse merger.

On behalf of a large vision ware manufacturer and retailer, Mr. Larkin created a complete litigation readiness program which included preparing a data map, establishing policies and protocols and preparing witnesses for potential litigation.