Antonio Yanez, Jr. is a partner in the Litigation Department, Co-Chair of the Securities Litigation Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Accounting Profession Defense Practice Group. He concentrates on securities and financial reporting matters, mergers and acquisitions litigation, and arbitration.
Tony’s publications include:
- "Delaware Chancery Court Holds Forum Selection Bylaws Are Facially Valid," PLI Course Handbook for the Eleventh Annual Directors' Institute on Corporate Governance
- "Only In Our House," VC Experts
- "Back to Basic: Proof Of Materiality Not Needed To Trigger The Fraud-On-The-Market Presumption Of Reliance," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
- "Supreme Court Further Clarifies Class Certification Standards For Securities Fraud Actions," Ford. Corp. L. Forum
- "Delaware Forum Selection Bylaws Under Attack," VC Experts
- "Supreme Court Reaffirms "Total Mix" Standard For Assessing Materiality In Federal Securities Actions," Willkie Client Memo
- The Financial Reporting Handbook (Aspen, updated quarterly) (Executive Editor)
- "Fair Value Accounting & Litigation: The Next Wave of Valuation Risk," Business Valuation Update
- "Second Circuit Keeps Bar High on Pleadings Standards, Affirms Dismissal of Enron Case Against JP Morgan Chase," Securities Litigation Report
- "Fair Value Roundtable," speech reprinted in Journal of Accountancy
- "Civil Liability Under the Securities Act of 1933," in Sommer, Federal Securities Act of 1993 (Matthew Bender) (co-author)
- "Attorney Liability Under the 1934 Act," in Sommer, Federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Matthew Bender)
- 'Materiality and Misstatements in Financials: A New SEC Attack Against 'Earnings Management,'" 7 Panel Counsel Forum 1 (co-author)
- "SEC Warns Companies and Auditors about Materiality Assessments and Misstatements in Financial Statements," 7 Metropolitan Corporate Counsel 11 (co-author)
Tony’s speaking engagements have included:
- Securities Litigation: Recent Trends Impacting Class Certification, New York City Bar
- Fair Value Accounting and Litigation, BVR Fair Value Accounting Summit (New York, New York)
- Prosecuting and Defending Securities Class Actions, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (New York, New York)
- Fair Value Accounting: A Litigator’s Perspective, Directors Roundtable, (New York, New York)
- Audit Committees: The Changing Environment, ALI-ABA (Washington, D.C.)
- Financial Fraud, XIII National Congress of Accountants, (Panama City, Panama)
- Financial Fraud and Accounting Irregularities, College of Certified Public Accountants (Panama City, Panama)
- The Origins of Financial Fraud, Mealey’s "Changing Face of D&O and E&O Conference" (New Jersey)