Lary Alan Rappaport is a partner in the Litigation Department, and a member of the Trials, Bankruptcy, Privacy and Cybersecurity practices.
Lary is an experienced trial lawyer who represents clients in complex business disputes across a spectrum of industries, and has tried dozens of cases in federal and state courts and before various arbitration tribunals.
In the past few years, Lary has been an integral part of the litigation team that represents the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico related to the financial restructuring of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its instrumentalities. In addition, he participated in two successful plan confirmation trials in the Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy.
Lary has also handled a variety of disputes for talent agencies, entertainment companies, professional sports teams and law firms. He has represented retail companies in a variety of matters, including federal and state consumer class actions alleging violation of privacy, false advertising and unfair competition laws. Lary obtained dismissal of a federal class action asserting violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and Stored Communications Act, and a subsequent state class action alleging violation of the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act and trespass to chattels.
Education
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University of California, Davis, School of Law, J.D.
Order of the Coif -
University of California, Los Angeles, A.B.
magna cum laude
Admissions & Qualifications
- California
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, California, Central District
- U.S. District Court, California, Eastern District
- U.S. District Court, California, Northern District
- U.S. District Court, California, Southern District
Memberships
American Bar Association, Member, Litigation Section
Century City Bar Association, Member
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member
State Bar of California, Member
Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Member
Awards & Recognition
Best Lawyers in America Commercial Litigation 2022-2023
The Legal 500 United States: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Data Protection and Privacy 2013-2014
Southern California Super Lawyers 2015, 2017
Matters
Representative Matters
- Represented the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (FOMB), as representative of Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (COFINA), in the confirmation of COFINA’s plan of adjustment and related appeals.
- Represented the FOMB, as representative of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (HTA), in successfully opposing a motion seeking an injunction requiring toll revenues collected by HTA to be paid to bondholders.
- Represented the FOMB, as representative of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and HTA, in obtaining dismissal of a complaint alleging constitutional and statutory claims, and also obtaining dismissal of a complaint seeking the turnover of revenues and the continued payments to bondholders during PROMESA Title III debt adjustment proceedings.
- Obtained dismissal of federal and state class actions alleging the downloading of pdf files from a website violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Stored Communications Act and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.
- Lead trial counsel for Lincoln Military Housing against claims for alleged toxic exposure to mold.
- Lead trial counsel for Creative Artists Agency, LLC in a successful arbitration against the estate of a deceased director for more than $1 million in unpaid commissions.
- Lead counsel in a series of federal lawsuits for an accumulation trust that had been fraudulently induced to purchase the beneficial interest in life insurance policies.
- Lead trial counsel for a manufacturer of consumer goods and obtaining a $2 million dollar jury verdict for trademark infringement.
- Lead counsel for retail merchants in state and federal class actions alleging that the use of reference price advertising violated false advertising and unfair competition laws.
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