Shapiro Arato Bach LLP is pleased to announce its continued recognition in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA, a leading guide to the legal profession. The firm was once again ranked among New York’s top litigation boutiques for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. In addition to firm recognition, Chambers again recognized partners Alexandra Shapiro, Cynthia … Read more
Alexandra Shapiro was recently named by Forbes as one of the nation’s top women lawyers. She was also featured in an accompanying article, “America’s Top Women Lawyers on Career Success, AI, and Raising the Bar,” a discussion with leading attorneys from across the country representing a range of specialties including intellectual property, criminal defense, and … Read more
On April 29, 2026, Shapiro Arato Bach secured a Second Circuit victory for fashion label Thom Browne affirming a decision denying Adidas’s motion for a new trial after a jury had rejected Adidas’s trademark infringement claims. Adidas’s new trial motion arose from the post-judgment discovery of four emails between Thom Browne executives that Adidas claimed … Read more
On April 9, 2026, Shapiro Arato Bach’s Alexandra Shapiro argued Sean Combs’s high-profile criminal appeal before a panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Combs’s appeal followed a two-month trial in the Southern District of New York resulting in acquittals on the two sex trafficking counts and one … Read more
On April 2, 2026, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment in favor of Shapiro Arato Bach clients Wayfarer Studios LLC, Justin Baldoni, and their co-defendants on ten of thirteen claims asserted by actress Blake Lively arising out of the production and promotion of the film It … Read more
SAB appeared before Judge Lewis Liman and argued for summary judgment in favor of Justin Baldoni and his co-defendants, in the lawsuit brought by Blake Lively. SAB challenged the factual and legal sufficiency of Ms. Lively’s sexual harassment and retaliation claims, addressing, among other things, how standards should be applied in the context of making … Read more
On December 23, 2025, Shapiro Arato Bach filed the opening brief for Sean Combs’s criminal appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, challenging his sentence and two convictions under the Mann Act for transportation to engage in prostitution. The brief argues that Combs’s 50-month sentence violated the sentencing guidelines, the Fifth … Read more
On October 27, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the convictions of Neil Cole, the founder and former CEO of Iconix Brand Group, a trademark licensing company. The government had alleged that Cole artificially inflated Iconix’s reported revenue through secret side deals in which Iconix’s business partner agreed to … Read more
Partner Alexandra Shapiro was recently profiled in a Bloomberg article highlighting her career and recent successes and high-profile representations. The article discusses Alexandra’s work in the criminal trial of Sean Combs and recent appellate victories overturning two wire fraud convictions, and quotes a prominent New York lawyer who describes her as having the “premier criminal … Read more
On August 29, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the 144-month sentence of our client Mathew James along with a forfeiture order of $63,382,049.02 and a restitution order of $336,966,416.85. Mr. James was the owner of a medical billing business who was charged and convicted in a scheme to … Read more