Michael C. D'Agostino

Michael has advised Connecticut-based employers on the state’s COVID-19 protocols and reopening guidelines. He has tracked workers’ compensation–related developments during the COVID-19 pandemic and has advised on executive orders, legislation, and state laws that impact the analysis of workers’ compensation for COVID-19.

• After a week-long jury trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, obtained a directed verdict in a tortious interference case for Guy Carpenter & Company.
• Representing Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc, in a unique case brought under the Defend Trade Secrets Act in the Southern District of New York that resulted in a favorable settlement prior to trial.
• Defending more than two-dozen former shareholders of the Tribune Company in a fraudulent-transfer action brought by the Tribune Litigation Trustee, in which the Trustee seeks to claw-back hundreds of millions of dollars paid to the shareholders as part of Tribune’s leveraged buy-out.
• Representing a reinsurance broker in an antitrust investigation and lawsuit filed by the Connecticut Attorney General, which resulted in a favorable settlement.
• Helping life insurance companies cedents challenge and arbitrate rate increases sought by reinsurers on yearly renewable term programs.
• Successfully negotiating with the Connecticut Attorney General’s office and officials in other states to effect the orderly wind-down of a national broadcasting school.
• Responding to an investigation by the Connecticut Attorney General of hotel pricing, resulting in no action against the firm’s clients.
• Coordinating litigation in the London office on behalf of a group of bondholders in the TXU (Europe) restructuring.