Laura Flahive Wu

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Laura Flahive Wu is a partner in Covington’s litigation practice with a wide-ranging complex litigation practice representing clients in state and federal courts and before arbitral panels and regulatory bodies.

A stand-up litigator, Laura assists clients throughout the entire life cycle of a case, including through trial. Due to her ability to spot critical issues in a case, clients frequently turn to Laura to help them rejuvenate their defense in tough cases.

Laura represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including life sciences, food and beverage, sports, financial services, and media and entertainment. In recent years, she has successfully defended a pharmaceutical distributor against mass tort claims alleging public nuisance.
Areas of Expertise

Litigation and Investigations

Commercial Litigation

Class Actions

Product Liability and Mass Torts

Securities Litigation and Enforcement

ERISA and Employee Benefits Litigation

Regulatory and Public Policy

Sports

Life Sciences

Financial Services

Entertainment and Media

Carbon Management and Climate Mitigation
Practices and Industries
Representative Matters
- Serving as trial counsel for a major pharmaceutical distributor in complex, multi-district civil litigation involving parallel state and federal proceedings. Secured sweeping win in the only distributor opioids trial to proceed to verdict.
- Co-led arbitration for mortgage bank in contractual indemnification proceeding. After an arbitration hearing Oklahoma, the arbitrator awarded the bank a total victory, upholding its indemnification claims and setoff of opposing parties' unpaid invoices.
- Served as co-trial counsel in GSN v. Cablevision, which resulted in a significant victory for our client GSN in a carriage claim against Cablevision after a two-week bench trial.
- Represented NFL member clubs in a class action brought by retired players involving alleged improper administration of prescription pain medications.
- Represent the NFL in connection with insurance coverage for concussion-related claims.
Represented a group of content companies challenging an order of the Federal Communications Commission that would have resulted in the release of their confidential trade secrets to third parties. The D.C. Circuit first agreed to stay enforcement of the FCC’s order, and then overturned the order on both substantive and procedural grounds.

Represented Cox Media Group LLC in contractual indemnification action arising from allegations that the company misrepresented expenditures for a television asset.

Represented a major energy company in a securities action arising from allegations that the company overstated the expected returns from its gas wells.

Represented targets and acquirers and their officers and directors in merger litigation, including shareholder litigation arising from the acquisition of:

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (representation of the Special Committee of the target);

Clinical Data (representation of acquirer Forest Laboratories);

Del Monte Corporation (representation of the target); and

Arena Resources, Inc. (representation of acquirer SandRidge Energy).
Areas of Expertise

Litigation and Investigations

Commercial Litigation

Class Actions

Product Liability and Mass Torts

Securities Litigation and Enforcement

ERISA and Employee Benefits Litigation

Regulatory and Public Policy

Sports

Life Sciences

Financial Services

Entertainment and Media

Carbon Management and Climate Mitigation

Credentials

Education	Columbia Law School, J.D., 2008 James Kent Scholar Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, Editor-in-Chief Wellesley College, B.A., 2003 summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions	District of Columbia Massachusetts New York
Pro Bono	Co-chair Right to Counsel pro bono practice, which provides representation to subsidized tenants facing eviction and homelessness. Secured dismissal of a business conspiracy and defamation case filed against several state legislators and other citizen defendants who had protested a gun store’s opening in their community. Represented victim of terrorist attack in successful defense of defamation suit brought by her ex-husband, securing dismissal of claims. Represented plaintiffs in putative class action regarding police department’s stop, question and frisk policies and procedures, which violate the Fourth Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Memberships and Affiliations	International Association of Defense Counsel, Member

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Laura Flahive Wu

Laura Flahive Wu is a partner in Covington’s litigation practice with a wide-ranging complex litigation practice representing clients in state and federal courts and before arbitral panels and regulatory bodies.

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