Partners Michael P. Canty and Alfred L. Fatale III have been named 2025 “MVPs” by Law360, an elite distinction reserved for a select group of attorneys who exemplify excellence and innovation within their practice areas. This recognition underscores Michael and Alfred’s standing as trusted leaders driving excellence in high-impact litigation.
Highly regarded as one of the country’s top litigators, Michael was named a Class Actions MVP for his exceptional work prosecuting high-profile class action matters. In addition to leading one of the Firm’s Securities Litigation teams and co-leading the Consumer Protection and Data Privacy Litigation team, he is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee and serves as its General Counsel. Among his many successes over the past year, Michael led the team that secured a historic jury verdict in the landmark data privacy case Frasco v. Flo Health, one of the first cases where a jury has held Big Tech accountable for its handling of consumer health information. In addition, he led the team that secured a $125 million settlement in Boston Retirement System v. Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a case alleging that the pharmaceutical drug company made materially false and misleading statements and omissions in connection to the sale of their flagship drug Soliris.
In his profile, Michael attributes his background as a prosecutor as a reason why he is passionate about class actions, noting that they give him an opportunity to fight for the individuals that may not “have the time, resources, or money, in certain instance, to go up against the largest corporations in the world . . . Saying that you’re going to try to help somebody that’s in that situation, or right a wrong, it’s a little easier to be the optimist when you’re out there trying to take on a fight for them.” In the case against Flo, which alleges that the company secretly shared its users’ sensitive health data, Michael says he was motivated by the simple goal of righting a wrong: “Whether you’re prosecuting a terrorist . . . or violent criminals . . . the theory of righting a wrong is just as strong when you have women that have their personal data taken,” he asserts. Commenting on the evolving use of consumer data throughout the years, Michael said, “The challenge is always the idea that, where are we as a society? Have we kind of thrown out hands up and said, ‘All this information is being collected and taken from us, and there’s really nothing we can do?”
Michael points to the excellence of his peers as a key motivating factor behind his success, noting that, “In order to try to be the best, you have to go up against the best, and in the securities field that I work in, as well as the consumer data privacy field, we are going up against the best attorneys in the world . . . As a civil litigant, I want the best defense attorneys up against me in the civil cases because I was to get better.” Michael further comments on the importance of providing mentorship to junior attorneys. “As a member of the bar, I think we have an obligation to train young lawyers for the future . . .I always try to tell my associates I have an open-door policy,” he says.
Alfred was named a Securities MVP for his outstanding work litigating securities fraud class actions on behalf of institutional investors. Alfred's success in moving the needle within the legal industry has earned him national recognition as a leading litigator and his strategic leadership in high-stakes matters continues to shape securities law and strengthen protections for investors. Among his many successes leading one of the Firm’s Securities Litigations teams over the past year, Alfred led the team that successfully secured a $200 million recovery in Boston Retirement System v. Uber Technologies, Inc., a case alleging that the offering documents for Uber’s May 2019 IPO contained materially false and misleading statements regarding the company’s business model, growth strategy, passenger safety efforts, and financial condition.
In his profile, Alfred told Law360 that the settlement hearing in the case he spearheaded against Uber was his proudest moment of 2025. The hearing, he notes, gave him the opportunity to spotlight the years of hard work that his team put into the cases, including staff attorneys, young associates, paralegals, and document reviewers: “To highlight that in that professional setting—in front of a federal judge and the defense bar and our colleagues—was really my proudest moment,” he noted. In addition to his work in the case against Uber, Alfred additionally points to the class action against The Honest Co. Inc. as another notable case he led. The case, which alleged that the company and certain of its executives involved in the company’s 2021 IPO misled investors by concealing the negative fallout from a reformulation of the company’s diapers and downplaying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in a $27.5 million deal that was well above benchmarks in similar matters. The team’s exceptional result, Alfred notes, was a result of the team pushing cases deeper than they have gone in the past: “To extract the full value of a case, you have to be willing to go the distance on them . . . I think that’s one of the benefits of having a young and engaged team; we have gas in the tank to take cases deeper and deeper and get greater recoveries for our clients,” he says.
Commenting on his role as a securities litigator, Alfred says he was drawn to the field because he views the capital markets as the greatest generator of financial stability and the reason why successive generations of Americans have been able to build success, where he asserts that “pensioners rely on fairness, accountability, and transparency in those markets in order to retire with dignity,” and that, “Some of the most important work that I could do with the skills I have is protect those markets that we all really rely on.” Overseeing the Firm’s mentorship program, Alfred discussed the importance of mentoring young associates, with his biggest piece of advice being, “‘Don’t let yourself be put on a track. Create your own path, and look for opportunities to grow in areas that perhaps other people aren’t, or that you didn’t know you had the ability to grow in.’”
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Partners Michael P. Canty and Alfred L. Fatale III have been named 2025 “MVPs” by Law360, an elite distinction reserved for a select group of attorneys who exemplify excellence and innovation within their practice areas. This recognition underscores Michael and Alfred’s standing as trusted leaders driving excellence in high-impact litigation.
Highly regarded as one of the country’s top litigators, Michael was named a Class Actions MVP for his exceptional work prosecuting high-profile class action matters. In addition to leading one of the Firm’s Securities Litigation teams and co-leading the Consumer Protection and Data Privacy Litigation team, he is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee and serves as its General Counsel. Among his many successes over the past year, Michael led the team that secured a historic jury verdict in the landmark data privacy case Frasco v. Flo Health, one of the first cases where a jury has held Big Tech accountable for its handling of consumer health information. In addition, he led the team that secured a $125 million settlement in Boston Retirement System v. Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a case alleging that the pharmaceutical drug company made materially false and misleading statements and omissions in connection to the sale of their flagship drug Soliris.
In his profile, Michael attributes his background as a prosecutor as a reason why he is passionate about class actions, noting that they give him an opportunity to fight for the individuals that may not “have the time, resources, or money, in certain instance, to go up against the largest corporations in the world . . . Saying that you’re going to try to help somebody that’s in that situation, or right a wrong, it’s a little easier to be the optimist when you’re out there trying to take on a fight for them.” In the case against Flo, which alleges that the company secretly shared its users’ sensitive health data, Michael says he was motivated by the simple goal of righting a wrong: “Whether you’re prosecuting a terrorist . . . or violent criminals . . . the theory of righting a wrong is just as strong when you have women that have their personal data taken,” he asserts. Commenting on the evolving use of consumer data throughout the years, Michael said, “The challenge is always the idea that, where are we as a society? Have we kind of thrown out hands up and said, ‘All this information is being collected and taken from us, and there’s really nothing we can do?”
Michael points to the excellence of his peers as a key motivating factor behind his success, noting that, “In order to try to be the best, you have to go up against the best, and in the securities field that I work in, as well as the consumer data privacy field, we are going up against the best attorneys in the world . . . As a civil litigant, I want the best defense attorneys up against me in the civil cases because I was to get better.” Michael further comments on the importance of providing mentorship to junior attorneys. “As a member of the bar, I think we have an obligation to train young lawyers for the future . . .I always try to tell my associates I have an open-door policy,” he says.
Alfred was named a Securities MVP for his outstanding work litigating securities fraud class actions on behalf of institutional investors. Alfred's success in moving the needle within the legal industry has earned him national recognition as a leading litigator and his strategic leadership in high-stakes matters continues to shape securities law and strengthen protections for investors. Among his many successes leading one of the Firm’s Securities Litigations teams over the past year, Alfred led the team that successfully secured a $200 million recovery in Boston Retirement System v. Uber Technologies, Inc., a case alleging that the offering documents for Uber’s May 2019 IPO contained materially false and misleading statements regarding the company’s business model, growth strategy, passenger safety efforts, and financial condition.
In his profile, Alfred told Law360 that the settlement hearing in the case he spearheaded against Uber was his proudest moment of 2025. The hearing, he notes, gave him the opportunity to spotlight the years of hard work that his team put into the cases, including staff attorneys, young associates, paralegals, and document reviewers: “To highlight that in that professional setting—in front of a federal judge and the defense bar and our colleagues—was really my proudest moment,” he noted. In addition to his work in the case against Uber, Alfred additionally points to the class action against The Honest Co. Inc. as another notable case he led. The case, which alleged that the company and certain of its executives involved in the company’s 2021 IPO misled investors by concealing the negative fallout from a reformulation of the company’s diapers and downplaying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in a $27.5 million deal that was well above benchmarks in similar matters. The team’s exceptional result, Alfred notes, was a result of the team pushing cases deeper than they have gone in the past: “To extract the full value of a case, you have to be willing to go the distance on them . . . I think that’s one of the benefits of having a young and engaged team; we have gas in the tank to take cases deeper and deeper and get greater recoveries for our clients,” he says.
Commenting on his role as a securities litigator, Alfred says he was drawn to the field because he views the capital markets as the greatest generator of financial stability and the reason why successive generations of Americans have been able to build success, where he asserts that “pensioners rely on fairness, accountability, and transparency in those markets in order to retire with dignity,” and that, “Some of the most important work that I could do with the skills I have is protect those markets that we all really rely on.” Overseeing the Firm’s mentorship program, Alfred discussed the importance of mentoring young associates, with his biggest piece of advice being, “‘Don’t let yourself be put on a track. Create your own path, and look for opportunities to grow in areas that perhaps other people aren’t, or that you didn’t know you had the ability to grow in.’”
View the full list here.
Partners Michael P. Canty and Alfred L. Fatale III have been named 2025 “MVPs” by Law360, an elite distinction reserved for a select group of attorneys who exemplify excellence and innovation within their practice areas. This recognition underscores Michael and Alfred’s standing as trusted leaders driving excellence in high-impact litigation.
Highly regarded as one of the country’s top litigators, Michael was named a Class Actions MVP for his exceptional work prosecuting high-profile class action matters. In addition to leading one of the Firm’s Securities Litigation teams and co-leading the Consumer Protection and Data Privacy Litigation team, he is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee and serves as its General Counsel. Among his many successes over the past year, Michael led the team that secured a historic jury verdict in the landmark data privacy case Frasco v. Flo Health, one of the first cases where a jury has held Big Tech accountable for its handling of consumer health information. In addition, he led the team that secured a $125 million settlement in Boston Retirement System v. Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a case alleging that the pharmaceutical drug company made materially false and misleading statements and omissions in connection to the sale of their flagship drug Soliris.
In his profile, Michael attributes his background as a prosecutor as a reason why he is passionate about class actions, noting that they give him an opportunity to fight for the individuals that may not “have the time, resources, or money, in certain instance, to go up against the largest corporations in the world . . . Saying that you’re going to try to help somebody that’s in that situation, or right a wrong, it’s a little easier to be the optimist when you’re out there trying to take on a fight for them.” In the case against Flo, which alleges that the company secretly shared its users’ sensitive health data, Michael says he was motivated by the simple goal of righting a wrong: “Whether you’re prosecuting a terrorist . . . or violent criminals . . . the theory of righting a wrong is just as strong when you have women that have their personal data taken,” he asserts. Commenting on the evolving use of consumer data throughout the years, Michael said, “The challenge is always the idea that, where are we as a society? Have we kind of thrown out hands up and said, ‘All this information is being collected and taken from us, and there’s really nothing we can do?”
Michael points to the excellence of his peers as a key motivating factor behind his success, noting that, “In order to try to be the best, you have to go up against the best, and in the securities field that I work in, as well as the consumer data privacy field, we are going up against the best attorneys in the world . . . As a civil litigant, I want the best defense attorneys up against me in the civil cases because I was to get better.” Michael further comments on the importance of providing mentorship to junior attorneys. “As a member of the bar, I think we have an obligation to train young lawyers for the future . . .I always try to tell my associates I have an open-door policy,” he says.
Alfred was named a Securities MVP for his outstanding work litigating securities fraud class actions on behalf of institutional investors. Alfred's success in moving the needle within the legal industry has earned him national recognition as a leading litigator and his strategic leadership in high-stakes matters continues to shape securities law and strengthen protections for investors. Among his many successes leading one of the Firm’s Securities Litigations teams over the past year, Alfred led the team that successfully secured a $200 million recovery in Boston Retirement System v. Uber Technologies, Inc., a case alleging that the offering documents for Uber’s May 2019 IPO contained materially false and misleading statements regarding the company’s business model, growth strategy, passenger safety efforts, and financial condition.
In his profile, Alfred told Law360 that the settlement hearing in the case he spearheaded against Uber was his proudest moment of 2025. The hearing, he notes, gave him the opportunity to spotlight the years of hard work that his team put into the cases, including staff attorneys, young associates, paralegals, and document reviewers: “To highlight that in that professional setting—in front of a federal judge and the defense bar and our colleagues—was really my proudest moment,” he noted. In addition to his work in the case against Uber, Alfred additionally points to the class action against The Honest Co. Inc. as another notable case he led. The case, which alleged that the company and certain of its executives involved in the company’s 2021 IPO misled investors by concealing the negative fallout from a reformulation of the company’s diapers and downplaying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in a $27.5 million deal that was well above benchmarks in similar matters. The team’s exceptional result, Alfred notes, was a result of the team pushing cases deeper than they have gone in the past: “To extract the full value of a case, you have to be willing to go the distance on them . . . I think that’s one of the benefits of having a young and engaged team; we have gas in the tank to take cases deeper and deeper and get greater recoveries for our clients,” he says.
Commenting on his role as a securities litigator, Alfred says he was drawn to the field because he views the capital markets as the greatest generator of financial stability and the reason why successive generations of Americans have been able to build success, where he asserts that “pensioners rely on fairness, accountability, and transparency in those markets in order to retire with dignity,” and that, “Some of the most important work that I could do with the skills I have is protect those markets that we all really rely on.” Overseeing the Firm’s mentorship program, Alfred discussed the importance of mentoring young associates, with his biggest piece of advice being, “‘Don’t let yourself be put on a track. Create your own path, and look for opportunities to grow in areas that perhaps other people aren’t, or that you didn’t know you had the ability to grow in.’”
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