Louise McAlpin practices in the litigation area with emphasis in federal securities fraud litigation, director and officer liability, class actions, derivative actions, and other complex litigation. In defending securities fraud claims, Ms. McAlpin has represented directors and officers, underwriters, healthcare companies, technology companies, banks, asset management firms and insurance companies. Claims against these persons and companies included claims of accounting fraud, disclosure violations, insider trading, improper revenue recognition and claims under various states’ securities laws.
Ms. McAlpin has been counsel of record in several significant reported decisions dismissing federal securities class actions and derivative actions against her clients, including: Oxford Asset Mgmt., Ltd. v. Jaharis, 297 F.3d 1182 (11th Cir. 2002)(affirming motion to dismiss in favor of pharmaceutical company and underwriters of secondary offering; upholding sanctions against plaintiffs and their counsel for more than $500,000); In re Andrx Corp., Inc. Taztia XT Sec. Litig., 296 F.Supp.2d 1356 (S.D. Fla. 2003)(granting summary judgment for drug manufacturer on truth-on-the-market defense); and In re Sunstar Sec. Healthcare Litig., 173 F.Supp.2d 1315 (M.D. Fla. 2001)(dismissing securities fraud class action against officers of health maintenance organization for failure to adequately plead scienter); McCabe v. Foley, et. al., 424 F.Supp.2d 1315 (M.D. Fla. 2006)(dismissing shareholder derivative action for failure to sufficiently plead demand futility).
While at Florida Southern College, Ms. McAlpin was a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa honor fraternity. At the Nova University Shepard Broad Law Center, she was a member of the Nova Law Review, the Moot Court, Phi Delta Phi, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. She was also awarded the Best Brief Award in the Freshmen Moot Court Competition and the Highest Grade Award for Legal Research and Writing.
Ms. McAlpin served as a judicial intern for United States Magistrate Linnea R. Johnson of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.