ABOUT US

Litigation Research Group is Charley Seavey, Suzy Douglass, Karin Hern, Jonathan Matthews, John Golpayedgani, Stephanie Townsend, Theis Finlev, and other lawyers, who research, write and edit Securities Enforcement Reporter and Blue Sky Chronicle.

Litigation Research Group is also developing Reg D Reporter, a monthly update service for entrepreneurs seeking capital from accredited investors, and their advisors.

Litigation Research Group Inc., incorporated in 1975 by Douglas Slain, published Professional Liability Reporter, Insurance Litigation Reporter, Construction Litigation Reporter, and Medical Liability Reporter. These titles are currently owned and published by Thomson Publishing Ltd.

Founded in 2008, Litigation Research Group is a California Limited Liability Company.

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Charley Seavey, JD, MBA

Charley Seavey, Editor of Securities Enforcement Reporter, began his career in business, law and journalism by earning a BA in English at Stanford University and an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, after which he was an analyst and portfolio manager at a few hedge funds, including Soros Fund Management, before spending the dot-com years advising and financing start-up companies. He subsequently became interested in investigative journalism and, through accounting analysis, discovered fraud at the Halliburton Company, which led to a New York Times article, an SEC investigation and class action suits. While working as a forensic accountant for plaintiffs attorneys on the Halliburton case, he became interested in the law and earned a JD at the University of California, Berkeley. He has since developed and authored numerous original securities class action complaints, served as CFO of a private company, and written on topics in international law and business, including The Anomalous Lack of an International Bankruptcy Court, which was published in the Berkeley Journal of International Law. In addition to editing the Securities Enforcement Reporter, he remains a valued consultant, known for his creative thinking and strategic insight, to investment advisers, the plaintiffs bar, and public and private companies.

Suzy C. Douglass, JD

Suzy C. Douglass was an associate attorney at Steefel, Levitt & Weiss and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, practicing in the area of labor and employment law. Ms. Douglass litigated on behalf of corporate management in Federal and State court and arbitration before the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., involving discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, wage and hour, and securities fraud issues. Ms. Douglass’ experience also includes serving as General Counsel for Metron Communications Corp., a 50-employee wireless technology company, advising the CEO in regard to employment and human resources issues. Ms. Douglass graduated cum laude from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles in 1996 and is admitted to practice in California.

Jonathan Matthews, JD

Jonathan Matthews is an editor of Securities Enforcement Reporter, Blue Sky Reporter, and Reg D Law Reporter. As a student at Stanford Law School Matthews served as on the  managing board of the Stanford Law Review and worked on Stanford Environmental Law Review.  Jonathan also helped to organize a symposium as a part of the Stanford Black Law Students Association on the 30th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination titled, "Where Do We Go From Here?" featuring Cornell West as keynote speaker.  He also helped in a symposium honoring the work of Stanford Law Professor William Baxter for his work in antitrust law.

Douglas R. Slain, JD, MA

Douglas Slain is the founder of Private Placement Advisors LLC. Doug has been involved in private placements since the early 1970s when he worked at a national law firm doing Blue Sky work. As a California lawyer specializing in private placements, as well as in real estate and 1031 exchanges, Mr. Slain has a California real estate broker's license and holds Series 22 and 63 securities licenses. Doug has been in the news business since his college days as an intern reporter for The Wall Street Journal. He founded a number of authoritative national law reporting services, including Insurance Litigation Reporter (with Bill Gates, Sr., on its original editorial advisory), Professional Liability Reporter, Construction Litigation Reporter, and Medical Liability Reporter. Doug served as a two-term chairman on the American Bar Association's largest professional responsibility committee. He also served as a rule of law consultant to the Republic of Latvia's Ministry of Economy, advising on secured transactions legislation. Doug received a JD from Stanford Law School and a MA from the University of Chicago.