Leslie L. Meredith
Associate
Biography
Leslie L. Meredith is an Associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Buckley LLP. Ms. Meredith represents financial services industry clients in a wide range of litigation matters, including class actions and white collar criminal defense matters. Ms. Meredith also represents clients in a variety of federal and state regulatory enforcement and compliance matters.
Ms. Meredith received her J.D. from American University (cum laude) in 2011. During law school, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the American University Law Review. Ms. Meredith received her B.A. from Washington College (magna cum laude) in 2006.
Articles & Special Alerts
Preston Burton, Bree Murphy, and Leslie L. Meredith Authored a Business Crimes Bulletin Article, "The Arrival of Justice Gorsuch May Bring Opportunity to Reform the Collective Entity Doctrine"
A little over 100 years ago, the Supreme Court declined to extend the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination to corporations responding to grand jury subpoenas for documents, establishing what has been termed the “collective entity doctrine.” Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43, 74-76 (1906...
ArticlesClass Action Settlement Considerations: Ten Tips for a Successful Settlement (The Case Law)
The following article discusses recent, significant decisions on federal class action settlements. While not all inclusive, these cases may help practitioners avoid common (and some not-so-common) pitfalls when trying to reach a successful, lasting class action settlement. This article assumes that...
ArticlesTips for Fantasy Sports Cos. As State AGs Target Industry
Selecting the roster of your fantasy football team can be a maddening exercise. You could spend hours analyzing running backs’ carries per game, yards-per-carry averages, and weighing your pass protection concerns against injury risk. But, as they say, on any given Sunday anything can happen. Your...
ArticlesHow to Stay Out of the FCC's Way
Three key lessons can be drawn from the FCC’s recent privacy and data security actions: Know how your customer data is kept private; monitor how your employees and third-party partners can access it, and check what you disclose to consumers about both. Click here to read the full article at www...
ArticlesCongress Could Be Coming for Dietary Supplements
The next chapter in the saga of New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's investigation of the dietary supplements industry may take place on Capitol Hill. On April 2, Schneiderman and the state attorneys general of Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa,...
ArticlesRecent Enforcement Trends: State Attorneys General Target the Dietary Supplements Industry
Doug Gansler and Leslie Meredith authored, "Recent Enforcement Trends: State Attorneys General Target the Dietary Supplements Industry," which was published in NutraIngredients USA on April 9, 2015. Editor’s note: The recent actions of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have changed the...
ArticlesThe British (Financial Regulatory Principles) Are Coming!
Regulation of financial products and services in the U.S. historically has relied on rules-based regulatory policy, governing business processes including disclosures relating to terms, pricing, structure and marketing. The U.K. has been a leader in applying principles-based regulation, which...
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Education
- J.D., American University, 2011 (cum laude)
- B.A., Washington College, 2006 (magna cum laude)
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Massachusetts
- New York