Frank Scaduto

Frank is a versatile litigator who focuses on disputes involving financial services, technology, and telecommunications companies. As a member of the Washington, D.C., California, and New York bars, his practice sits at the intersection of Capitol Hill, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street. He has successfully tried cases, won appeals, and secured favorable dismissals and settlements in bet-the-company matters and complex, high-stakes litigation.

Frank regularly assists clients with cutting-edge litigation concerning cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies. He also has significant experience handling commercial and securities litigation, investigations, and regulatory proceedings involving financial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance issues, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, government contracts, and antitrust laws.

In addition, Frank teaches legal writing and oral advocacy at The George Washington University Law School.

Representative Matters

• Representing a provider of AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) solutions in M&A litigation concerning purchase-price adjustments under a stock purchase agreement.
• Representing a crypto mining business in commercial litigation arising out of the acquisition and construction of a HPC data center.
• Representing digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain trade associations as amicus curiae in high-profile cases important to the industry.
• Representing a software developer in a lawsuit that sought to blame the company for financial losses at the hands of third parties who used its trading platform to engage in an alleged “pig butchering” scam involving cryptocurrency trading.
• Representing a telecommunications company in novel litigation arising out of the use of robocalling and AI deepfake technology in political elections.
• Representing a telecommunications company in False Claims Act litigation concerning Federal Communications Commission (FCC) spectrum auction fraud.
• Representing telecommunications companies in litigation and regulatory proceedings involving the deployment of broadband infrastructure, wireless facility siting, joint use, and pole attachment issues.
• Representing a television broadcasting company in antitrust litigation with respect to retransmission consent fees.
• Representing a mutual bank in litigation to defend against a hostile takeover attempt.
• Representing corporations, officers, and directors in investigations and enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and other regulators for insider trading, securities fraud, and defense procurement fraud.
• Representing issuers, underwriters, and accountants in private securities class action litigation under Rule 10b-5 and provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, Exchange Act of 1934, and other U.S. securities laws and regulations.

Professional Experience

• Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law School (2014-Present)

Affiliations

• American Bar Association (ABA)
• Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA)