Matthew P. Allen is a principal at the international law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC, where he practices in the Firm’s Litigation and Trial Practice Group. He is a business, securities, and intellectual property litigator and trial lawyer, and has handled various complex national and international commercial arbitration and litigation matters. Matt also assists businesses and executives in an array of SEC and governmental-related inquiries, investigations, and enforcement actions. Matt is also an appellate lawyer who has handled a variety of matters in state and federal appellate courts. Before joining Miller Canfield, Matt served two years as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Lawrence P. Zatkoff, then Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. (http://www.millercanfield.com/MattAllen)
Commercial Law
SEC Opens the Door for Climate Change-Related Shareholder Proposals and Disclosure Requirements, with Potential New Liabilities for Public Companies (with Eric Jamison and Mark J. Bennett), BNA, Inc. - Securities Regulation and Law (2010)
Securities Law
The SEC Cooperation Initiative And Its Criminal Roots, American Bar Association - Section of Litigation, Annual Conference 2013 (2013)
The New Form ADV Part 2 and the "Plain English" Movement of the SEC, FINRA and Michigan's OFIR (with Michael P. Coakley), The Michigan Business Law Journal (2011)
This Article examines the changes to Part 2 of the Form ADV by the United...