NEW YORK – KM is proud to announce that the firm, as well as Co-Managing Partner David Kovel and Partners Randall Fox and Anthony Fata have been recognized in this year’s Chambers USA Rankings. The firm has been named in Band 2 for Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs in Illinois, and Mr. Kovel has been ranked in both Nationwide USA – Whistleblower Representation (Band 1) and New York: Mainly Plaintiffs (Band 3), Mr. Fox has been ranked in Nationwide USA – Whistleblower Representation (Band 1), and Mr. Fata has been ranked in Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs in Illinois (Band 1).
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- 10/24/23 | Firm News
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Kirby McInerney announces CFTC settlement of whistleblower claims related to Ceres Global’s attempted manipulation of oats futures contractsOctober 24, 2023 NEW YORK - The law firm of Kirby McInerney LLP is proud to announce that it represented a whistleblower who provided support to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”). In connection with that matter, the CFTC obtained a $3 million settlement.
BALTIMORE – KM Partner Robert J. Gralewski, Jr., who led the KM team in Ray et al. v. NCAA, an antitrust class action lawsuit brought on behalf of Division I college coaches whose wages were illegally fixed at $0, was quoted by the Baltimore Sun in an article entitled "Ex-UMBC softball coach part of class-action lawsuit vs. NCAA.”
NEW YORK — Kirby McInerney’s Co-Managing Partner David Kovel appeared in the lead segment on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” on May 17, 2026 to discuss growing concerns surrounding suspiciously timed trades connected to geopolitical and military events, raising urgent questions about insider trading, market integrity, and regulatory oversight.
A federal judge in California has given final approval to a $303 million class-action lawsuit against the NCAA that will pay former volunteer coaches in sports other than baseball a minimum of $5,000 for unpaid work.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Judge William B. Shubb today granted final approval to a $303 million settlement resolving Ray et al. v. NCAA, a wage-fixing class action brought on behalf of Division I volunteer coaches against the NCAA. The settlement covers the thousands of coaches who worked for NCAA Division I sports programs (other than baseball) in the position of “volunteer coach” between March 17, 2019, and June 30, 2023.
PHILADELPHIA -- On May 7, 2026, KM Partner Randall Fox testified before the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee in support of House Bill 1697, the “Taxpayer Prevention Against Fraud Act,” legislation that would establish a Pennsylvania False Claims Act designed to combat frauds committed against state and local governments with the help of whistleblowers incentivized to come forward with concrete evidence of violations.
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