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Huaou Yan is a passionate and strategic litigator with a wide range of experience in high-stakes, complex commercial cases and white-collar criminal defense matters and related investigations. Among other things, he has litigated federal and state elections law cases; shareholder derivative actions; civil and criminal fraud; misappropriation of trade secrets cases; bankruptcy adversary proceedings; Lanham Act and state unfair competition claims; Computer Fraud &amp; Abuse Act cases; constitutional, statutory, and regulatory issues; and various other types of corporate and commercial disputes. He has also represented companies and individuals in both civil and criminal government investigations and has conducted numerous internal investigations on a broad range of civil and criminal matters.Prior to joining Blank Rome, Huaou served as a law clerk for the Honorable James Knoll Gardner of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he previously served as an intern for the Department of Justice Professional Responsibility Advisory Office in Washington, D.C.; the Federal Community Defender in Philadelphia; and the Federal Public Defender in Boston.

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Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers in America®

Lauren E. O’Donnell, Huaou Yan, Robert M. Shinehouse, and Naomi Zwillenberg Presented with Blank Rome’s Edwin P. Rome Pro Bono Achievement Award

Pro Bono Client Released After Serving 36 Years in Prison

Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2024 Best Lawyers in America®

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<li>Lead counsel to pharmaceutical manufacturer in trademark and trade dress infringement suit under the Lanham Act and New Jersey statutory and common law. Secured complete dismissal with no liability to client.</li>
<li>Lead counsel to online virtual learning company in lawsuit brought by one of its competitors, alleging violations of the Lanham Act and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) and common-law tortious interference claims. Secured dismissal of CFAA and certain common-law claims at motion to dismiss stage. Then secured complete dismissal of all remaining claims with no liability to client.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Lead counsel to former executive of publicly traded data and media company in suit accused of misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, and violation of the CFAA. Secured complete dismissal with no liability to client.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Lead counsel to multinational packaging equipment manufacturer and distributor in a misappropriation of trade secrets, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and unfair competition suit brought by one of its competitors. After extensive motions practice and expedited discovery, this matter was successfully resolved on a confidential basis.</li>
<li>Lead counsel to cutting-edge neuroscience start-up in lawsuit brought by its international distributor, alleging, inter alia, fraud, breach of contract, and violations of the Lanham Act and Delaware’s Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Fraud Act. Secured complete dismissal of suit at pleading stage.</li>
<li>Counsel to retail energy supplier in putative class action, alleging, inter alia, breach of contract and violations of Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. Secured complete dismissal of all claims at pleading stage and affirmance on appeal at the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Counsel to credit and debit card payment processing sales organization in putative class action, alleging, inter alia, violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (“EFTA”) and other state-law claims. Secured complete dismissal of all claims at motion to dismiss stage.</li>
<li>Counsel to social welfare organization that petitioned for special election to reform Atlantic City government. Successfully defended against challenge, arising under New Jersey elections law and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, to validity of petition and special election.</li>
<li>Counsel to major bank in multiple cases brought by insurance companies, alleging, inter alia, breach of fiduciary duties, breach of trust agreement, and aiding and abetting fraud, arising out of complex, international reinsurance arrangements.</li>
<li>Counsel to doctor accused of conspiracy to commit healthcare and wire fraud, relating to his telemedicine practice. Prosecution arises out of Department of Justice’s ongoing, national initiative to investigate telemedicine, clinical laboratory, and durable medical equipment claims.</li>
<li>Counsel to founder of cryptocurrency start-up accused of defrauding investors through an alleged pump-and-dump scheme in one of the first cryptocurrency-related prosecutions in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Counsel to mental healthcare professional in multi-year federal investigation regarding potential Medicare/Medicaid fraud and obstruction of a federal audit. Successfully resolved matter with no liability for client.</li>
<li>Counsel to international pharmaceutical company in internal investigation of suspected misconduct by former CEO of its United States subsidiary.</li>
<li>Counsel to international technology group in internal investigation of potential theft of trade secrets by former employees.</li>
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Pro Bono
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<li>Represented four Liberian victims of the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church massacre—the worst war crime of the First Liberian Civil War—in civil action pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victim Protection Act against the commander of the armed forces that perpetrated the massacre. Secured historic judgment against defendant.</li>
<li>Represented former Philadelphia school teacher in senior financial exploitation case before the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas – Orphans’ Court Division. After two-day bench trial, secured substantial judgment on behalf of client. And after defendant filed for bankruptcy in an attempt to discharge the judgment, litigated and secured an order from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania finding the judgment non-dischargeable.</li>
<li>Representing, alongside the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, client who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1988.</li>
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