Daniel Dubin

• Successfully obtained a motion for summary disposition against the Michigan Department of Treasury on the issue that the statute of limitations barred the Treasurer from requiring the escheat of unclaimed property.
• Obtained a dismissal with prejudice in an unfair competition class action where plaintiff alleged that misleading on-screen ATM prompts caused consumers to make unwanted balance inquiries, thereby generating additional fee assessments.
• Successfully opposed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that COVID-19 frustrated the purpose of a commercial lease agreement.
• Second chair for a breach of contract trial in which the plaintiff alleged he was owed 50 percent of the client’s finder’s fee for setting up the Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao boxing match.

Daniel Dubin is a senior associate who focuses his practice on cutting-edge, nationwide matters in unclaimed property, state and local taxation, complex commercial litigation, and intellectual property.

He has represented dozens of companies in the entertainment, hospitality, financial services, retail, and manufacturing industries in unclaimed property matters. He has also litigated major unclaimed property disputes on complex, cutting-edge issues.

Daniel also has authored articles and has been quoted in major publications, including Law360, Bloomberg Law, The Hollywood Reporter, and BuzzFeed, about non-fungible tokens (NFTs). He has been awarded NFT.NYC’s Most Expert Handling of the Law and NFTs Award in 2022.

Before joining Alston & Bird, Daniel was a cross-practice litigator, covering complex commercial litigation, Unfair Competition Law (UCL), and False Claims Act (FCA) claims, as well as entertainment, intellectual property, and employment law matters. He was also a judicial extern for the Hon. Stephen V. Wilson of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. At UCLA School of Law, he served as the managing editor of the UCLA Law Review and was a staff member of the UCLA Entertainment Law Review.

Languages

• Russian

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 2016)
• University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 2012)

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