- Represented a Fortune 400 manufacturing company in a securities class action and related shareholder derivative actions in federal court in Georgia. Also representing this company in several investor opt-out lawsuits in state and federal court in Georgia.
- Representing a Fortune 500 fintech company in complex breach of contract action challenging the client’s post-acquisition earnout calculation and operation of acquired business.
- Representing a major national airline in litigation against a leading international travel agency related to a multinational currency arbitrage scheme.
- Representing a public company in an SEC investigation.
Associate,
- Phone: +1 404 881 7648
- Email: lauren.funk@alston.com
Clients can rely on Lauren’s experience to counsel them through complex securities and commercial litigation and regulatory investigations.
Lauren Funk focuses her practice on high-stakes securities litigation, shareholder disputes, complex commercial litigation, and government investigations. She has experience representing corporate clients in federal and state courts across the country, including the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Before joining the firm, Lauren was an extern for the Hon. Michael L. Robinson of the North Carolina Business Court, assisting on cases involving complex and significant issues of corporate and commercial law.
Lauren received her J.D., cum laude, from Wake Forest University School of Law, where she served as the senior articles editor for the Wake Forest Law Review and represented a client before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit as a part of the school’s appellate advocacy clinic. Lauren received her B.A., magna cum laude, in journalism from the University of Georgia.
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For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest March 20, 2024Food & Beverage Digest – March 2024: we preserve the flavorWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, there’s fermented fungus in your fruit, a consumer demands indulgences with benefits, and citric acid gets jammed. Bon appétit!For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest March 20, 2024Food & Beverage Digest – March 2024: we preserve the flavorWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, there’s fermented fungus in your fruit, a consumer demands indulgences with benefits, and citric acid gets jammed. Bon appétit!
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For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest February 5, 2024Food & Beverage Digest – January 2024: a safe, non-addictive, and healthy alternativeWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a consumer wants her 2 ounces, a Slack-Fill Slayer has been chosen, and a plaintiff complains that their complaint didn’t complain enough. Bon appétit!For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest February 5, 2024Food & Beverage Digest – January 2024: a safe, non-addictive, and healthy alternativeWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a consumer wants her 2 ounces, a Slack-Fill Slayer has been chosen, and a plaintiff complains that their complaint didn’t complain enough. Bon appétit!
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For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest January 12, 2024Food & Beverage Digest – December 2023: only the finest of preservatives
Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, states get in on the class action, protein can’t pack a punch, and a retailer can’t beat its own prices. Bon appétit!
For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest January 12, 2024Food & Beverage Digest – December 2023: only the finest of preservativesWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, states get in on the class action, protein can’t pack a punch, and a retailer can’t beat its own prices. Bon appétit!
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For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest December 7, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – November 2023: making a federal case out of class actionsWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a mimosa fan is feeling really cavalier, a limone lacks lemon, and C is for the vitamin that treats a cold. Bon appétit!For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest December 7, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – November 2023: making a federal case out of class actionsWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a mimosa fan is feeling really cavalier, a limone lacks lemon, and C is for the vitamin that treats a cold. Bon appétit!
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For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest November 7, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – October 2023: fulfilling your nutritional needsWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a consumer likes (pop)corn – but only if it’s from Indiana, courts do know Mantikas, and a bagel sprouts special grain. Bon appétit!For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest November 7, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – October 2023: fulfilling your nutritional needsWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a consumer likes (pop)corn – but only if it’s from Indiana, courts do know Mantikas, and a bagel sprouts special grain. Bon appétit!
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For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest October 3, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – September 2023: clarifying quality and quantityWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a surprise amicus brief isn’t so friendly, 210 seconds is longer than you think, and some cookies crumble into four servings. Bon appétit!For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest October 3, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – September 2023: clarifying quality and quantityWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a surprise amicus brief isn’t so friendly, 210 seconds is longer than you think, and some cookies crumble into four servings. Bon appétit!
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For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest July 31, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – July 2023: sold by weight, not volumeWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a kombucha goes pear-shaped, a New Yorker joins a coffee klatch, and a monk fruit suit has an epiphany. Bon appétit!For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest July 31, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – July 2023: sold by weight, not volumeWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a kombucha goes pear-shaped, a New Yorker joins a coffee klatch, and a monk fruit suit has an epiphany. Bon appétit!
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For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest June 30, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – June 2023: class actions from soup to nutsWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, no one knows how to spell chili/chile, lemon-flavored cookies make lemonade, and that tuna case just keeps swimming. Bon appétit!For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest June 30, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – June 2023: class actions from soup to nutsWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, no one knows how to spell chili/chile, lemon-flavored cookies make lemonade, and that tuna case just keeps swimming. Bon appétit!
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For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest June 2, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – May 2023: entering motions with eyes wide openWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a plaintiff steals our bit, too much information makes the court go blind, and a spray is not a spread. Bon appétit!For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest June 2, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – May 2023: entering motions with eyes wide openWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a plaintiff steals our bit, too much information makes the court go blind, and a spray is not a spread. Bon appétit!
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For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest May 4, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – April 2023: we’ll always have Paris – and class actionsWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a nutrition shake does a gut (barrier) check, a craft rum walks the plank, and a vanilla cake mix fails to rise to the occasion. Bon appétit!For Your Consumption - Food & Beverage Digest May 4, 2023Food & Beverage Digest – April 2023: we’ll always have Paris – and class actionsWelcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, a nutrition shake does a gut (barrier) check, a craft rum walks the plank, and a vanilla cake mix fails to rise to the occasion. Bon appétit!
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
Education
- Wake Forest University (J.D., 2022)
- University of Georgia (B.A., 2019)