Cases
Representative Matters: Leading a public life sciences company Audit Committee investigation into improper revenue recognition activities.
Achieving a decisive arbitration victory on behalf of a supplier in a complex contractual dispute with an automobile manufacturer, resulting in an award of over $10M plus attorneys' fees
expert costs.
Obtaining an award of summary judgment
the recovery of a significant award of attorneys' fees
expert costs on behalf of several medical
dental technology private equity portfolio companies in a complex contract dispute involving patent
FDA 510(k) regulatory matters.
Leading a bet the company case on behalf of a publicly owned in vitro diagnostic manufacturer,
obtaining a successful settlement of an arbitration based on claims that the manufacturer's licensee had failed to develop
commercialize the manufacturer's microRNA-based products, as required by the parties' licensing agreement.
Representing a privately owned in vitro diagnostic manufacturer
its publicly owned parent in the favorable settlement of a dispute with one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies over the right to distribute a companion diagnostic kit for use in the oncology market.
Representing a public sector client in an investigation
subsequent vendor dispute regarding a failed health care information technology project implantation.
Successfully avoided criminal charges for a high-profile former Chief Financial Officer following a three-year investigation by the US Attorney into alleged options backdating
associated failure to report stock-based compensation expense. Persuaded the DOJ to decline criminal charges, notwithst
ing comments in the media by one of the nation's most respected securities law professors that the case presented the clearest instance of criminal scienter he had ever seen. In the related SEC investigation, successfully negotiated one the most lenient settlements achieved in a case involving allegedly fraudulent options backdating.
Obtaining a judgment from the Massachusetts Business Court, overturning the state's pharmacy assessment tax
ordering the Commonwealth to refund $18 million in taxes collected from the pharmacies. The court enjoined any further collection of the tax, resulting in a savings to clients of more than $36 million annually.
Representing a Ghanaian family pro bono
successfully obtained more than $1.85 million from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.
In a first-of-its-kind privacy class action lawsuit brought in New York seeking $100 million in damages, won a trial verdict dismissing all claims against a Fortune 100 company.
Served as Special District Attorney through Mintz Levin's partnership with the Middlesex District Attorney's office. Prosecuted
tried numerous criminal cases, including five jury trials
more than twenty bench trials
hearings on motions to suppress evidence.
