Samuel F. Davenport

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Member

  Firm Name

  Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Represented a publicly owned biotechnology company in arbitration over a multibillion-dollar drug development collaboration. The arbitration resulted in a victory which confirmed our client's right to co-develop one of the world's largest-selling cancer drugs. Represented a publicly owned in vitro diagnostic manufacturer in the successful settlement of an arbitration involving claims that our client's licensee
  exclusive distributor had failed to develop
  commercialize the manufacturer's MicroRNA-based products in the oncology market. Represented a privately held biotechnology company in the successful resolution of our client's dispute with its licensee, one of the nation's largest pharmaceutical companies, over the timing of a $40 million milestone payment. Advised a privately owned Dutch diagnostics company in the successful resolution (without litigation) of a dispute with a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company over royalty payments related to the parties' jointly developed diagnostic product. Represented 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. Advised a publicly owned biotechnology company in the successful resolution (without litigation) of several disputes with its collaboration partner over the development of cardiac-related therapies, as well as the termination of the parties' collaboration agreement. Represented an Israeli-based manufacturer of a homeopathic flu remedy in the successful resolution (without litigation) of a dispute with our client's exclusive US distributor. Represented a shopping mall owner in a complete victory (both trial
  appeal) of the first case in Connecticut to apply the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act to a commercial lease.