Cases
Representative Matters: Obtained on behalf of a mayor a ruling from the Commonwealth Court upholding two Berks County Court of Common Pleas rulings that the mayor had not violated the city's Home Rule Charter in separate instances.
As lead trial counsel for a defendant financial institution, tried to judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware a multimillion-dollar securities fraud claim arising out of a multibillion-dollar sale of a subprime mortgage business. A major issue in the case was the valuation of residual interests in subprime mortgage securitizations that were a subject of the sale. A defense judgment was rendered on the securities fraud claim, after which the case was settled on terms the client found favorable.
Lead counsel in defending a loan servicer in an action brought in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by a major bank alleging breach of loan servicing agreements. Following the court's grant of partial summary judgment in favor of the servicer, the case settled on terms the client found favorable.
Lead counsel in representing a major insurer in litigation brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey arising out of the insurer's sale of real estate to a casino operator. The issue concerned whether a contingency in the sale contract concerning the ability to use the premises for gaming triggered a post-closing purchase price adjustment. Secured settlement that insurer found favorable.
Lead counsel in defending a major Delaware Valley food processing concern in twin wage
hour collective
class actions simultaneously pending in state
federal courts. Following extensive motions practice
mediation efforts before a former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, the case was settled on terms the client found favorable.
Lead counsel in defending a major Delaware Valley health care provider in twin wage
hour collective
class actions simultaneously brought in state
federal courts.
Lead counsel in defending major bi-state agency in various employment discrimination
whistleblower litigations.
Lead counsel in defending a governmental agency in a proceeding brought by a public employee labor union seeking to enjoin the agency's privatization of a county prison, the first prison privatization effort north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Defended major aircraft, truck, automobile
component part manufacturers
suppliers in high exposure products liability, personal injury
wrongful death litigation, including summary judgments in favor of a turboprop engine manufacturer on a multimillion-dollar aircraft hull claim
in favor of a helicopter manufacturer on multiple multimillion-dollar wrongful death claims.
Prosecuted on behalf a prominent real estate developer a federal antitrust action alleging unlawful restraint of trade in a competitor's efforts to block the redevelopment of a major regional shopping mall.
Defended a major health care provider against federal RICO, antitrust
state tortious interference claims challenging certain business practices in the home health care industry.
Prosecuted a shareholder's action involving the cash out of minority interests, including extensive litigation regarding shareholder access to attorney-client privileged information between a corporation
its counsel.
Represented defendants in Piel v. National Semiconductor Corp., an early, major securities fraud class action lawsuit litigated over the course of 10 years. The case spawned a number of important reported decisions, including one by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, reported at 759 F.2d 312, which remains a leading authority on the interaction between the work-product doctrine
the doctrine requiring production of documents used to refresh a witness' recollection prior to testifying under F.R.E. 612.
