Cases
Selected Matters: Opioids Litigation: National counsel for Walgreens in nationwide litigation relating to the distribution
sale of prescription opioids, including an MDL in Northern District of Ohio
related state court litigation.
Xarelto Product Liability Litigation: Representing Bayer in lawsuits alleging personal injuries caused by the novel oral anticoagulant Xarelto.
YAZ/Yasmin Product Liability Litigation: Lead counsel for Bayer in nationwide product liability litigation alleging personal injuries caused by the oral contraceptives YAZ
Yasmin. MDL in the Southern District of Illinois
coordinated proceedings in California, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania.
Confidential Telecommunications Arbitration: Lead trial counsel for a major cable company in the confidential arbitration of a contract dispute with an Internet technology vendor. Case won.
Combination Aspirin Products Litigation: National counsel for Bayer in multidistrict class action litigation involving sales of combination aspirin products. MDL in the Eastern District of New York. Litigation settled.
Bayer HealthCare v. Abbott: Bayer HealthCare v. Centocor Ortho Biotech: Represented Bayer in patent litigation in the District of Massachusetts relating to human anti-TNF alpha antibodies
Abbott's Humira medication
Centocor's Simponi medication. Cases settled.
Teflon Products Liability Litigation: National counsel for DuPont in an MDL in the Southern District of Iowa including numerous purported class actions brought by consumers who purchased cookware made with Teflon non-stick coatings. Cases dismissed.
Factor VIII
IX Blood Products Litigation: Represented Bayer in worldwide product liability litigation alleging infection with HIV
hepatitis C from plasma derivatives used to treat hemophilia. MDL in the Northern District of Illinois
counterpart litigation in multiple foreign countries. Cases dismissed or settled.
Charter Communications v. Irell & Manella: Represented Charter Communications in a legal malpractice action in the Central District of California arising from a law firm's representation of Charter in a major acquisition. Case settled.
SanDisk v. Infineon Technologies: Represented Infineon in patent litigation involving flash memory devices in the Northern District of California. Case settled.
PPC v. Arris International: Trial counsel for Arris in patent litigation in Colorado
Wisconsin regarding coaxial cable connectors. Jury trial in Madison, Wisconsin. Cases settled following a jury verdict for PPC on some issues
the grant of a new trial to Arris on others.
C&W Fabricators v. Meriwether Capital: Trial counsel for the buyers of a business in an arbitration against the sellers regarding indemnification for warranty obligations. Case won.
Balduck v. DuPont: Lead counsel for DuPont in multi-plaintiff litigation in Utah state court resulting from a fatal explosion at a third-party industrial site. Cases settled.
Schwartz v. QUALCOMM: Represented QUALCOMM in a Colorado state court action brought by 87 former employees alleging fraud
breach of contract in connection with unvested stock options. Obtained dismissal or summary judgment as to 81 plaintiffs. Remaining plaintiffs settled before or during trial.
People v. Filliung: Lead trial counsel in the first-degree murder trial in Cook County, Illinois, of a defendant with a history of mental illness. Obtained a verdict of not guilty.
SWANCC v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Represented the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County in a United States Supreme Court challenge to the scope of the Clean Water Act. Judgment reversed.
Neder v. United States: Represented a criminal defendant challenging his convictions on fraud
RICO charges in the United States Supreme Court. Judgment reversed in part.
