Jason Murray

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  REPRESENTATIVE CASES: American Airlines v. Sabre Inc. et al. (N.D. Tex., Tarrant County, Texas)
  Trial counsel for Sabre in breach of contract
  antitrust actions relating to the display of American's fares in Sabre's Global Distribution System. American claimed $1 billion in damages. Jury trial in Texas state court. Case settled favorably during trial.
  U.S. Airways v. Sabre Inc. et al. (S.D.N.Y.)
  Trial counsel for Sabre in antitrust action relating to the display of US Airways' fares in Sabre's Global Distribution System. Two-month jury trial resulting in defense verdict on one claim
  damages of 1% of what Plaintiff had originally sought on second claim.
  Deutsche Lufthansa AG et al. v. Sabre Travel International Limited (Tarrant County, Texas)
  Trial counsel for Sabre in breach of contract action relating to Lufthansa's imposition of a surcharge on customers who book tickets through Sabre. Case pending.
  Microsoft/Yahoo Contractual Counseling
  Advised Microsoft relating to its Search Alliance with Yahoo!. The parties successfully restructured the Alliance at its five-year anniversary.
  Confidential AAA Arbitration (AAA Minn.)
  Trial counsel for major accounting firm against a hotel entrepreneur
  his family seeking over $65 million in damages. Plaintiffs allege accountants provided negligent advice concerning the sale of company stock to an ESOP. Case settled favorably during trial.
  State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Khan et. al. (C.D. Cal.)
  Trial counsel for defendants, a group of medical service providers, in RICO action brought by State Compensation Insurance Fund. Plaintiff alleged that defendants submitted fraudulent medical bills,
  sought over $25 million in damages. Secured dismissal of all claims against Defendants on summary judgment. Appeal pending.
  In re Genetically Modified Rice Litigation (8th Cir.)
  Counsel for Bayer in appeal seeking reversal of district court order that Bayer pay a portion of plaintiff's attorney's fees.
  Johnson-Hess v. United States (D. Colo.)
  Pro bono counsel for the estate of a mentally ill inmate who committed suicide while in solitary confinement in the federal maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado. Brought suit against the United States
  various prison officials, alleging negligence
  Eighth Amendment violations relating to deficient mental health care
  cruel conditions of confinement. Obtained favorable six-figure settlement.