James Carl Wald

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Special Counsel

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: James' litigation experience includes the following representative matters: Commercial Litigation: Trial counsel to Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. during a six-week jury trial involving a $9.2 billion claim arising out of the failed acquisition of Unocal Corporation.
  Litigation counsel to a private equity firm in a $1 billion lawsuit arising from the bankruptcy of the largest US manufacturer of ladders
  climbing products.
  Litigation counsel in cases involving breach of contract, business torts, shareholder, fiduciary duty, defamation,
  insurance issues.
  Intellectual Property Litigation: Trial counsel to major software company in a $110 million arbitration involving breach of contract
  patent licensing claims.
  Trial counsel to leading semiconductor company in a $15 million arbitration arising from the acquisition of a distressed corporation
  its intellectual property.
  Litigation counsel in various disputes involving copyright, trademark,
  trade secret issues.
  Healthcare Litigation: Trial counsel to a private equity firm
  its principals involving a $2.3 billion health care industry SPAC transaction in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
  Litigation counsel to a global biopharmaceutical company in a $125 million lawsuit involving patent royalty issues brought by a hospital affiliated with Harvard University.
  Trial counsel to a pharmaceutical manufacturer during a four-week jury trial involving a $12 million claim arising out of the supply of adulterated products.
  Real Estate Litigation: Litigation counsel to a major bank in two multi-billion disputes involving defaulted real estate loans for resorts in Las Vegas
  Idaho.
  Litigation counsel to a global real estate company in a $119 million real estate joint venture dispute.
  Litigation counsel to private investors in twelve real estate litigation matters including a $26 million real estate fraud claim.
  Litigation counsel in property development, commercial retail,
  multi-family disputes.
  Entertainment Litigation: Litigation counsel for a television station in a multi-million dispute involving shows The Simpsons
  King of the Hill.
  Litigation counsel for the largest provider of Spanish language media
  entertainment content worldwide in numerous disputes.
  Litigation counsel for the largest Filipino television content provider worldwide.