Cases
Representative Matters: Obtained dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a spine implant manufacturer of a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in a case involving the company's alleged sale of bone graft materials used in spinal surgery while an FDA application was pending but had not been approved.
Represented a federally chartered savings bank
obtained a dismissal of claims in a putative class action in federal court in Boston when the court agreed that the state law purporting to limit the amount of insurance a bank can require is preempted by the Federal Homeowners Loan Act.
Obtained on behalf of a multinational corporation headquartered in Pittsburgh
two related entities a decision from U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denying the plaintiff's motion to dismiss the client's counterclaim challenging the validity of plaintiff's patent in an action in which plaintiff alleged that the client had used his idea for condiment packaging without compensating him.
Obtained a temporary restraining order
permanent injunction on behalf of a genetic biosciences company in a theft-of-trade-secrets case to protect its rights to a patent-pending genetic profile that it markets for use in customizing cosmetics
nutritional supplements. Recovered its financial losses
attorney's fees in the case.
Represent national cosmetology school in matter involving purported nationwide FLSA collective action
multiple Rule 23 state wage
hour law class actions in which students allege they are owed wages for time spent in school.
Represent national cosmetology school in class acion alleging violations of New Jersey
Pennsylvania regulations regarding how much a student run salon may charge for services.
Represent nuclear utility company in breach of contract actions brought against the United States of America in the US Court of Federal Claims for the government's failure to remove
dispose of spent nuclear fuel.
Represented chemical company in case alleging infringement of a patent pertaining to environmental remediation.
Represented energy company in case against largest coal mining company in the US over claims of trademark infringement.
Obtained injunction through settlement that barred engineers who were former employees of a thermal-transfer engineering corporation from unfairly competing by using stolen proprietary information
trade secrets for the benefit of a new startup company.
Represented a Germany-based software company in a suit against a publicly traded pharmaceutical company for theft of software codes. Obtained pre-suit settlement that provided for the protection of the client's proprietary software
recovery of its lost revenue.
Represented startup online men's big-
-tall clothing retailer in a federal jury trial brought by the largest international retailer of men's big-
-tall clothing on the basis of allegations of theft of trade secrets
tortious interference with contracts.
Obtained temporary restraining order
preliminary injunction under the Lanham Act
related federal
state law claims that required client's competitor to immediately serve 10,000 notices correcting false
misleading statements made in a mass mailing to the industry.
Represented cash access vendor in suit against casino in dispute over early termination of contract.
Representing an inventor against U.S. Postal Service in patent infringement litigation regarding an automated mail sorting system.
Represented a federally chartered savings bank in patent infringement litigation regarding a value-added network system for enabling real-time, bidirectional transactions on a network.
Represented a federally chartered savings bank in patent infringement litigation regarding a system for providing traffic information.
Represented a federally chartered savings bank in patent infringement litigation regarding a system
method for authenticating a web page.
Represented a federally chartered savings bank against alleged infringement of a patent relating to data encryption.
Represented international manufacturer of medical implant devices in injunction proceeding to enforce noncompete provisions of breached agreement
later in arbitration to recover damages. In a subsequent federal court action, ultimately recovered the losses from the competitor that hired the breaching distributor.
Recovered losses incurred by publicly traded ATM provider as a result of a failed merger with a competitor.
Obtained significant settlement on behalf of a macaroni manufacturer in litigation against vendors who provided salmonella-tainted eggs.
Obtained settlement that the client found favorable on behalf of flour manufacturer from a macaroni manufacturer who failed to purchase flour that was put under contract when wheat prices were at an all-time high.
Defended international medical device manufacturer in nationally publicized case involving more than 100 consolidated cases brought by plaintiffs alleging improper off-label promotion of biologic products, illegal kick-backs, fraud
products liability.
Obtained jury verdict that client found favorable for mining company accused of negligently injuring minor trespasser.
Represented estate
heirs of recreational fisherman killed in a collision with a 60-foot yacht off the New Jersey coast.
Trial counsel for the estate
heirs of woman in nationally publicized case against a township to recover wrongful-death
survival action damages after mother drowned while saving her son's life at an unprotected dredging site. The jury awarded substantial damages to the estate.
