John Christopher Jaczko

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Successfully represented a privately-held company in patent litigation relating to methods used for drug discovery resulting in a judgment after trial valued in excess of $18M.
  Successfully represented a venture capital firm in defending against claims of securities fraud alleging in excess of $50M.
  Successfully represented a venture-backed pharmaceutical company in defending against a $50M breach of contract claim.
  Successfully represented a privately held chemical lab company in patent litigation against an infringer, resulting in a multi-million dollar jury verdict
  attorneys fees.
  Successfully represented a natural gas company in a multi-million-dollar breach of contract claim involving rights to underground storage leases.
  Represented a real estate investor in a fraud claim
  successfully recouped its multi-million-dollar investment in a Mexican resort development.
  Successfully represented a commercial manufacturing organization in defense of a multi-million-dollar breach of contract claim relating to manufacture of generic drugs to treat cancer.
  Represented an internet software company in litigation with its former officers who had entered into a conspiracy to misappropriate the client's trade secrets to unfairly compete
  divert business
  revenues to themselves. By developing a comprehensive strategy that included regaining control of the company's systems, terminating the officers' employment
  initiating litigation on the same day, we were able to secure a temporary restraining order
  obtain a highly advantageous settlement through which not only did the company regain control over its trade secrets
  recover revenues that had been diverted away from it, but it also obtained control over all the assets of the competing business.
  Represented a telemedicine company against a claim that its officers misappropriated trade secrets from their former employer. After successfully opposing a motion for a temporary restraining order
  preliminary injunction was able to obtain plaintiff's dismissal of its claims with prejudice
  to pay a portion of client's attorney's fees based on inability to define trade secrets allegedly misappropriated.
  Successfully represented an equipment manufacturer in a case alleging copyright infringement
  misappropriation of trade secrets by obtaining early favorable settlement.
  Represented global engineering Fortune 200 company in trial involving trade secret misappropriation claim arising out of designs for hyperscale data centers.
  Represented testing laboratory in developing strategy for investigating
  confirming theft of trade secrets by contractor
  negotiating favorable settlement, which included return
  destruction of misappropriated
  derivative information.
  Represented manufacturer of medical devices against claim that the company
  its founder misappropriated trade secrets from former employer. Successfully obtained dismissal of claims based on claimant's inability to define trade secrets allegedly misappropriated.