Mr. Ryan Christian Caplan

Practice Details

• Payment Information
  Payment & Cost Features

  Fixed hourly rates
  Fixed fees available
  
• Firm Information
  Position

  Of Counsel

  Firm Name

  Buchalter
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Obtained summary judgment establishing an insurance company's defense obligation in a trademark lawsuit, leading to a multi-million dollar settlement in favor of our client.
  Successfully briefed
  argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, obtaining a reversal on the issues of whether California Insurance Code section 533 applied to an insurer's duty to defend
  whether an underlying claim was excluded from coverage under a policy exclusion.
  Obtained partial summary judgment on the issue of a client's entitlement to independent insurance-funded defense counsel.
  Obtained total summary judgment on entitlement to nearly 2 million in interpleaded insurance proceeds on behalf of a municipality.
  Obtained a preliminary injunction on behalf of a media company against a former vendor who had attempted a hostile takeover.
  Co-represented a municipality in the prosecution of a significant insurance coverage
  bad faith litigation against a national insurer, resulting in a substantial settlement in favor of the municipality mid-trial.
  Successfully briefed
  argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, obtaining a reversal on the issue of the insurability of damages under the Lanham Act.
  Successfully argued multiple appeals before the California Courts of Appeal.
  Successfully obtained preliminary
  permanent injunctive relief in trade secret litigation.
  Represented employers
  former employees in trade secret misappropriation litigation.