James L. McGinnis

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Special Counsel

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Cases: Successfully argued defendants' opposition to direct purchasers' motion for class certification. In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal)
  Lead counsel for Samsung SDI America in a class action alleging defects in the batteries for the Note 7 Smartphone. George Schmidt et al vs. Samsung Electronics America, Samsung Electronics Co.
  Samsung SDI America (W.D. Wa). Case successfully defended by virtue of successful motion to compel arbitration
  dismiss class claims.
  Secured dismissal of multi-billion dollar TFT-LCD price-fixing claims based on overseas purchases. Motorola Mobility vs. Samsung SDI.
  National counsel
  defense liaison counsel for coordinated antitrust price-fixing class actions. In re Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation, MDL. No 1917.
  National counsel
  defense liaison counsel for coordinated antitrust price-fixing class actions. In re TFT-LCD (FLAT PANEL) Antitrust Litigation, MDL. No 1827.
  National counsel defending civil
  criminal price-fixing charges in the memory chip market. In re Dynamic R
  om Access Memory (DRAM) Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1486
  over 50 cases brought in state courts nationwide.
  Leader of a highly publicized internal review of a 20+ billion dollar insurance provider.
  Lead trial counsel for unsecured creditors' committee, successfully defending four objecting insurers' challenges to a reorganization plan with $985 million at stake. The reorganization plan was confirmed after a 4-week trial
  the primary objecting insurer agreed to pay an additional $1.15 billion after closing argument. In re Western Asbestos Company, (N.D. Cal. 2004) No.02-46284.
  California counsel defending a leading amino acid manufacturer against price fixing charges in federal MDL proceedings
  California state coordinated litigation brought by direct
  indirect classes as well as opt-out plaintiffs. In Re Methionine Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1311 (N.D. Cal. 2000) (Cal. Jud. Council Coord. Proc. Nos. 4090
  4096) (2000).
  Lead counsel for a pharmaceutical-buying cooperative in California coordinated antitrust litigation challenging the distribution of prescription drugs. In Re Br
  Names Antitrust Litigation (Jud. Council Coord. Proc., San Francisco, 1996).
  Lead counsel for a national department store retailer, defended against charges of price fixing in women's cosmetics brought in coordinated California state court proceedings. In Re Cosmetics Antitrust Litigation (Jud. Council Coord. Proc. 1998).
  Lead counsel defending a national department store company in federal
  state court litigation brought by garment workers from the Isl
  of Saipan. The putative class contained 50,000 members
  sought to bring numerous charges based on alleged sweat shop conditions
  improper labeling
  advertising of garments. Doss v. The Gap, et al. (C.D. Cal. 1999
  (S.F. Superior 1999)).
  Trial counsel defending the chief financial officer of Ramtek, a Silicon Valley computer monitor component manufacturer, against class action claims. Also defended this client against criminal charges
  SEC enforcement proceedings. In Re Ramtek Securities Litigation (N.D. Cal. 1991)
  U.S. v. Adams (N.D. Cal. 1994).
  Lead counsel defending president
  CEO of accounting software manufacturer in class action
  SEC proceedings against charges of improper revenue recognition in software sales. In Re Platinum Software Securities Litigation (C.D. Cal. 1995).