Matthew C. Hurley

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Member

  Firm Name

  Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Achieved complete victory as lead trial counsel for an international life sciences company in an arbitration initiated by one of the company's top suppliers. Following extensive discovery
  a two-week evidentiary hearing, a panel of three arbitrators unanimously rejected the supplier's $12 million breach of contract claim
  entered judgment for our client on its counterclaim in a total amount exceeding $2 million, including recovery of our client's attorneys' fees
  costs.
  Earned victory for a biotechnology company in an arbitration involving a multibillion-dollar drug development collaboration. A panel of three retired federal judges ruled in our client's favor following a two-week hearing, a victory that established our client's right to co-develop one of the world's largest-selling cancer drugs.
  Obtained favorable settlement on behalf of a molecular diagnostics company in a dispute with one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies over the right to distribute a companion diagnostic kit for use in the oncology market.
  Successfully represented institutional holders of over $400 million in airport revenue bonds in litigation within the Delta Airlines bankruptcy. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals
  US Supreme Court upheld the bankruptcy court's decision in our clients' favor.
  Obtained summary judgment for our bondholder clients in a dispute with United Airlines, which sought to avoid paying over $260 million in special facility airport revenue bonds as part of its bankruptcy reorganization. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the bankruptcy court's decision in our clients' favor.
  Persuaded a Massachusetts state court to deny a plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction in a software licensing dispute involving a popular computer game.
  Convinced federal court to grant summary judgment to a national textbook publisher in a copyright infringement action.
  Successfully defended a national printing company against a competitor's lawsuit seeking to enforce a noncompetition agreement.
  Achieved trial
  appellate victories for a national hotel chain in a contract dispute with a real estate developer.
  Obtained settlement at mediation on behalf of a state university in an environmental cleanup action.