Cases
Representative Matters: Cannabis: Advising national manufacturer of CBD products on labeling
packaging regulations.
Advising a national hemp grower
CBD processing company on corporate organization, governance
regulatory matters as well as h
ling an acquisition.
Representative to the American Trade Association for Cannabis
Hemp (ATACH) for which the firm is national law partner.
Filed an amicus brief in the 9th Circuit on behalf of ATACH in Big Sky Scientific v. Idaho State Police et al. on the issue of whether, in light of the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, a hemp cultivator in one state may lawfully ship cultivated hemp to a processor in another state.
Advised two Pennsylvania cannabis companies, who sought to affiliate with a Pennsylvania medical school
acute care hospital for purposes of conducting clinical research under the provisions of the PA medical marijuana act, on corporate organizational matters, financing, regulatory matters
licensing.
Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property: Obtained summary judgment
then affirmance on appeal in the Third Circuit for AcademyOne, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based internet company, on novel issues relating to claims under the Computer Fraud
Abuse Act, the Lanham Act
RICO. Collegesource, Inc. v. AcademyOne, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43684 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 22, 2011)
2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153197 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 25, 2012)
affirmed, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 1845 (3d Cir. Feb. 5, 2015).
Winning a defense verdict after a jury trial on behalf of a web site design company in an action brought by a competitor for misappropriation of trade secrets
copyright infringement.
Successful defense of a software manufacturer in an action brought by its former Indian distributor for misappropriation of trade secrets
violation of the Computer Fraud
Abuse Act among other claims.
Winning a jury verdict on behalf of a plaintiff provider of websites,
Internet services in a copyright infringement
tortious interference with contract action against a competing company.
Winning a defense verdict after a four-week jury trial on behalf of an importer of close-out goods in an action brought by a major international manufacturer of sporting goods for trademark
copyright infringement.
Obtained a judgment after trial that a software vendor did not have any intellectual property interests in an independent system operator's invention of multiple-bank br
ing on a single automatic teller machine (ATM). Judgment affirmed on appeal.
Defense of a major international energy company in a $100 million misappropriation of trade secrets case involving energy management technology that settled in the middle of a jury trial.
Obtained a preliminary injunction on behalf of a provider medical supplies
equipment to non-acute health centers against a former director of sales
three former sales people for violation of the Pennsylvania Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
Successfully defending a remanufacturer of industrial machines for newspaper production in a patent infringement
breach of patent license arbitration.
Winning a patent infringement judgment on behalf of the manufacturer of residential rain gutters.
Winning a defense judgment on behalf on an energy technology company in a breach of information technology contract arbitration.
Employment: Defense of a closely held national weight-loss company in a nine-year-long pattern-
-practice employment class action resting on sophisticated statistical analysis
complex expert testimony.
Defense of a company in a race discrimination
retaliation case that settled in the middle of a jury trial.
Other: Obtained a multimillion-dollar judgment against Prince, the artist, on behalf of a fragrance manufacturer for fraud in connection with the development of Prince's fragrance 3121.
Winning a jury verdict on behalf of a plaintiff in a Section 1983 civil rights action on a pro bono basis.
