Cases
Representative Matters: Court-Appointed Special Master: Lontex Corporation v. Nike, Inc. (E.D. Pa) - Special Discovery Master.
Polansky et al. v. Executive Health Resources Inc. et al. (E.D. PA) - Special Discovery Master.
Leonard N. Hubbard v. Shawn Gee, et al. (Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas) - Court-appointed discovery master to address certain discovery issues.
Allstate Insurance Company, et al. v. Pennsylvania Chiropractic Services Corp., et al. (E.D. Pa.) - Court-appointed special master to address certain e-discovery issues.
IpVenture Inc. v. Sony Electronics Inc., et al. (D.Del.) - Court-appointed special master to address discovery disputes in patent infringement case.
Rhoads Industries, Inc. v. Building Materials Corp. of America, et al. (E.D. Pa.) - Court-appointed special master to address certain e-discovery issues.
In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation (E.D. Pa.) - Court-appointed special master to address certain e-discovery issues.
Signature Systems, Inc. v. Richard Bowman, et al. (E.D. Pa.) - Court-appointed expert to address issues relating to software for point-of-sale restaurant systems.
Settlement master for numerous cases.
Software Litigation: Lockheed Martin v. MTA Capital Construction Co.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (S.D.N.Y.) - Trial counsel for Lockheed Martin in a contractual dispute arising from an agreement between the parties for the design, development
installation of an integrated electronic security system for New York City's public transportation system, with damages estimated at more than $130 million.
Factory Mutual Insurance Co. v. SunGard Sherwood Systems (S.D.N.Y) - Represented plaintiff insurance company in software failure litigation. Settlement achieved that client found favorable.
Ortivus v. MIS (E.D. Pa.) - Represented software developer in software failure litigation. Settlement achieved that client found favorable.
Lead counsel for several different software developers
licensees in various jurisdictions relating to disputes over software development
/or software licensing agreements.
Represented numerous software developers
licensees in pre-suit investigation
consideration of claims.
Patent Litigation: Senju Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., et al. v. Metrics, Inc. et al. (D. N.J.) - Represented defendants in patent infringement suit relating to Metrics' ANDA filing.
Stillman v. Novartis Consumer Health Inc. - Represented defendants CVS Pharmacy Inc.
Walgreen Company in a patent infringement suit related to a generic product.
Schreiber, ZaBeCor Pharmaceuticals v. Eli Lilly - Represented plaintiffs in an inventorship
patent infringement suit relating to a major pharmaceutical. (E.D. Pa.)
Accu-Time Systems, Inc. v. Zucchetti et al. - Represented defendant in a patent infringement
unjust enrichment litigation relating to a time keeping device. All claims were withdrawn after minimal discovery. (E.D. Pa.)
Block Drug v. AccuMed - Represented defendant in patent infringement litigation involving generic product. Settlement achieved that client found favorable. (D.N.J.)
Rothman v. Mothers Work - Participated in defense of national maternity apparel company
its distributors against patent infringement claims. Negotiated settlement that client found highly favorable on eve of trial. (D.N.J.)
Other Intellectual Property Litigation: Career Network, Inc., et al. v. WOT Services, Ltd. (Ninth Judicial. Cir. Fla.) - Obtained an order from the Circuit Court of Orange County, Fla., dismissing with prejudice a suit brought against an operator of a web of trust website by a group of corporate plaintiffs based on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Johnson Matthey v. Research (S.D.N.Y.) - Represented plaintiff in complex pharmaceutical development, trade secret
licensing litigation. Settlement achieved that client found favorable.
Harold v. Pill Pockets, Inc., et al. - Represented defendants, a manufacturer
distributor of a pet related products, in defending a broad intellectual property suit brought by the prior owner of a patent. Settlement achieved that client found favorable.
CertainTeed v. CTA Acoustics - Represented plaintiff in trade secret
business tort litigation. Settlement achieved that client found favorable.
Babiarz v. Verizon - Represented Verizon in defending a broad intellectual property suit brought by an employee. Achieved dismissal of 13 causes of action on preliminary objections. (Phila. Commerce Ct.)
Yahoo! - Represented Yahoo! in several cases relating to ISP liability under the Communications Decency Act (CDA). Achieved a result that Yahoo! found favorable in cases, either by settlement or dismissal.
Freedom Medical, Inc. v. Gillespie, et al. - Represented defendant in breach of employment agreement, unfair competition
trade secret case. Achieved settlement that client found favorable. (E.D. Pa.)
Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd. v. Fame Jeans, et al. - Represented defendant relating to use of photographic images of Bob Marley. Achieved settlement that client found favorable.
Represented several companies
institutions in domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy.
Represented several companies defending lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), as well as spam
junk fax litigation.
Commercial, Business Tort
Antitrust Litigation: GMAC Mortgage Corporation, et al v. Omni National Bank - Represented defendant bank in a contract case relating to lending practices. Settlement achieved that client found favorable.
Johnson Matthey v. Baldwin, et al. - Represented plaintiff against multiple defendants in material conversion case. Settlement that client found favorable achieved on the eve of trial.
In Re: Electrical Antitrust, et al v. Morganite, Inc, et al. - Represented several major transportation authorities
the class as co-lead counsel relating to the sale of electrical carbon products. Settlement achieved that client found favorable.
Reed Elsevier Inc. v. Alex
er & Associates, P.C., et al. - Represented plaintiff in claims of tortious interference with contractual relations, tortious interference with prospective contractual relations, negligent misrepresentation,
commercial disparagement. Settlement achieved that client found favorable. (E.D. Pa.)
Government Guarantee Fund of The Republic of Finl
SkopBank, et al. v. Hyatt Corp. - Represented foreign government-owned lender, owners
asset manager of resort hotel
condominium project in the United States Virgin Isl
s in dispute with br
ed manager of hotel over hotel management contract
termination of manager. Case was resolved on eve of trial with settlement that the client found highly favorable. (District Court of the Virgin Isl
s)
Freel
v. Wilsonart - Defended manufacturer of countertop laminate
glue against product liability claims of product failure.
Fitz-R
olph v. Ralph Wilson Plastics Company, et al. - Defended manufacturer of countertop laminate
glue against product liability claims of product failure. (D.N.J.)
In re Phillips
Represented trustee of a large estate in claims against
brought by former family member. Secured favorable settlement. (Orphans Court, Philadelphia County)
Privacy, Security
Social Media: Represented numerous large companies engaged in retail, financial services
the hospitality industry in addressing sensitive security
data breaches, breach notifications, remedial actions
in developing security breach incident response plans.
Represented
advised numerous large companies on complex privacy
security issues.
Developed social media
blogging policies, including policies for employees authorized to engage in social media or blogging
general policies.
Developed complex privacy policies, security policies, website terms
conditions of use, technology use policies
other e-commerce
technology issues.
Software Licensing
E-Commerce Contracts: Ortivus - Counseling
preparation of agreements for this healthcare IT company that offers information
decision-making support systems.
Opti-Script
MT Audit Services, LLC - Prepared
negotiated customer contracts, software licensing,
a variety of e-commerce contracts.
Dun & Bradstreet - Prepared
negotiated customer contracts, software licensing
a variety of e-commerce contracts.
Worked with clients to respond to software audits
compliance dem
s.
Prepared
negotiated a variety of software license or other IT agreements for a variety of large companies in all industries.
Compliance Work: Counseled numerous large companies on electronically stored information (ESI)
e-discovery.
Drafted litigation response plans.
Prepared document retention policies for a variety of companies
industries.
