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Representative Matters

Mediation

  • Mediated numerous disputes among Fortune 100 companies and individuals in a wide variety of substantive areas, including disputes involving:

    • Buyers and sellers of businesses​

    • Post-closing adjustments

    • Executives and employers in the financial services and other industries

    • Distributers and purchasers of industrial materials and machinery

    • Administration of self-insured medical benefits plans

    • Manufacturers and distributors of pharmaceutical products

    • Class action disputes

    • Breach of contract and fraud allegations

    • Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claims

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Corporate & Commercial 

  • Dispute arising from the sale of a business manufacturing aircraft parts

  • Claims stemming from the unsuccessful sale of a technology company

  • Multiple post-closing adjustment disputes in M&A transactions

  • Warranty-related litigation involving a major equipment manufacturer

  • Distribution disputes involving motion picture rights

  • Litigation involving personal services contracts

  • Disputes relating to administration of health insurance benefits

  • Litigation arising from the meltdown of a nuclear power plant

  • Product-related litigation involving defective water heaters for a Fortune 30 company

  • Class action litigations in a variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, life sciences and financial services

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Financial Services and Employment

  • Ponzi scheme–related claims

  • Disputes arising from a government investigation into clearing operations of a large financial institution

  • Multiple breach of contract and fraud litigations and arbitrations between financial institutions and former executives or employees

  • FINRA arbitrations between financial institutions and former executives

  • Proceedings involving vacatur of FINRA arbitration awards

  • Matters involving FINRA Enforcement investigations

  • Sarbanes–Oxley whistleblower cases

  • Retaliation and discrimination claims between employees and numerous companies in a variety of industries
     

Intellectual Property & Trade Secrets

  • Trade secret misappropriation and royalty disputes involving computer software

  • Disputes involving former employees taking proprietary information to competitors

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Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Litigation

  • Disputes concerning the development of medications

  • Breach of contract and fraud action involving experimental medication development

  • Pharmaceutical litigation involving diet medications

  • Pharmaceutical litigation involving proton pump inhibitors

  • Pharmaceutical litigation involving antibiotic medications

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