Mr. Doyle represents a Houston-based investment firm in a case involving claims of misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, copyright infringement, and fraud. After obtaining stipulated j...udgments of $28.5 million from each of four settling defendants, the case proceeded to a jury trial in the Southern District of Texas, where Quantlab won an additional $12.2 million against two defendants who refused to settle.
Securities offerings
Hall v. Nobilis
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OUTCOME: Dismissal
Mr. Doyle and a team of SKV lawyers scored a quick and decisive win for client client Nobilis Healthcare. On December 8, less than six weeks after Plaintiff filed a securities class action Complaint ag...ainst Nobilis in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Plaintiff dismissed his case against Nobilis with prejudice to refiling it.
Based on a short-seller's blog posted on the Seeking Alpha website, the Complaint, filed on October 21, made a number of general and vague allegations against the Company and copied verbatim several accusations made in the Seeking Alpha Blog. The Company vigorously responded to the Complaint, filing a Motion to Dismiss on November 9 even before Nobilis had been served. Faced with this aggressive response, Plaintiff on November 18 moved the Court to extend Plaintiff's time to respond to the Motion to Dismiss, a tactic Nobilis opposed. On December 1, the Court denied the Motion for Extension of Time to Respond and required Plaintiff to file a response to the Motion to Dismiss by December 9. Instead, on December 8, Plaintiff filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice dismissing the Complaint.
Oil and gas
Mineral Lease Sales
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OUTCOME: Judgment
Following a bench trial, Mr. Doyle obtained judgment for an oil and gas company in a dispute arising out of sale of mineral leases in South Texas.
Health care
Ambulatory Surgery Centers
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OUTCOME: Victory
Mr. Doyle represented an owner and operator of ambulatory surgery centers across Texas in numerous matters, including the successful resolution of a $1.6 million real estate suit and the collection of ...over $500,000 in overdue payments.
Environmental and natural resources
Environmental Contamination
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OUTCOME: Victory
Mr. Doyle represented an owner and operator of ambulatory surgery centers across Texas in numerous matters, including the successful resolution of a $1.6 million real estate suit and the collection of ...over $500,000 in overdue payments.
Intellectual property
Trade Secret/IP Theft
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OUTCOME:
Mr. Doyle represented a developer of geochemical machinery used in oilfield analysis in a suit alleging trade secret/intellectual property theft.