Houston, TX
Litigation Lawyer at Houston, TX
Practice Areas: Litigation
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment
Mr. Kaplan successfully obtained summary judgment for the real estate arm of a Fortune 10 energy company against a developer seeking to void restrictions on a large tract on a claim of "changed conditi ... ons."
OUTCOME: Dismissal
In a Pennsylvania federal court, Mr. Kaplan obtained the voluntary dismissal of an antitrust suit alleging price discrimination and attempted monopolization by a commodity supplier.
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment
Summary judgment in Texas state court for a firm accused of various "toxic torts" at Louisiana petrochemical facilities; all other defendants settled in advance.
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment Upheld
Mr. Kaplan successfully argued in the Texas First Court of Appeals to uphold a summary judgment dismissing all common-law and statutory claims of breach of contract, fraud, and negligence in a case all ... eging approximately $400 million in actual damages plus additional punitive damages for purported design problems in a catalytic cracking unit.
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment
In a claim alleging defamation and misappropriation of likeness, Mr. Kaplan obtained a summary judgment in federal court for a Fortune 500 technology company against plaintiff record promoters.
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Mr. Kaplan represented the Special Committee of a board of directors in the successful defense of state court litigation arising out of a going-private transaction.
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment
On behalf of a national bank client, Mr. Kaplan obtained summary judgment in state district court against a medical center developer on claims of tortious interference, breach of confidentiality and ne ... gligence arising out of the bank's due diligence investigation.
OUTCOME: Various
Mr. Kaplan serves as an arbitrator in multiple arbitrations, several of these involve disputes in excess of $50 million.
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Mr. Kaplan has conducted special investigations for the Board of Directors of a Fortune 500 corporation and the Audit Committee of the Board of a NASDAQ-listed company.
OUTCOME: Victory
After winning a federal jury trial for the Quantlab companies in a significant trade secrets case in May 2015, Lee Kaplan, Ty Doyle and Alex Wolf have now secured a permanent injunction against the two ... defendants who elected not to resolve the case prior to trial. After extensive briefing and argument over the scope of the permanent injunction, the Court agreed with Quantlab that defendants Andriy Kuharsky and Emmanuel Mamalakis should be enjoined from use of Quantlab’s trade secrets, including a two-year prohibition on participation in the automated high-frequency trading business without application to and approval from the Court. Kuharsky worked for Quantlab as a quantitative researcher for six years. Mamalakis is a Wisconsin attorney/investor who was the CEO of a company set up to exploit Quantlab’s trade secrets.
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