San Francisco, CA
Lawsuits and disputes Lawyer at San Francisco, CA
Practice Areas: Lawsuits & Disputes, Business ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Certification defeated on appeal to the NJ Supreme Court
Represented Merck & Co., Inc. in a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of third-party payors (i.e., HMOs, insurers, employers, and union welfare funds) that sought damages under the NJ Consumer Frau ... d Act for alleged misrepresentations about the safety of Vioxx.
OUTCOME: Negotiated settlement
Served as lead trial counsel representing Merck in connection with economic harm claims by over 80 third-party payors under New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act following decertification of third-party payor ... class.
OUTCOME: Defeated certification.
Represented Merck in connection with coordinated class action cases brought in California Superior Court alleging economic harm arising from Vioxx purchases on behalf of end-user consumers and third-pa ... rty payors.
OUTCOME: Defeated certification
Served as lead counsel representing Merck in connection with class action cases brought on behalf of end-user consumers alleging economic harm under the NJ Consumer Fraud Act arising from Vioxx purchas ... es.
OUTCOME: Negotiated settlements
Represented Ford Motor Company in the first case selected for a bellweather trial in a consolidation proceeding involving thousands of personal injury and wrongful death actions alleging strict product ... liability, negligence and violation of various state consumer fraud statutes for damages allegedly arising from rollovers in Ford Explorers equipped with Firestone Wilderness AT tires.
OUTCOME: Negotiated settlement after mistrial.
Represented Ford in trial of class action lawsuit for alleged violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law and Consumers’ Legal Remedy Act arising from purported misrepresentations about the safet ... y and reliability of “thick film ignition” systems, which replaced mechanical distributors in over 20 million Ford vehicles built in the 1980s.
OUTCOME: Investigation closed without charges.
On behalf of major air carrier, conducted numerous internal investigations and developed evidence and arguments in connection with NTSB investigation of an airplane crash responsible for the deaths of ... over 80 people, and related US Attorney investigation into whistleblower allegations of illegal maintenance record-keeping activities pertaining to crash aircraft.
OUTCOME: Negotiated settlement
On behalf of board of directors of a major mutual fund complex, led internal investigation, and assisted in the defense and resolution of allegations of market-timing by various affiliates of a major m ... utual fund complex accused of engaging in market timing.
OUTCOME: Negotiated settlement
Represented major mutual fund complex in connection with investigations by the US SEC and the California Attorney General arising from allegations of inadequately disclosed revenue-sharing and directed ... brokerage practices.
OUTCOME: Settlement through mediation
Represented landowner in post-trial proceedings following adverse verdict in jury trial and in connection with California Regional Water Quality Control Board remedial investigation of PCE contaminatio ... n.
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