Houston, TX
Litigation Lawyer at Houston, TX
Practice Areas: Litigation
OUTCOME: Reduced Sentence
Mr. Kaplan represented a former executive of an international construction firm who cooperated with the U.S. Government in a wide-ranging investigation of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Ac ... t, resulting in corporate disgorgement and fines of $1.7 billion. His client received a greatly reduced sentence for his assistance.
OUTCOME: Victory
Mr. Kaplan successfully defended a Fortune 100 energy company in Alaska federal court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a $100 million lawsuit brought by another Fortune 100 energy company over ... an AMI agreement covering oil and gas leases.
OUTCOME: Victory
Mr. Kaplan successfully obtained $9 million in damages (including price erosion damages) after being hired as lead plaintiff counsel by a Fortune 20 company just four months before a patent infringemen ... t trial. The court found infringement on both patents and granted a permanent injunction. All findings were affirmed on appeal.
OUTCOME:
Mr. Kaplan served as the lead attorney for Plaintiff Software Rights Archive in patent litigation against multiple computer search engine companies, including Google, AOL, and Yahoo.
OUTCOME: Victory
Mr. Kaplan successfully defended a multimillion dollar patent infringement suit in a federal trial, obtaining a judgment that the patent was unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.
OUTCOME: Victory
Mr. Kaplan represented former employees in a federal class action, recovering $25 million plus $3.5 million in attorney's fees for 1,900 former employees in a federal class action against a Fortune 500 ... company brought under the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (ERISA).
OUTCOME: Complete Victory
Mr. Kaplan served as co-counsel for WesternGeco who sued for infringement of four patents covering state-of-the-art technology for marine seismic surveys. He conducted voir dire and examination of both ... sides' damages experts. After a confidential settlement with one defendant during trial, WesternGeco obtained a favorable jury verdict against ION on all issues, including willful infringement, and actual damages of $105.9 million ($12.5 million in reasonable royalty and $93.4 million in lost profits). The Court entered judgment for $123.8 million.
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