Seattle, WA
Securities and investment fraud Lawyer at Seattle, WA
Practice Areas: Securities & Investment Fraud, Business ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Dismissed with prejudice.
Represented PowerSecure International and its officers in a shareholder class action alleging that PowerSecure, a provider of utility and energy technologies and services, issued knowingly false financ ... ial projections and misled investors about the nature of a large new service contract with a major utility.
OUTCOME: Dismissed with prejudice. Currently on appeal.
Represented Globus Medical and its officers in a shareholder class action alleging that defendants issued knowingly false annual financial projections that included revenue from a distributor with whic ... h Globus was no longer doing business.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed with prejudice
Represented Starbucks and its board of directors in a shareholder derivative action alleging that board members breached their fiduciary duties in deciding to terminate Starbucks' commercial relationsh ... ip with Kraft and for failing to accrue a litigation loss contingency during the pendency of the Kraft-Starbucks arbitration that ultimately resulted in a $2.8 billion arbitration award against Starbucks. Obtained dismissal with prejudice.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed with prejudice
Represented Atossa Genetics and its current and former directors and officers in a shareholder class action arising from an FDA Warning Letter and a recall of a medical device, and alleging that defend ... ants made false or misleading statements in connection with the company's IPO and thereafter about the status of FDA clearance of the device. Obtained dismissal by the district court. Currently on appeal.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed with prejudice
Represented Sterling Financial Corporation and its former officers in a shareholder class action arising from an FDIC cease and desist order and alleging that the bank failed to properly reserve for no ... n-performing construction loans and otherwise misled shareholders as to the quality of the bank's loan portfolio and underwriting practices. Obtained dismissal with prejudice. Currently on appeal.
OUTCOME: Defeated preliminary injunction motion, case dismissed
Represented Intermec and its directors in a purported shareholder class action contesting the company's merger with Honeywell and alleging that the directors breached their fiduciary duties. Defeated p ... laintiffs' motion to preliminarily enjoin the merger. With approval of the court, plaintiffs subsequently dismissed their case with prejudice.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed with prejudice; affirmed on appeal
Represented Solta Medical and directors of acquired company in purported shareholder class action challenging the merger and alleging breach of fiduciary duty, self-dealing, and conspiracy to deprive s ... hareholders of voting rights under California Corporations Code Section 2115. Obtained dismissal by the trial court. Affirmed on appeal.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed with prejudice
Represented Nighthawk Radiology and its former officers in a shareholder class action arising out of the company's integration of acquisitions and missed earnings and revenue guidance.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed with prejudice; affirmed on appeal
Represented the company and its current officers and directors in a shareholder class action arising out of a missed quarter. Obtained dismissal with prejudice by the district court, which was affirmed ... on appeal.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed with prejudice; affirmed on appeal
Represented the company and its current and former officers and directors in a shareholder class action arising out of a missed quarter and problems developing next-generation recording heads. Obtained ... dismissal with prejudice by the district court, which was affirmed on appeal.
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