Partner - Head Of Litigation And Disputes, Minneapolis
CurrentConsumer Products Class Action. Won summary judgment and defeated class certification for global private label manufacturer in a putative nationwide class action. Court agreed that the company's claims were not false or misleading, and denied plaintiffs' request for injunctive relief.Putative Consumer Class Action Motion to Dismiss Win. Won motion to dismiss a national putative class action on behalf of a public company window manufacturer accused of false advertising.Putative Consumer Class Action Nuisance-Value Settlement. Secured nuisance-value settlement in a national consumer putative class action, brought in the S. D. of New York, accusing client of false advertising. The negotiated settlement included the highly unusual concession by the plaintiff (in a publicly filed sworn statement) that it could not establish product identification, causation and suffered no damages.Fraud, theft of confidential information and trade secrets, and civil RICO expertise. Successfully represented more than half a dozen corporations and individuals on both sides of the "v," in disputes involving fraud, theft of confidential information and trade secrets, and civil RICO, with a particular emphasis on cases where there are parallel federal and criminal proceedings. I draw on my work early in my career advising clients in criminal matters and knowledge of federal criminal procedures to assist clients in these matters.Dismissal of Shareholder Derivative Action Related to a Multi-Billion Dollar Merger. Successfully opposed preliminary injunction seeking to block Fortune 500 public company's decision to approve a plan to gross up the excise tax liabilities of its executives and directors in connection with a multi-billion dollar inversion merger. Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the matter after the preliminary injunction motion was denied.
