Represented shareholders of major regional pizza chain in derivative suit alleging that defendants' use of family brand on frozen retail pizzas constitute a breach of their fiduciary duties to family corporation, breach of contract, trademark infringement, and unfair competition. Successfully argued demand futility and related corporate-law issues at preliminary injunction hearing before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, resulting in grant of preliminary injunctive relief. See Michael Rosati et al. v. Anthony Rosati et al., No. 20 Civ. 07762, 2021 WL 3666432 (N.D. Ill., Aug. 18, 2021).
Represented Take-Two Interactive Software and Epic Games against claims by a number of individual plaintiffs asserting that the use of certain dance steps in video games constituted copyright and trademark infringement, violation of the plaintiffs' right of publicity, and unfair competition. See Brantley v. Epic Games, Inc., 463 F. Supp. 3d 616 (D. Md. 2020) (granting motion to dismiss all claims); Pellegrino v. Epic Games, Inc., 451 F. Supp. 3d 373 (E.D. Pa. 2020) (granting motion to dismiss in part).
Representing major consumer packaged goods company in ongoing multi-billion dollar international arbitration concerning numerous contract disputes, M&A issues, and trade secret claims.
Represented Toys 'R' Us in Chapter 11 proceeding in connection dispute regarding ownership and rights to use enterprise management software.
