Campus Oaks Apartments 1, LLC v. BBC Roseville Oaks, LLC: Trial counsel for Bixby Bridge Capital affiliate in Placer County, California state court involving land purchase and sale. Following a three-week trial, the jury returned a complete defense verdict, including damages for defendant on its counterclaim.
Incyte Corp. v. Flexus Biosciences: Trial counsel for Flexus Biosciences, now a Bristol-Myers Squibb subsidiary, in billion-dollar trade secrets misappropriation case. At the conclusion of a twelve-day trial, after the court eliminated six out of eight alleged secrets at summary judgment, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict on all the remaining counts for all defendants.
U.S. ex rel. Colquitt v. Abbott Laboratories: Counsel for Abbott in False Claims Act case where whistleblower sought over $1 billion for allegedly false Medicare claims relating to off-label medical devices. Following a three-week trial, the jury deliberated for three hours and returned a complete defense verdict. Fifth Circuit affirmed.
In re Valaris plc: Litigation counsel for Valaris plc and affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases. The Company successfully completed its restructuring of over $7.1 billion of funded indebtedness in six months.
Paragon Litigation Trust v. Noble Offshore plc et al.: Counsel for the Paragon Litigation Trust in a fraudulent transfer action seeking to recover more than $2.6 billion based on Noble’s spin-off of Paragon. Case settled following defendant filing for bankruptcy.
Statoil Gulf of Mexico v. Kerr-McGee: Counsel for Statoil Gulf of Mexico in its defense of claims brought by Kerr-McGee and private individuals involving the payment of overriding royalties on deepwater oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. Case settled on eve of trial.
