Michael E. Rosenberg

Since joining Kirkland, Michael has been involved in the following matters:

• Defends a national nonprofit charity against false advertising, unfair competition, and RICO claims related to information that was omitted from its advertisements and solicitations.
• Assisted with representing a large real estate development company in construction defect litigation against the general contractor, subcontractors, and insurers regarding one of the most prominent condominium developments in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Represented a manufacturing company based in Taiwan in an international arbitration regarding breaches of contract.
• Helped an international shipping company navigate an investigation by the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division.
• Represented large financial institutions that were victims in a Ponzi Scheme to recover tens of millions of dollars in invested funds from one of the country’s largest, implicated escrow companies.
• Represented a technology entrepreneur in a private civil case in state court and a parallel Securities and Exchange Commission action in federal court stemming from the sale of the entrepreneur’s company to an American multinational IT services corporation.
• Defended a large insurance company against claims that its agents and other partners violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
• Represented a third-party parent company in a dispute involving trade secret theft between the subsidiary solar power company and its next largest competitor.
• Helped a children’s vitamin company prepare the necessary paperwork to file for a Temporary Restraining Order preventing a former employee from utilizing company confidential and trade secret information.
• Represented an electric vehicle start-up company and its founders in a matter involving breaches of contract, breaches of fiduciary duties, and theft of trade secret claims that spanned across federal court, state court, and private arbitration proceedings.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Michael was involved in the following matters:

• Represented a technology and communications company in connection with a large-scale government investigation and subsequent litigation into monopolistic activities brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
• Defended a major pharmacy chain against a nationwide consumer class action lawsuit for claims of fraudulent and deceptive behavior and violations of multiple state consumer protection laws.
• Represented a large insurance company’s interests in bringing a breach of contract claim against a software vendor.
• Defended various companies against claims for violation of the California False Advertising Law or Unfair Competition Law.