Business and Commercial Disputes

  • Obtained anti-SLAPP dismissal of abuse of process claim
  • Settled state law tort and contract claims arising out of a large property consignment contract
  • Tried $60M corporate indemnification claim
  • Obtained a complete defense verdict for Stamps.com, the nation’s leading Internet postage provider, in a $40 million “anti-spam” lawsuit, one of the first lawsuits under the federal anti-spam act to go to trial.
  • Obtained reversal on appeal of directed verdict and key evidentiary ruling in a San Francisco hedge fund partner compensation and tort case (Ehrlich v. Zlot, Appeal Nos. A139567, A139829 (Cal. Ct. App. Div. 5, May 7, 2015))
  • Obtained a complete plaintiff’s jury verdict for Caleel + Hayden, a cosmetics distributor against Valeant Pharmaceuticals following a four-week jury trial. The jury awarded our client $2.4 million, finding that the defendant has breached its distribution agreement with Caleel + Hayden by terminating it, had intentionally interfered with our client’s business relationships, and had engaged in wrongful conduct through fraud by a false promise (the successful result led Valeant to retain us as their litigation attorneys).
  • Defended Greka Energy, Inc., a public energy company, in a securities class action alleging misrepresentations and omissions in connection with a going-private transaction. After winning every motion in the case, including a motion for expedited discovery and a motion to enjoin the transaction, we obtained a complete dismissal.
  • Represented Rincon Island Limited Partnership, which operates an oil and gas facility on Rincon Island off the Santa Barbra coast, in a lawsuit by a competitor alleging a contractual right to a portion of our client’s profits. After months of litigation in Texas and California, we obtained a complete dismissal of all claims asserted against our client.
  • Obtained a confidential settlement on behalf of Stamps.com in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against eBay and PayPal alleging breach of contract and tortious interference with contract. After prevailing on every motion in the case, including a round of motions to dismiss and seeking summary adjudication, we obtained a favorable settlement.
  • Obtained a confidential settlement for an investment banker who alleged he had been wrongfully terminated and cheated out of his share of the profits. In a related arbitration, our client recovered his wages, statutory waiting time penalties, and attorneys’ fees.
  • Represented Stamps.com in a class action lawsuit alleging that the company’s policies related to the termination of accounts are unfair and unreasonable, and negotiated a complete settlement of all claims.