The complaint sought to compel G-I to take away asbestos-containing supplies from NYCHA’s buildings, a $500-$600 million task. NYCHA sought to bypass G-I’s bankruptcy reorganization plan by arguing that its injunction claim was for equitable relief and never discharged beneath the chapter code or G-I’s plan. But we persuaded the Bankruptcy Court, the District Court, and at last the Third Circuit that NYCHA’s claim was ineligible for any exception to the discharge. For our client IBM, we obtained a complete affirmance within the Federal Circuit of favorable declare building rulings that resulted in a stipulated judgement of invalidity of all patent claims plaintiff Twin Peaks Software Inc. had asserted in opposition to IBM’s latest distributed storage products.
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Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in August 2014, in a high-profile federal securities litigation brought towards it by a group of hedge funds seeking greater than $2.5 billion in reference to Porsche’s acquisition of a stake in Volkswagen. The former president of a major U.S. university, in a win earlier than the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, which reversed the trial court docket and quashed legal costs of perjury, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy arising out of a scandal on the college. TaxSecured victory earlier than the California Court of Appeal for a Fortune 50 medical device firm confirming that embedded software program is not subject to property taxation even when it is bundled or prepackaged with laptop hardware. Obtained California Court of Appeal ruling for rural telephone firm in appellate proceedings arising from California Public Utilities Commission determination relating to stock features disposition, resulting in $5 million-plus recovery for shopper. Convinced 9th Circuit to uphold lower court determination for client, American Association of Railroads in case challenging native regulation of locomotive emissions. Achieved main appellate victory regarding whether or not two-decade-old deferral of punitive damage claims in NYC asbestos litigation was properly lifted.