Move, Inc. v. Zillow, Inc.

King County Superior Court (Washington)
Represented the defendant Zillow in an employment-related unfair competition/trade secret case against its largest competitor in which the plaintiffs sought approximately $2 billion in damages. After the Court dismissed more than $1 billion of plaintiffs’ claimed damages, found in favor of Zillow on allegations of spoliation, and granted several of the client’s motions for partial summary judgment including dismissal of most of plaintiffs’ tort-based claims, case settled on what was scheduled to be the first day of trial.

Anacor Pharmaceuticals v. Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc.

JAMS Arbitration in San Francisco, CA
Obtained an award of $100 million, plus fees and costs, for Anacor Pharmaceuticals in a JAMS arbitration in San Francisco that involved trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and unfair competition claims.

TriQuint Semiconductor v. Avago Technologies Inc.

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Represented TriQuint in a patent, antitrust and trade secret case involving bulk acoustic wave technology. The court denied all of Avago's summary judgment motions and granted TriQuint's motions to dismiss most of Avago's trade secret claims, all of its copyright claims and four of its patent claims.

The Boeing Company v. Sierracin Corporation, et al.

State Supreme Court of Washington
Represented Boeing at trial and on appeal in one of the most widely cited trade secret cases in the state of Washington. The case included antitrust counterclaims involving aircraft spare parts sales. The jury verdict for Boeing on trade secret claims was upheld on appeal, and the antitrust verdict against Boeing was reversed on appeal.

PowerDsine Inc. (Microsemi Corporation), et al. v. AMI Semiconductor Inc.(ON Semiconductor)

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Defended ON Semiconductor in an action alleging misappropriation of proprietary information disclosed under a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) relating to integrated circuits used in Power-over-Ethernet technology. Microsemi Corporation sought $88 million in damages. The case settled on highly favorable terms after the court found sufficient merit in the defendant's oral motion to exclude the plaintiff's damages expert and to strike the plaintiff's damages claims to suspend the trial in its second week.

Fluke Corporation/Danaher Corporation v. Morrow, et al.

State Court of Appeals of Washington
Obtained a preliminary injunction for plaintiffs after a four-day bench trial in a noncompetition/trade secret/employee raiding suit. Later settled.

SMC Networks Inc. v. Hitron Americas Inc., et al.

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Acted as lead trial counsel for Hitron Americas Inc. and its former officers in litigation involving various claims, including misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition. The alleged misappropriation of trade secrets involved the cable modem industry.

Amazon.com Inc. v. Christopher Zyda

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Represented Amazon.com Inc. in a trade secret dispute involving eBay's hiring of a senior Amazon.com executive. The case settled on favorable terms.

Big Fish Games Inc. v. iWin Inc.

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Obtained preliminary and permanent injunctive relief for Big Fish Games in a case based upon a competitor's unauthorized access to Big Fish Games' proprietary and trade secret information. The case was favorably resolved after discovery.

Calence LLC v. Dimension Data Holdings, plc., et al.

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Served as trial counsel for Dimension Data and company vice president in trade secret, unfair competition and employee raiding lawsuit. We defeated motions for temporary and preliminary injunctive relief. The case was affirmed on appeal to Ninth Circuit and settled after the first week of scheduled three-week jury trial.

Wal-Mart Stores v. Amazon.com

Superior Court of Arkansas
Benton County State Superior Court of Washington
Represented defendant Amazon.com in an inevitable disclosure trade secret case regarding data warehousing and other computer technologies. The case settled following successful pretrial motions.