Alan Howard

Alan’s representative matters include:

• Successfully representing founders and shareholders of a biosciences company in an ICC arbitration over milestone payments due under a merger agreement with a purchaser.
• Successfully defended a software technology company in a Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS) arbitration over an earnout dispute arising out of a merger and acquisition (M&A).
• Successfully represented a software operating system developer in an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration involving a dispute over fees owed by a foreign licensee.
• Successfully resolved claims against a payment system provider arising out of a data breach at a restaurant chain.
• Successfully settled claims for consumer fraud and unjust enrichment asserted by putative national and New York plaintiff classes.
• Secured an arbitration award for breach and repudiation of a 15-year coal transportation agreement, over the assertion of a force majeure defense on behalf of railroad against an owner of coal-fired power generation plants.*
• Represented the owner of an environmental plant in a dispute with the plant operator over claims of force majeure.
• Handled multiple domestic and international arbitrations involving technology and software development and licensing agreements.
• Represented a private equity acquisition search firm in a dispute over a finder’s fee.
• Represented the manufacturer of industrial equipment in a dispute over an exclusive output contract.*
• Successfully defended an international financial institution against fraud claims in New York.*
• Represented companies and individual directors in the successful defense of shareholder class actions in state and federal courts, including in Delaware, California, New York, and Georgia.*
• Prevailed on behalf of an automotive parts manufacturer in an ICC arbitration arising out of the sale of a division, and specifically involving claims related to manufacturing processes.*
• Mediated a dispute on behalf of a worldwide leader in the development and supply of agricultural products involving a biotech licensing agreement.*
• Achieved an arbitration award for a major telecommunications company to enforce an indemnification agreement.*
• Represented an international infrastructure company in litigation relating to road and water projects in Africa.*
• Prevailed at trial on behalf of a retailer charged with theft of trade secrets.*
• Represented a global financial institution in mass tort litigation in the United States.*
• Achieved at arbitration an award in favor of international manufacturers of high-speed trains arising out of a development contract for a multibillion-dollar project in Asia.*
• Represented a manufacturer of high-speed trains in litigating and mediating its disputes with Amtrak relating to the construction of the Acela.*
• Arbitrated on behalf of an insurance company, a dispute arising out of the termination of software contracts.*
• Resolved breach of contract and patent litigation claims in the United States on behalf of a German medical device manufacturer.*
• Achieved a verdict at trial in favor of a telecommunications company in a false advertising lawsuit.*
• Successfully represented at trial a sporting goods manufacturer against patent licensing claims.*
• Defended to verdict individual and third-party payor claims against a tobacco manufacturer in smoking and health litigation.*

*Prior experience.