Experience
Intellectual Property Litigation
Amgen Inc. v. Elanex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Patent infringement case.
Electronics Arts Inc. v. Lee
Anticounterfeiting case arising out of illegal distribution of pirated electronic video games.
Lemon v. The Artist Formerly Known as Prince
Claim for copyright infringement against Prince for unauthorized copying, recording, and performing of our client's copyrighted song. Prince's composition was "I Hate U" released on "The Gold Experience" album in 1994.
Nintendo of America Inc. v. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Represented Nintendo in litigation alleging infringement of copyright, trademark and mask work rights in software, hardware and semiconductor chips.
Nintendo of America Inc. v. Winbond Electronics Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Represented Nintendo in litigation alleging infringement of intellectual property rights in video game software and hardware.
Nintendo of America Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Company Ltd.
Hi-tech litigation involving integrated circuit design and manufacture.
Roberts v. Musicians Institute Inc.
Represented founder of Musician’s Institute in royalty dispute. Prevailed and recovered damages following two-week arbitration.
Securities & Corporate Governance Litigation
Boeing Securities Litigation
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Defended company and officers in securities fraud class action.
Glein v. Matty
Defense of securities fraud, misrepresentation, conversion and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Bench trial resulting in judgment for the defense and recovery on counterclaim.
Goel v. InfoSpace LLC
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Defense of securities fraud, misrepresentation, conversion, breach of fiduciary duty claims, bench trial resulting in judgment for the defense and recovery on counterclaim. 259 F. Supp. 2d 1128 (W.D. Wash. 2003)
Grassmueck v. Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Defended law firm against claims of professional negligence arising from alleged securities fraud.
InfoSpace Inc. v. Thompson
Recovery of loan for exercise of stock options.
Kaleem v. InfoSpace LLC
Defense of claim to pre-IPO stock options.
Keister v. InfoSpace LLC
Six-day arbitration and defense of claim to stock options.
Montanaro v. McCaw
King County Superior Court (Washington)
Defense of company in shareholder derivative litigation.
Litigation
Amussen v. Amussen
Successful defense of will challenge resulting in dismissal of plaintiff's lawsuits and an award of attorneys' fees.
Burlington Northern Railroad Company v. Dant & Russell Inc., et al.
Trial before federal bankruptcy court, Portland, OR. Matter resulted in recovery of $7 million judgment for environmental contamination.
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, et al.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court
In pro bono habeas corpus litigation, obtained United States Supreme Court ruling striking down military commissions established to try detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 344 F. Supp. 2d 152 (D.D.C. 2004), rev'd, 415 F. 3d 33 (D.C. Cir. 2005), rev'd, 548 U.S. 557 (2006). After Congress passed Military Commissions Act of 2006, defended prisoner tried July 21 to August 7, 2008 before military commission in Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba, resulting in acquittal on charge of conspiracy and conviction on lesser charge of material support. Obtained vacation of conviction by D.C. Circuit, which held that the material support charge was Ex Post Facto. 696 F.3d 1238 (D.C. Cir. 2012).
Hoffer v. InfoSpace LLC
Defense of misrepresentation and breach of contract claims.
InfoSpace LLC v. Strom
King County Superior Court (Washington)
Represented InfoSpace Inc. in action alleging breach of contract and defense of wrongful termination claim. Settled after successful summary judgment motion.
Kake Tribal Corporation v. Sealaska Corporation
Represented Alaska Native Village Corporation in action to rescind and/or reform multi-million-dollar timber sale transactions and to recover damages for misrepresentation and fraud; multi-year litigation. Resulted in favorable settlement valued in excess of $30 million.
Marsh v. Fidelity Trust and Estate
Challenge to various interrelated trust actions and applicability of no-contest provision.
McCormmach v. Schubert
Trust and estate litigation involving allocation of recording royalties in music industry.
Puget Sound Power & Light Company v. J.A. Jones Construction Company
Jury trial before Thurston County Superior Court. Matter resulted in recovery of judgment for property damage to underwater cable.
Richards v. InfoSpace LLC
Defended company against RICO, misrepresentation and breach of contract claims.
Weyerhaeuser Company v. Geewax, Terker Company
Involving claims to recover several million dollars from manager of ERISA portfolio account.
ZZ Top v. Chrysler Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Represented defendant in copyright infringement and Lanham Act claims in case involving ZZ Top's song “La Grange.” 70 F. Supp. 2d 1167, 52 U.S.P.Q.2d 1542 (W.D. Wash. 1999)
Robinson v. McCabe
Trial and settlement resulting in successful defense of trustee in multi-million dollar challenge to estate and trust management.