• We successfully filed a series of amicus briefs on behalf of a major advertising agency in an action that was seeking a prohibition of advertising of one of the agency's significant clients. As a result of our briefs, the plaintiffs voluntarily withdrew their federal false advertising claims and the Court dismissed outright all of the remaining state law false advertising claims.
• We successfully defended at trial an advertiser in a $10 million music copyright case arising from foreign and cable distribution of daytime soap operas.
• We obtained both injunctive and monetary relief for an internet-based business in a false advertising lawsuit against its primary online competitor.
• We successfully defended the licensor of well-known discount coupon books in the trial and appeal of a breach of contract case concerning the termination of a license agreement.
• We successfully represented ABC Sports, Inc. in a trademark infringement dispute concerning the unauthorized use of the trademark ABC Sports in the domain name abcsportswages.com.
• We have successfully litigated numerous other domain name disputes on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants; and against businesses and cyber squatters.
• We successfully defended PepsiCo., Inc. and its advertising agency in lawsuits alleging copyright infringement and misappropriation of ideas in connection with advertising and marketing campaigns.
• We obtained a jury verdict in state court in Manhattan rejecting a gender discrimination claim brought by a former senior executive at a multi-national advertising agency.
• We obtained a jury verdict in Federal court in Chicago rejecting an age-discrimination claim brought by a former senior executive of a multi-national advertising agency.
• We obtained a $4 million jury verdict plus an award of attorneys' fees on behalf of a bankrupt law firm against one of its former clients.
• Both at trial and on appeal we successfully defended the owner of a midtown-Manhattan building from a series of lawsuits by tenants alleging overpayment of rent due to ambiguous lease language.
• The Federal court in Manhattan recently appointed one of our litigation attorneys to serve as a special master to make recommended findings of fact and conclusions of law in a complex copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit.
• We successfully defended at trial one of the country's largest REITs in a real estate brokerage commission dispute.
• We successfully defended a corporation in a complex securities fraud and breach of contract action brought by its former chief executive officer.
• We successfully obtained a Yellowstone injunction preventing a landlord from terminating our client's commercial lease in one of the largest telecommunications buildings in New York City.
• We have obtained numerous favorable settlements for our clients in lawsuits concerning collections of debts for services rendered.
• We successfully moved to dismiss a $20 million claim brought against a major commercial bank by two former employees, who had alleged that the bank breached oral employment agreements entitling them to future income from the business on which they had worked.
• We prepared an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the Association of National Advertisers, the American Advertising Federation and the American Association of Advertising Agencies in Nike v. Kasky, a First Amendment commercial speech case, concerning a corporation's right to speak freely on matters of public concern.
• We secured an award of attorneys' fees and the dismissal of a $48 million civil antitrust suit brought by the victim of a commercial bidrigging scheme after the client had pled guilty to a criminal Sherman Act violation.
• We have obtained and defeated numerous requests for injunctions relating to the enforcement of post-employment restrictive covenants, including cases involving en masse resignations, breaches of fiduciary duty and use of confidential information.
• We have successfully defended numerous companies in jury trials concerning claims of employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, fraud and defamation.
• We successfully represented a building owner and managing agent in various negligence suits against them resulting from a fire in a major New York office building. Our client's did not have to contribute any amount to the settlement fund. We also successfully represented the owner and its insurance company in their separate actions to recover damages caused by the fire.
• We successfully defeated applications for injunctions in an action brought by FCB Worldwide, Inc. against a former FCB employee, Omnicom Group Inc., and DDB Worldwide, alleging breaches of confidentiality, trade secret, and non-solicitation provisions and relating to PepsiCo's decision to move some of its business from FCB to Omnicom.
• We successfully defended several senior investment bankers in an action brought by a major financial institution against CreditSuisse/First Boston and its recently hired investment bankers for breach of fiduciary duties arising from the en masse departure of, and en masse hiring, of over 40 employees.
• We successfully defended a brand consulting firm and its client in a copyright infringement suit brought by a well-known artist and illustrator.
• We obtained a permanent injunction, an award of attorneys' fees, and the transfer of unauthorized telephone listings to prevent individuals from violating trademark rights of our client, the world's largest limousine company. When the unlawful actions persisted, we successfully referred the matter to the Major Crimes Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office and, in conjunction with the F.B.I., assisted in the prosecution of the first criminal indictment brought under the Federal criminal trademark statute, resulting in a guilty plea, and a prison sentence for the defendant and monetary restitution for our client.
