Matters
- Acted as counsel in $20 million purchase of a medical device product line.
- Acted as counsel in $50 million sale of a surgical products/devices product line.
- Acted as counsel in $50 million acquisition of stock owned by minority shareholders of a medical device manufacturing company.
- Represented privately held medical device manufacturing business, with operations in the U.S., Great Britain and Canada in $540 million sale of assets to a publicly traded Fortune 20 company.
- Assisted a private equity firm in connection with its investment in an aesthetic medical device company. The firm invested $1,500,000 for a 25% ownership stake in the Company.
- Represented leading provider of medical device and other supplies company in large Cloud/IT Outsourcing transaction versus a major multinational technology company.
- Successfully represented the research and development arm of a regional hospital chain in commercializing its first medical device products.
- Defense of orthopedic physicians in a medical device investigation
- Defense of cardiologists in medical device investigation.
- Represented the medical device arm of a major public corporation in the $85 million acquisition of a medical device business from a major public corporation.
- Secured dismissal of allegations of fraud under the False Claims Act brought by a qui tam relator against another medical device company.
- Conducted an investigation of a medical device supplier concerning potential anti-kickback and related issues.
- Defended an international medical device manufacturer in 58 separate lawsuits spanning over 5 years against allegations of product liability and negligence.
- Conducted extensive freedom-to-operate assessments of acquisition target for a leading medical device company.
- Achieved summary judgment of non-infringement for medical device company whose sales of replacement carbon dioxide absorbers were protected by the doctrines of patent exhaustion and permissive repair.
- Developed an international patent portfolio for a medical device company whereby patentability was assessed followed by preparation of detailed patent applications designed to protect the client’s device.
- Represented medical device manufacturer in action against former employee and Chinese start-up venture, obtaining a $2.3 billion damages finding by jury.
- Represented medical device company in patent infringement action, resulting in a $31 million jury verdict.
- Represented medical device company in products liability actions enforcing federal preemption, obtaining numerous decisions.
- Represented medical device company in multiple proceedings protecting new hires, resulting in multiple decisions under California law.
