Obtained a significant settlement payment on behalf of our restaurant client for business damages caused by a "media event" immigration raid and subsequent arrest of the business owner and general manager by the notorious former Maricopa County Sheriff, Joe Arpaio.
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Successfully defended a breach of contract action arising from a partnership dissolution where, after a week-long trial, the jury awarded only 10 percent of the plaintiff's claimed damages, and the jury's damage award was later thrown out by the court on a defense motion.
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Prevented a governmental agency from forcing the disgorgement of more than $90 million in revenues paid by a regulated company to our clients by demonstrating that, as a matter of law, the regulations relied on did not apply to these companies.
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Won a highly favorable jury defense verdict for a Fortune 500 client after a three-week trial on claims for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
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Won a defense summary judgment on multi-million dollar claim for breach of an option agreement to purchase an interest in a private utility company.
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Obtained complete dismissal with prejudice of FTCPA class action, filed by a group of class action plaintiff's firms, seeking more than $10 billion in damages against our client for allegedly unauthorized text message advertisements to several thousand cell-phone users over the course of several years.
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Successfully developed and implemented an international, multi-jurisdiction litigation strategy that included the filing of claims against a number of affiliated entities in five separate lawsuits in U.S. and European courts.
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Obtained a defense jury verdict on an $11 million claim by a vendor for alleged wrongful returns, unearned discounts, and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing regarding the sale of vendor's power products (scooters, generators, lights) in client's stores.
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Reversed a $400,000 Department of Homeland Security Administrative Law Judge ruling against our client on appeal to the Ninth Circuit arising from an illegal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on the client's restaurants. The client walked away with a $100,000 attorney fee payment to the client by the government in full resolution of the case.
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Successfully prevented an attempt to place our clients' recycling plant into Receivership and fended off claims for damages in the tens of millions of dollars arising from alleged fraudulent activity associated with the solicitation of investment capital in the company. The dispute involved litigation in both Arizona and Florida, investors from several different Central and South American countries, and allegations of money laundering, embezzlement, fraud and racketeering activity.
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Successfully prevented the release of the unedited video of international pop star Diana Ross’s encounter with Tucson police as requested by numerous media outlets. The resulting released video was described by CNN as “not very incriminating” and was the result of “good lawyering” noting that Mr. Silver “convinced the judge that there was no need to release the audio portion.”
