In re: TFT-LCD Antitrust Litigation
The plaintiff class includes direct purchasers of TFT-LCD panels which are used in products ranging from cell phones to televisions....
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. v. Visa U.S.A., Inc., et al.
In United States v. Visa U.S.A., et al., the Court found that Visa and MasterCard, together with their member banks, implemented and enforced illegal exclusionary agreements that required any U.S....
Craft, et al. v. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department
The plaintiffs were a group of inmates at San Bernardino County’s detention facilities who contested that certain individuals were denied their fourth amendment rights while in custody, in that full body cavity searches conducted by the Sheriff’s Department ...
Velez, et al. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
In this class action, 12 female plaintiffs sued Novartis, a large pharmaceutical company with a national sales force, on behalf of all the defendant's female sales employees....
RoDa Drilling Company, et al. v. Richard Siegal, et al.
The plaintiffs contributed substantial sums of money to an oil and gas investment program created and managed by the defendants based upon the defendants’ representations of: (1) prior success with other investment programs; (2) the high returns to be achieved ...
U.S. ex rel. Wright v. Chevron USA, Inc., et al.
In this litigation filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act, the Relator alleged that numerous producers systematically underpaid royalties due for natural gas produced on federal and Indian lands, both onshore and offshore since the ...
Velez, et al. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
In this class action, 12 female plaintiffs sued Novartis, a large pharmaceutical company with a national sales force, on behalf of all the defendant's female sales employees....
Thompson, et al., v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc.
This case began as a class action but was denied class certification, resulting in a group of 79 African American plaintiffs who were current or retired employees of the Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi (a.k.a., the ...
Realtime Data, LLC d/b/a IXO v. Expand Networks, et al.
The plaintiff alleged that Expand’s line of internet optimization products infringed several patents relating to the compression of different types of information....
Mobil Cerro Negro v. PDVSA Cerro Negro
Subsidiaries of Mobil, PDVSA (the Venezuelan national oil company), and Veba (later acquired by BP) participated in a joint venture to develop an oil project in Venezuela known as Cerro Negro....
U.S. ex rel. Wright v. Chevron USA, Inc., et al.
In this litigation filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act, the Relator alleged that numerous producers systematically underpaid royalties due for natural gas produced on federal and Indian lands, both onshore and offshore since the ...
Consulted with the Federal Trade Commission.
Barry Pulliam assisted the FTC with its investigation of Sunoco, Inc.'s proposed acquisition of the Coastal Eagle Point refinery from El Paso Corporation....
In re: TriCor Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation
The plaintiffs in this case are a class of direct purchasers of the brand-name prescription drug Tricor....
Thomas Lee Goldstein v. City of Long Beach, et al.
The plaintiff was convicted of a crime and incarcerated for over 20 years before the charges ultimately were dismissed....
Fraud Prevention/Due Diligence
Performed a review of fraud prevention and procedures at a specialty energy company for its new owner....
Saunders, et al. v. The City of New York, et al.
In this FLSA collective action, employees of the New York City Department of Education sued the City alleging denial of overtime pay....
Homem v. Humboldt Creamery Association
The plaintiff was a machine operator who had established a strong work record during more than 12 years of employment with the defendant....