Representative Experience

Intellectual Property

• Represented Facebook and Oculus in a multibillion-dollar trade secret and confidential information lawsuit.*
• Represented Facebook in a dispute over data center designs and technology.*
• Represented Kylie Cosmetics and KKW Beauty in M&A-related trade secrets litigation.
• Represented the Kardashian-Jenner family in a series of in name, image, and likeness disputes.*
• Represented Facebook in patent litigation against BlackBerry.*
• Represented Bumble in wide-ranging intellectual property litigation against Match and Tinder.*

Class Actions

• Obtained decertification of a US$1bn class for Pulte Homes (was retained after the Court certified the class).*
• Defending several crypto currency promotion class action lawsuits.
• Represented various companies – including cosmetics companies, food and beverage companies, automotive manufacturers, national homebuilders, and rental car companies – in multiple consumer class actions involving the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, unfair competition, false advertising, product labeling, product liability, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (and similar state laws) and other consumer protection claims; many of these cases resulted in dismissals or orders refusing to certify a class.*
• Achieved class action victories – including dismissals on motions to dismiss and demurrers – as well as cases where dismissals were affirmed on appeal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the California Courts of Appeal.*

Other Complex Litigation

• Represented Cigna in a series of disputes – including provider disputes, Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims, and coverage disputes.*
• Defended defamation claims against high-profile individuals.*
• Represented a former chief financial officer of a multibillion-dollar public company in multiple high-profile, securities-related litigations – including derivative claims, class actions and Securities and Exchange Commission civil litigation.*

Appellate

• Briefed and argued several appeals in the Ninth Circuit, California Courts of Appeal, and California Supreme Court.*
• Achieved affirmances of dismissals of class actions, denials of class certification and favorable judgments.*

*Matters handled prior to joining Foley.