Alan Kusinitz

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Professional Experience

: Current; Olympus Corporation Acquisition of Gyrus Group by Olympus Corp Represented Olympus Corporation, a maker of imaging systems, medical systems (including endoscopes), and life science products, in its $1.9 billion purchase of Gyrus Group Plc, a manufacturer of endoscopes and other medical devices.

: Current; Olympus Corp. Acquisition of Gyrus Group plc Represented Olympus Corp. in the £935 million public acquisition of Gyrus Group plc.

: Current; Providence Equity Partners Inc. Acquisition of Television Group of Clear Channel Communications Inc. Advising Providence Equity Partners Inc. in connection with its $1.2 billion acquisition from Clear Channel Communications Inc. of 56 television stations in 24 markets.

: Current; Broadcast Media Partners Holding Inc.; Umbrella Acquisition Inc.; Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC; Providence Equity Partners Inc.; Saban Capital Group; THL Partners; TPG Capital Acquisition Financing for Univision Communications Inc. Represented an investor group including Providence Equity Partners Inc., Madison Dearborn Partners, Saban Capital Group, TPG Capital, and THL Partners in an $8.7 billion financing for the $13.7 billion going private acquisition of Univision Communications Inc.

: Current; Applera Corporation Applera Corporation and Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. v. MJ Research Inc., et al. To help protect Nobel Prize-winning polymerase chain reaction technologies, Weil was brought in as trial counsel shortly before trial. We secured a $35 million jury trial verdict, including enhancements, on behalf of Applera. more

: Current; Applera Corporation Applera - Counterclaim Represented Applera on a series of dispositive motions against the patent misuse defense and the antitrust counterclaims that were raised by MJ Research in response to Applera’s patent infringement claims.

: Current; Applera Corporation and other Applera entities United States of America, ex rel. Promega Corporation, et al. v. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., et al. Represented Applera in a qui tam action brought under the False Claims Act by Promega Corporation, claiming that all sales to the United States government by Applera and Hoffman La-Roche (“Roche”) of Taq, an enzyme used for performing DNA amplification, contained a fraudulently obtained embedded overcharge more

: Current; IWON Inc. Focus Interactive Inc. v. Infospace, Inc. Represented Focus Interactive Inc. (IWON. Inc.), plaintiff in this litigation where WGM defeated motion to dismiss declaratory judgment action we filed in New York State court. Prevailed on motion to dismiss action filed by Infospace in Washington State court.

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