Professional Experience
Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Current
Current
Bertelsmann AG In re Napster, Inc. Copyright Litigation, Case No. 06-15886 (9th Cir. 2006); Case No. 06-72515 (9th Cir. 2006); MDL 1369 (MHP) (N.D. Cal. 2003) Litigation over the former Napster service; successful settlements in the single largest copyright infringement case in U.S. history
Current
The McGraw-Hill Companies Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. v. International Securities Exchange, LCC and The Options Clearing Corporation Representing McGraw-Hill and its Standard & Poor’s division in a series of litigations involving protection of the S&P 500 Index and related intellectual property. more
Current
Value Partners Value Partners, et ano. v. Bain & Company, Inc. Successfully represented Value Partners, a multi-national management consulting firm, as plaintiff, seeking damages against Bain & Co. for unfair competition, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference. more
Current
Television Music License Committee Television Music License Committee v. ASCAP Represent the nation’s commercial local television broadcasters in their music license dealings with ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. Have negotiated industry-wide licenses and litigated antitrust and rate court proceedings on their behalf.
Education
New York University
J.D.
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University of Pennsylvania
B.A.
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Speaking Engagements
Hot Topics in US Copyright Law (Chicago, November 16, 2007) Promotion Marketing Association Law Conference
Intellectual Property and the Sports Industry (New York University, November 14, 2007)
Trademark Law and the Sports Industry (New York University, June 05, 2007)
Information Privacy (New York, December 05, 2006)
Trademark Law and the Sports Industry (New York University, November 30, 2006)
Protecting Information: The Misappropriation Doctrine and State Unfair Competition Laws (New York, June 14, 2005)
Information Privacy and the Airline Industry (Dallas, February 05, 2004) American Airlines Seminar
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