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- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
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- Applied Medical v. Johnson & Johnson Co.Lead counsel in a successful defense of a $54 million antitrust claim brought by a smaller competitor. The suit involved allegations of monopolization via the so-called “bundling” of discounts across a variety of different medical and surgical product markets. The jury of nine, sitting in federal court in Southern California listened to seven weeks of complex medical and economic testimony before it rejected plaintiff’s claims finding for J&J on all counts. In Re Managed Care Multidistrict Litigation Lead counsel in defense of multi-billion dollar RICO and related conspiracy claims brought by a nationwide class of 700,000 doctors. All but one of the other 10 defendants settled out for more than a billion dollars. After three separate hearings, the federal court in Miami granted summary judgment in toto finding insufficient evidence of either conspiracy or fraud. In the Matter of Madison Square Garden, L.P. v. New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Jets Development, LLCLead counsel in defense of the MTA in a lawsuit brought by MSG and several community groups seeking to overturn the MTA’s Board’s decision to proceed with negotiations with the New York Jets football team to allow the Jets to build a new football stadium over the Long Island Rail Road railyards on Manhattan's West Side. Colgate-Palmolive Co. v. Procter & Gamble Co.Lead counsel in successful defense of a $80 million claim brought against Procter & Gamble by competitor Colgate-Palmolive in federal court in the Southern District of New York. The suit stemmed from Colgate’s allegations that P&G’s advertising for its highly successful at-home tooth-whitening products, Crest Whitestrips and Crest Night Effects, were false under the federal Lanham Act. Following a three-week trial, the jury wholly rejected Colgate’s claims and awarded no damages, resulting in a complete victory for P&G. Modi Enterprises v. ESPNLead counsel in successful defense of a $231 million claim brought against various ESPN entities arising out of the launch of the ESPN channel in India. After a two-week trial in the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of New York, the jury rendered a complete defense verdict for ESPN in the case in which MEN asserted claims for breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition and breach of fiduciary duty. ESPN also won $1.8 million on its counterclaim, based on MEN’s failure to make payments during the last four months of the parties’ contract. (The Lawyer, a UK legal publication, has cited this case as one of New York’s biggest cases in 2004.) Exxon Mobil v. SABICCo-lead counsel for Exxon Mobil in this breach-of-contract suit against Saudi Basic Industries Corporation. Exxon claimed that SABIC had overcharged Exxon in two joint venture agreements concerning the technology responsible for petrochemical products used in a variety of plastics products sold worldwide. After Mr. Quinn’s careful jury selection due to the international nature of the case, the trial was complicated by the fact that the two contracts in question were both governed by unique Saudi law principles, and therefore Saudi law would be applied to the case. Mr. Quinn won every single count against SABIC, and the jury awarded Exxon with $416.8 million in compensatory damages. This is one of the largest verdicts in the United States in 2003 and the largest verdict in a commercial case in the history of Delaware. Every challenge that SABIC has exercised through post-trial motions has been defeated. Duquesne Co. v. Westinghouse Electric CorporationA large Pennsylvania utility brought suit against Westinghouse alleging breach of contract and fraud, among other claims. Mr. Quinn represented the defendant in this four-month jury trial and obtained a complete defense verdict on a billion dollar claim. The verdict was upheld on appeal by the Third Circuit. More than a dozen lawsuits and arbitration of this kind were filed against Westinghouse in the United States and Europe, and Mr. Quinn successfully resolved every one of them. Furnas SA v. WestinghouseMr. Quinn handled this international arbitration brought by a Brazilian utility asserting a multi-billion dollar claim against Westinghouse before a panel of three arbitrators in the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris. After extensive evidentiary hearings and voluminous submissions by both sides over several years, the panel dismissed all claims against Westinghouse and instead awarded Westinghouse millions of dollars in costs and expenses related to the arbitration. McNeil v. NFLLead counsel for the NFL players in this historic dispute concerning the players' challenge to the antitrust player restrictions in the National Football League. Mr. Quinn guaranteed that a fair jury was chosen for his client after he cited a psychologist expert in sports fans who had concluded that avid sports fans were unable to be convinced that athletes had the right to sue for free agency or higher salaries. Mr. Quinn was just as resourceful during pretrial strategy as he was during jury selection. Due to the dismissal of a previous antitrust suit, Mr. Quinn had the players’ association disband, in order to thwart the defendants’ accusations that the players already had a union for a labor solution. After lengthy cross-examination of witnesses and a three-month jury trial, Mr. Quinn persuaded the jury to grant his eight players millions in damages which led to a $200 million damage settlement to the players in the NFL and true free agency for NFL players for the first time in the history of the NFL. Buffalo Broadcasting v. American Society of Composers, Authors and PublishersAs Class Counsel for Buffalo Broadcasting and 600 other television stations nationwide in this antitrust class-action concerning blanket licensing,. Mr. Quinn led a three month bench trial after which the Court held that so-called “blanket” licensing of music performing rights was an impermissible restraint on trade. While the case was later reversed on other grounds, this landmark ruling led to a complete reconstruction of music licensing rights in television and radio industries across the United States. Girl Friends Productions Inc. et al. v. ABC Inc. et alLead counsel for ABC in a case involving the original idea for ABC’s television show, “The View.” Plaintiff Sandra Furton Gabriel, who had developed an idea for a show entitled “Girl Friends” in 1994, alleged breach of contract and breach of implied covenant of good faith, among other complaints. On summary judgment, the Judge dismissed the lawsuit, reasoning that not only were the shows fundamentally different from one another, but that Mr. Quinn had proven the defendants had independently created “The View.” The Second Circuit recently affirmed this decision. LILCO v. Imo Industries Inc.Serving as lead counsel for the defendant, Mr. Quinn represented Imo Industries when an electric utility sued IMO alleging defects in diesel generators they had sold to LILCO for use at the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant. LILCO asserted a dozen claims, including RICO, and sought nearly a billion dollars in damages as a result of the diesel failures which prevented the plant from operating. After two jury trials, Mr. Quinn eliminated all but a single warranty claim and was able to bring in a verdict at less than $8 million dollars, all of which was covered by insurance. Houston Light & Power v. WestinghouseMr. Quinn represented Westinghouse in this six-month trial involving yet another multi-billion dollar claim. This time a group of utilities sued for breach of contract and fraud involving corroding steam generating equipment supplied to the largest nuclear power plant in the United States. Ultimately, Mr. Quinn used his resourceful ability to settle cases for Westinghouse immediately before jury deliberations to obtain an extraordinarily favorable settlement for Westinghouse. North American Soccer League v. NFLAs lead counsel for the North American Soccer League and its teams in this suit against the NFL, Mr. Quinn successfully attacked an NFL regulation prohibiting NFL team owners from owning other professional sports teams. After an eight-week trial and an appeal to the Second Circuit, Mr. Quinn established the law that allows professional sports owners today to participate in the cross-ownership of major league teams. Oscar Robertson et al. v. NBAThis antitrust class action was filed by 14 NBA players union against team owners in search of free agency in professional basketball. After completing 200 depositions in five cities over the course of six months, the players and owners settled, and Mr. Quinn won in the biggest case in basketball history, establishing that basketball players were free agents. In the early 1980s, Mr. Quinn won again, this time with a new collective bargaining agreement guaranteeing players 53 percent of gross revenues in exchange for a league-wide salary cap.
Education
- Fordham University
- LL.B.
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- University of Notre Dame
- B.A.
- cum laude
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Speaking Engagements
- Advice From the Experts: Successful Strategies for Winning Commercial Cases in Federal Courts (Albany, October 24, 2003) New York State Bar Association CLE program
- "Do Arbitrations Really 'Split the Baby'?" High Stakes Arbitrations, International and Domestic. Sponsored by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. (Dallas, TX, September 25, 2002)
- Arbitration Symposium. Sponsored by Weil Gotshal, Rajah & Tann, and Derains & Associes. (Singapore, January 24, 2002)
- Punitive Damages Symposium, "How to Defend the Punitive Damages Case, The Defendant's Perspective." Sponsored by ExxonMobil Corporation. (Austin, August 20, 2001)
- International Arbitration Symposium, Chairperson,"Arbitration and the Internet." Sponsored by Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Rajah & Tann, and Derains & Associes. (New York, June 13, 2001)
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