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Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Intellectual Property
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 238008
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 4299376
Professional Experience
- Associate
- 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
- Bertelsmann AG UMG Recording, Inc. et al. v. Bertelsmann AG et al., 2000-CV-01369 (9th Cir. 2006) Appeal of ruling that compelled production of privileged documents under the “crime-fraud exception.” Won appeal: In a significant precedent, Court clarified scope of “crime-fraud exception”; also ruled substance of documents provided no evidence of fraud.
- Current
- UnitedHealth Group Inc. Acquisition of PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. Represented UnitedHealth Group Inc. in its $8.1 billion acquisition of PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. more
- Current
- Bertelsmann AG In re Napster, Inc. Copyright Litigation Representing Bertelsmann AG in a series of litigations brought by music publishers and record labels asserting that Bertelsmann should be liable (for tens of billions of dollars) for contributory/vicarious copyright infringement stemming from its loans extended to the Napster file-sharing service. more
- Current
- National Football League Players Association|Players Inc. Parrish v. Players Inc. Representing Players Inc. and NFLPA in class action litigation brought by retired NFL players.
Education
- Fordham University School of Law
- J.D.
- Brown University
- B.A.
Professional Associations
- California State Bar  # 238008
- Member
- - Current
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