Represents the Southeastern Conference in various multidistrict litigation putative class actions filed by former student-athletes challenging the validity of NCAA grant-in-aid and name, image and likeness rules, centralized in the Northern District of California, captioned In re National Collegiate Athletic Association Athletic Grant-in-Aid Cap Antitrust Litigation, Jenkins v. NCAA, House v. NCAA, et. al, and Oliver v. NCAA, et al.

Represents large health system in defense of class action claims related to emergency room billing disclosures.

Represents the Southeastern Conference in 11 "single-school, single-sport" putative class actions (MDL centralization in Illinois) filed by former football student-athletes related to concussions in college sports.

Represents an agricultural cooperative in the North Carolina Court of Appeals and Supreme Court regarding appeal of trial court’s entry of partial summary judgment.

Successfully defended a national gas distributor in a case alleging unfair business practices and related claims. The case settled on favorable terms while our client's motion for summary judgment was pending.

Obtained injunction for a pharmaceutical company against defendants prohibiting them from wrongfully interfering in a pending arbitration between clients and its contract counterparty. 

Represented estate in a wrongful death lawsuit relating to a CO2 paintball canister that exploded and killed a 38-year-old man.

Represented telecommunications service provider in parallel government investigations by the Federal Communications Commission, U.S. Department of Justice and N.C. Department of Justice related to allegations of enabling malicious robocalls.

Represents multinational commercial and consumer products company in matters relating to grand jury subpoenas.

Conducted internal investigation for committee of board of local company and represented the committee in subsequent governance dispute.

Conducted internal investigation for manufacturing company regarding allegations of sexual harassment and disparate treatment of female employees.

Conducted internal investigations for health care provider regarding allegations of sexual harassment.

Conducted various internal investigations for multinational commercial and consumer products company relating to billings practices, safety issues and other internal issues.

Represents national bank in connection with subpoenas from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice and other government entities.

Represented national trust company in defense of claims arising out of allegations of wrongdoing by account holder's investment adviser.

Represented asset management firm in lawsuits arising out of placement agent services for an investment fund.

Represents national broker-dealer in arbitration matters before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Obtained summary judgment for national bank in defense of Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower and other claims brought by former investment adviser. 

Represented major financial institution, which arranged multiple financings for a defunct entity, in defending suits in New York, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh filed by bondholders, senior secured lenders, a bond trustee and a liquidating trustee in bankruptcy.

Represented worker's compensation insurance company in defense of claims of wrongful termination, securities fraud, discrimination and defamation relating to its termination of a former executive-level employee.

Represented water treatment company in appeal of multimillion-dollar trial court judgment involving trade secrets, employment covenants, covenants not to solicit and other employment-related claims, including punitive damages. GE Betz, Inc. v. Conrad, et al., 752 S.E.2d 624 (N.C. Ct. App. 2013).

Defeated motion for preliminary injunction against former employee of asset management firm for breach of noncompetition provisions in employment agreement.

Represents executives and businesses relating to the negotiation and finalization of comprehensive executive compensation agreements, including employment contracts and severance arrangements.

Represented public company sued by former executive arising from alleged promises of executive compensation and unfair trade practices. Cole v. Champion Enterprises, Inc., 496 F. Supp. 2d 613 (M.D.N.C. 2007).