Intellectual Property Litigation
The trial court granted our consumer’s movement to dismiss, and the Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal. Served as lead counsel in a two-week trial defending a significant power firm from claims introduced by franchisees claiming that it conspired with its franchise dealer/distributor to defraud them into the acquisition of certain actual estate and franchises. Creative International Retail Services, Inc. et al. v. B&R Oil Company, Inc. d/b/a Atlas Oil Company and BP Products North America Inc.
Pleban & Petruska’s litigation follow consists of serving to purchasers by way of appeals. The agency also handles matters involving disputes in regards to the use, planning, zoning, and allowing of real property, whether or not these disputes happen between the landowner and the federal government, or between neighboring (or in any other case affected) landowners.
Representing Allergan in governmental inquiries and civil fits in a number of courts associated to its sale and marketing of opioid pain killers. This litigation and related litigation have been recognized publicly as a high priority of the DOJ, of a number of congressional leaders, and of quite a few state Attorneys General, who’re additionally bringing their own investigations and fits. In 2017, the federal cases were consolidated and centralized by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. In 2017, Kirkland prevailed again when the courtroom dismissed the plaintiffs’ amended grievance. We imagine that safeguarding our shoppers’ business pursuits requires progressive problem solving and litigation approaches, the assist of a deep multi-disciplinary team and … Read More