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Philadelphia · litigation

est. 2011 · 14 lawyers · 4 practices

Every claim, cited.

We try commercial disputes in Philadelphia, and we argue the appeals that follow.

Everything this site claims about that work is followed by the docket it came from. Read the citation before you read the sentence.

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The firm, in figures

Cases tried to verdict
31
Appeals argued
44
Lawyers
14
Years open
15

How we work

Three claims, three dockets

  1. Most trade-secret injunctions are lost on identification, not on the misappropriation story. We litigate the identification.

    No. 2:22-cv-01184 (E.D. Pa. 2023)

    Rowan Instruments, Inc. v. Delacourt Systems LLC

    Injunction denied for want of a particularised secret.

  2. An appeal is won in the trial court. We staff the record with the appeal already drafted in outline.

    No. 23-1907 (3d Cir. 2024)

    Calderon v. Hartsfield Mutual Insurance Co.

    Reversed on an objection preserved eleven months earlier.

  3. We try cases. Nine days in front of a Philadelphia jury is a normal outcome here, not an escalation.

    Nov. Term 2019, No. 00447 (Phila. C.C.P. 2021)

    Vantage Rail Partners LP v. Keystone Terminal Services

    Verdict for the plaintiff after a nine-day trial.

The record

Three from the record

Confidential resolutions are not listed, and what is listed carries its docket number.

All 9 matters
Court
E.D. Pa.
Docket
No. 2:22-cv-01184
Filed
2022
Closed
2023

Whether a calibration dataset was identified with enough particularity to enjoin anyone.

Injunction denied from the bench. The case settled seven months later. Appearing for the defendant.

Court
Del. Ch.
Docket
C.A. No. 2021-0932
Filed
2021
Closed
2022

How far a books-and-records demand reaches when a squeeze-out is already priced.

Demand narrowed to four categories. The transaction closed on its original date. Appearing for the special committee.

Court
3d Cir.
Docket
No. 23-1907
Filed
2023
Closed
2024

Whether a suit-limitation clause survives a mid-term renewal that never restates it.

Reversed and remanded, precedential. Appearing for the appellant.

Prior results depend on the facts of each matter and do not guarantee a similar outcome in yours.

First chair

“A case you will not try is a case the other side is pricing.”

Dana Hollis
Dana Hollis, partner · first chair in 19 of the firm’s 31 verdicts

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