Blank Rome LLP

CASES AND DEALS

• Blank Rome Secures Appellate Victory for the South Jersey Transportation Authority & NJ State Police

  [Case]
  April 1, 2013
  Stephen M. Orlofsky, Adrienne C. Rogove and Bruce M. Gorman, Jr.
  Blank Rome secured a victory in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey for our client, the South Jersey Transportation Authority and the New Jersey State Police.
  

• Blank Rome Represents Trustee in Chapter 7 Case

  [Case]
  November 14, 2012
  Joseph O. Click, Earl M. Forte, Jonathan Scott Goldman, Stephen E. Gross, John E. Lucian, Alisa E. Moen, et al.
  Estate trustee in the Chapter 7 liquidation case of ClassicStar, LLC.
  

• Major Victory for Hollywood Tanning Systems, Inc.

  [Case]
  July 3, 2012
  Stephen M. Orlofsky
  Blank Rome LLP on behalf of client Hollywood Tanning Systems, Inc. secured a decision filed in the District Court of New Jersey denying Plaintiff’s third motion for class certification.
  

• Blank Rome Secures Victory in Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court for 911 Operators in Jersey City

  [Case]
  June 29, 2012
  Stephen M. Orlofsky and Adrienne C. Rogove
  Blank Rome secured a victory in the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court for our client, the City of Jersey City, in Paris Wilson v. City of Jersey City, after remand by the New Jersey Supreme Court to determine whether the 911 call takers engaged in “willful and wanton” misconduct in the handling of a 911 call and were thus liable under the 911 immunity statute, N.J.S.A 52:17C-10
  

• Blank Rome Represents Whistleblower in Second Largest Single-Drug Settlement in Healthcare History

  [Case]
  May 2012
  W. Scott Simmer, Thomas J. Poulin, Nicholas C. Harbist, Paul M. Honigberg, Alan M. Freeman and Andrew M. Miller
  Blank Rome represented a whistleblower in a $1.5 billion settlement with Abbott Laboratories, marking the second largest single-drug settlement in the health care industry.
  

• Blank Rome Secures Immunity Status for 911 Operators in Jersey City, New Jersey

  [Case]
  March 8, 2012
  Stephen M. Orlofsky and Adrienne C. Rogove
  Blank Rome secured a significant victory for our client, the City of Jersey City, in Paris Wilson v. City of Jersey City, an appeal regarding whether the 911 immunity statute, N.J.S.A 52:17C-10 provides immunity to 911 operators and their public-entity employers from civil liability for the negligent mishandling of emergency calls.
  

• Blank Rome Secures Victory in Department of Energy Contract Partnership

  [Case]
  September 9, 2011
  Alan M. Freeman, Brian A. Bannon, Brian S. Gocial and Cheryl S. Chang
  Blank Rome secured a victory for client Tetra TechEC, Inc. in a suit claiming that Ahtna Government Services Corporation was liable for breaching an agreement that stated the two companies were to jointly work on a U.S. Department of Energy Contract.
  

• Blank Rome Secures Products Liability Defense Victory in Suit Seeking in Excess of $2 Million

  [Case]
  September 2011
  Paul M. Honigberg, Edward N. Cahn, Kathy PourSanae and Joseph O. Click
  Blank Rome obtained summary judgment in favor of our client, The Conestoga Company, in a products liability action in California Superior Court in Los Angeles County.
  

• Successful Defense of Verdict for St. Luke’s Hospital

  [Case]
  Spring 2011
  Shira K. Roemer
  Blank Rome secures a defense verdict on behalf of St. Luke’s Hospital insureds.
  

• Groundbreaking Decision Sets New Patent Infringement Standard

  [Case]
  Spring 2011
  Victor M. Wigman, Paul M. Honigberg and Kenneth L. Bressler
  Blank Rome secured a significant victory for Centillion Data Systems in an appeal before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
  

• Dismissal of Plaintiff Claims Against Global Player in the Wireless Industry

  [Case]
  June 10, 2011
  James V. Masella III, Shawnda M. Grady, Anthony A. Mingione and Daniel J. Shim
  Blank Rome was successful in securing a Motion for Summary Judgment on behalf of our client, BrightPoint, Inc., in which claims against Brightpoint for actual fraud, constructive fraud and promissory estoppel were dismissed.
  

• Blank Rome Represents Co-Founder of Regional Produce Distribution Company in Litigation

  [Case]
  May 26, 2011
  James T. Smith and Brian S. Paszamant
  Represented co-founder of a privately-held regional produce distribution company in a settlement.
  

• Blank Rome Secures Victory for Campbell Soup Company

  [Case]
  February 2011
  Ann Blair Laupheimer, Stephen M. Orlofsky and Stephen E. Gross
  Blank Rome secured a victory for Campbell Soup Company, with respect to an application that it filed, in conjunction with the Camden Redevelopment Authority, to place the vacant Sears Building on the “to be acquired” list of properties in the Gateway Redevelopment Plan.
  

• Victory for DGMB Casino During Injunction

  [Case]
  January 27, 2011
  Stephen M. Orlofsky, Stephen D. Schrier, Eric G. Fikry and Christopher M. Guth
  Blank Rome secured a victory on behalf of DGMB Casino LLC during a recent preliminary injunction hearing in Atlantic City.
  

• $12.4 Million Condemnation Award for Jersey City Property

  [Case]
  August 19, 2010
  Kevin J. Bruno, Bruce A. Eisenberg and Kevin R. Doherty
  Blank Rome obtained a $12.4 million condemnation award in the Superior Court of New Jersey on behalf of our client, Edwin Siegel.
  

• Defense Verdict for Pennsylvania's St. Luke's Hospital and Affiliates

  [Case]
  June 2010
  Arthur W. Hankin
  Blank Rome secured a unanimous defense verdict in favor of our client, St. Luke's Hospital and two of its network physicians, in a multi-million dollar claim.
  

• New York Prevailing Wage Act and New York Wage Payment Class Action Dismissed

  [Case]
  June 1, 2010
  Richard V. Singleton II
  Blank Rome represented Caddell Dry Dock & Repair Co., Inc. in a class action brought under the New York Prevailing Wage Act (the “PWA”) and the New York Wage Payment Law (the “WPL”).
  

• Significant Victory for Heartland Payment Systems, Inc

  [Case]
  December 9, 2009
  Stephen M. Orlofsky and Seth J. Lapidow
  Successful defense of Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. against securities fraud claims.
  

• Successful Defense of St. Luke's Hospital

  [Case]
  December 2009
  Arthur W. Hankin
  Successful defense of St. Luke's Hospital against a claim involving an untimely diagnosis.
  

• Special Master Recommends Summary Judgment In Favor Of Defendants In Antitrust Class Action

  [Case]
  February 6, 2009
  Stephen M. Orlofsky
  On February 6, 2009, Special Master Stephen M. Orlofsky issued a Report and Recommendation in In re K-Dur Antitrust Litigation, No. 01-1652 (JAG) (D.N.J.), recommending that the District Court grant the defendants' motions for summary judgment and deny two motions for partial summary judgment filed by the Direct Purchaser Plaintiff Class.
  

• Defense Victory for US Airways Group

  [Case]
  July 25, 2008
  James J. Quinlan
  Blank Rome successfully represents US Airways Group in a case involving a passenger's claim of negligence against a customer service representative.
  

• Appellate Victory for Option One Mortgage Corp.

  [Case]
  June 27, 2008
  Earl M. Forte
  Option One Mortgage Corp. in its district court and Third Circuit victories, concluding that borrower had failed to prove that she qualified for a lower “refinance rate” for title insurance.
  

• Typhoon Touch Technologies Settles Patent Infringement Suit with Motion Computing

  [Case]
  February 22, 2008
  Alan L. Zeiger
  Typhoon Touch Technologies in the settlement of its ainfringement suit against Motion Computing.
  

• Subprime Mortgage Crisis Investigations

  [Case]
  January 27, 2008
  Jerry D. Bernstein and Marc Rothenberg
  Blank Rome represents a large due-diligence firm in connection with investigations being conducted by the U.S. SEC and various state attorney generals' offices in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis.
  

• Double Defense Victory for Pennsylvania's St. Luke's Hospital

  [Case]
  November 2007
  Arthur W. Hankin
  In an unusual medical malpractice suit—involving two different plaintiffs in the same case—a mediator recommended settlement; but the hospital proceeded with a two-and-a-half-week jury trial, gaining a complete defense verdict.
  

• Significant Victory for Gateway Funding

  [Case]
  August 30, 2007
  Alan J. Hoffman and Daniel E. Rhynhart
  Blank Rome defeats $20 million RICO case and wins counterclaim.
  

• Victory for City of Camden in Polluted Water Class Action Suit

  [Case]
  July 30, 2007
  Evan H. Lechtman
  Following the denial of class certification, we have been successful in having all 12 individual plaintiffs' cases dismissed on statute-of-limitations grounds.
  

• Successful Appeal for M/V Kariba Important in Reducing Future Ship Collisions

  [Case]
  July 6, 2007
  John D. Kimball
  Second Circuit reversal concluded that the Kariba, Tricolor, and Clary all committed at least one COLREGS violation that constituted a cause of the collision.
  

• Blank Rome Wins PECO a $55 Million Tax Refund

  [Case]
  June 26, 2007
  William H. Roberts
  This case involved the interplay between the Electric Competition Act and the Tax Reform Code.
  

• Blank Rome Wins Appeal for Contaminated Grain Cargo

  [Case]
  June 26, 2007
  John D. Kimball and Michael P. Smith
  Fifth Circuit remands Butterfly Transportation Corp. v. Bertucci Industrial Services LLC to district court to consider breach of warranty of workmanlike performance.
  

• Blank Rome Wins $50 Million Verdict for Iconix Brand Group

  [Case]
  April 18, 2007
  James T. Smith, Brian S. Paszamant, Judd A. Serotta, Rebecca D. Ward and Mary Ann Mullaney
  Company is awarded approximately $50 million in damages.
  

• Dismissal of ITC Gray-Market Goods Investigation

  [Case]
  March 2007
  Victor M. Wigman, Kenneth L. Bressler and Susan B. Flohr
  ITC investigation concerned the importation of hydraulic excavators alleged by Caterpillar, Inc. to constitute “gray market” goods in violation of the U.S. Tariff Act.
  

• Dismissal of Large Damage Claim for Brookhaven Laboratory

  [Case]
  December 2006
  Brian A. Bannon, Alan M. Freeman and Brian S. Gocial
  Court dismisses $50 million suit from environmental remediation contractor.
  

• Nutrition 21 Receives Settlement in Patent Infringement Suit

  [Case]
  December 2006
  Thomas P. Dwyer, Charles R. Wolfe, Jr., Brian Wm. Higgins and Minh-Quan Khuc Pham
  Blank Rome’s IP team represented Nutrition 21 as they achieved successful settlement in the patent litigation case against General Nutrition Corporation (GNC), which included an acknowledgment by GNC that the Nutrition 21 patents are valid.
  

• GAO Dismisses Protest Against Award of Long-Term Vessel Charter

  [Case]
  November 7, 2006
  Brian A. Bannon and Brian S. Gocial
  In an unusual move, the GAO suspended the requirement that it submit a report and, after conducting a telephonic conference among the parties, dismissed the protest.
  

• Important Victory for TierOne Bank

  [Case]
  October 31, 2006
  Edward L. Lublin and Paul M. Honigberg
  $4.5 Million in damages awarded for breach of contract.
  

• Attorney's Fees Awarded in Important Government Contract

  [Case]
  June 5, 2006
  Brian A. Bannon
  The amount of the award not only exceeded the request, but more significantly, it demonstrates that the government's defense was not substantially justified.
  

• National Coordinating Counsel for One of the Largest Chemical Companies

  [Case]
  March 28, 2006
  Alan J. Hoffman
  Nation's largest MTBE producer paid smallest settlement amount
  

• Probation for Tax Violation

  [Case]
  November 30, 2005
  Jerry D. Bernstein
  Sentence reduced for large co-op building manager.
  

• Securities Fraud Class Action Dismissed

  [Case]
  November 9, 2005
  Evan H. Lechtman
  No material misleading misrepresentations or omissions in public filings found.
  

• Protecting Automaker's Trademark in Accelerated Litigation

  [Case]
  November 3, 2005
  Susan B. Flohr, Charles R. Wolfe, Jr., Victor M. Wigman and Dennis P. McCooe
  European automaker wins settlement before trial.
  

• Permanent Injunction Awarded in Post-award Bid Protest

  [Case]
  November 1, 2005
  Brian A. Bannon
  Court of Federal Claims ruling prevent United States Army from allowing competitor to proceed with a contract.
  

• Patent Retention of Golf Industry Standard

  [Case]
  October 31, 2005
  David J. Edmondson and Victor M. Wigman
  Pennsylvania-based company's patents for golf cleats upheld.
  

• ICC Arbitration in Paris

  [Case]
  October 30, 2005
  Jerry D. Bernstein
  Arbitration proceeding before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris
  

• Defense of Alleged Bid-Rigging Scheme

  [Case]
  September 16, 2005
  Jerry D. Bernstein and Marc Rothenberg
  High profile bid-rigging case brought by New York State Attorney General Spitzer
  

• Victory for Food Company Profiled in American Lawyer

  [Case]
  September 13, 2005
  National foods company acquitted of fraudulent transfer
  

• $1.5 Billion Bankruptcy of Energy Company USGen

  [Case]
  May 13, 2005
  Bonnie Glantz Fatell and Marc E. Richards
  One of the largest and most complex bankruptcies filed in the state of Maryland.
  

• Defending Shipyard in Qui Tam Suit and Senate Investigation

  [Case]
  July 28, 2004
  Joseph O. Click
  District court dismissed $1.6 billion qui tam lawsuit alleging filing of false claims by shipyard.