Experience
Newly Created Boarding School Saved from Competitor's Lawsuit
Defense of Suit for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
In 2007 Schiff Hardin successfully concluded its representation of the trustees of the Conserve School, an innovative new boarding school, in a lawsuit that threatened the entire trust corpus.
Public Utility and its Power Trading Unit
Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
Schiff Hardin represented a power trading unit and its public utility parent in the successful litigation of a $35 million fraudulent transfer and preference claim.
CenterPoint Properties Trust
Bankruptcy
Schiff Hardin represented CenterPoint Properties Trust in two cases that not only recovered millions of dollars of rent, but yielded recoveries in excess of that paid to other unsecured creditors and made new law favorable to commercial landlords.
Ameriwood Industries, Inc.
Trade Secret Litigation
Attorneys from Schiff Hardin’s Chicago office obtained a significant victory for our client in a lawsuit against several of its former executives.
Lek Pharmaceuticals
Patent Litigation
In the Omeprazole patent litigation Schiff Hardin represented Lek Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Sandoz and Novartis, in its successful defense of AstraZeneca's patent infringement action regarding the plaintiff's Prilosec® product.
AT&T Wireless
Trade Secret Litigation
Schiff Hardin successfully represented AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. and Claircom Communications against plaintiff's allegations of trade secret misappropriation, in a case arising from air-to-ground telephone service technology for airline passengers.
Swift Response Helps Bankruptcy Client
Chapter 11 filing and Section 363 Sale
Schiff Hardin represented a manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders for original equipment manufacturers in a Chapter 11 filing and a Section 363 sale of substantially all of its assets under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Insurance Auto Auctions
Trade Secret Litigation
Schiff Hardin was retained by one of our clients to investigate whether one of its former employees had taken our client's confidential documents and trade secrets with him upon his departure from the company.
Calphalon Corporation
Intellectual Property
Schiff Hardin successfully obtained summary judgment in favor of our client, Calphalon Corporation, a division of Newell Rubbermaid Inc., in a patent infringement case involving Calphalon's popular "Professional Nonstick II" gourmet cookware products.
More Than 300 Dogs Rescued From Abuse, With Schiff Hardin's Help
Animal Cruelty Lawsuit
In a case that has received nationwide attention, Schiff Hardin's Animal Law practice group helped to obtain a full and final judgment for the plaintiffs in a North Carolina animal abuse lawsuit.
USDA Challenged on Animal Welfare Act
Animal Welfare Act Lawsuit
In 2006, Schiff Hardin attorneys represented several plaintiffs in a case challenging the USDA’s failure to adopt a policy to ensure the psychological well-being of primates pursuant to the Animal Welfare Act.
Successful Product Liability Defense
Product Liability Defense
Attorneys from Schiff Hardin's New York and Chicago offices joined forces to win a jury verdict in a product liability case in Mount Holly, New Jersey.
FERC Orders Vacated in Favor of Client
Petition for review of FERC orders
Schiff Hardin successfully appealed adverse Federal Energy Regulatory Commission orders before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Of Columbia Circuit on behalf of our client.
Schiff Hardin Prevails in Landmark Ohio Asbestos Case
Product Liability Defense
Arguing on behalf of our client, Schiff Hardin attorneys prevailed before the Ohio Supreme Court in a landmark case dealing with Ohio's 2004 asbestos tort reform statute.
Conrad Black Defendant
White Collar Criminal Defense
Schiff Hardin represented Mark Kipnis, a defendant in the Conrad Black trial. Convicted of only two of the eleven counts on which he was charged, Mr. Kipnis received the lighest sentence of all the defendants, and will not spend a single day in prison.
Personal Jurisdiction in Estate Litigation
Estate litigation
Schiff Hardin won a bench trial in DuPage County, Illinois involving a decedent who died shortly before signing change of beneficiary forms for multiple IRAs.
Illinois Appellate Court Victory in Trust Case of First Impression
Defense of Lawsuit by Fellow Beneficiary
The Illinois Appellate Court ruled in our clients' favor on a question of first impression concerning the application of a Trusts and Trustees Act provision.
Trade Secret Case Successfully Settled
Trade Secret Litigation
Schiff Hardin represented a marketing consultant who had recently been hired by a competitor of one of his former clients.
Toxic Tort Claims Successfully Settled
Toxic Tort Litigation; Ash Management
Schiff Hardin represents a coal-fired electric utility in a Superfund matter involving groundwater contamination allegedly arising from the historic placement of coal ash in and near a northwest Indiana town.
Clear Channel Broadcasting Inc.
Trade Secret Litigation
Schiff Hardin helped Clear Channel’s to protect its trade secrets and to enforce its contract with a departing employee, including non-compete and confidentiality provisions.
Saving Animals from a Cruel End
Animal Cruelty Lawsuit
Schiff Hardin attorneys helped put an end to the illegal and inhumane gassing of domestic animals by the Georgia Department of Agriculture in violation of Georgia's Humane Euthanasia Act.
The Quaker Oats Company
Trade Secret Litigation
Schiff Hardin represented PepsiCo plaintiffs in two cases involving a dispute with their former ad agency, which had subsequently been retained by a direct competitor in the soft drink industry.
Mortgage Fraud Litigation
Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
Schiff Hardin represented the purchaser of residential mortgages in an appraisal/originator fraud ring in its litigation against the perpetrators of the fraud.
Executive Wealth Management
Trade Secret Litigation
Schiff Hardin successfully represented the defendants, defeating the motion for preliminary injunction after the evidentiary hearing.
Arthur J. Gallagher
Trade Secret Litigation
Schiff Hardin defended Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in this dispute regarding its hiring of approximately 100 employees formerly employed by a competitor.
Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc.
Trade Secret Litigation
Schiff Hardin successfully defeated an employer’s motion for a temporary restraining order against a former employee seeking to prevent the employee from taking a new position with a competitor.
Eastman Kodak Company
Intellectual Property Litigation
Schiff Hardin represented Eastman Kodak Company in recovering its $22-million investment in a failed printer development venture by asserting hard-to-win fraud and alter ego claims against a Fortune 10 company.
Cruel Treatment of Chimpanzees Halted
Endangered Species Act Lawsuit
In 2006, Schiff Hardin attorneys helped to achieve a groundbreaking victory that represented a major step towards the end of the use of nonhuman primates in entertainment.
Owens-Illinois Litigation
Wrongful death defense
This 11-week long product liability trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court involved a claim that the plaintiff contracted an asbestos-related cancer from alleged use of our client's product decades earlier.
Facility of Payments and Trust Termination
Estate Litigation
Schiff Hardin represented a corporate fiduciary in the Circuit Court of Cook County in connection with a financially fragile beneficiary of a trust whose termination date had arrived.
Cats Keep Their Claws In West Hollywood
Amicus Brief
Schiff Hardin assisted the Animal Legal Defense Fund in preparing an amicus brief in support of the defendants in a case regarding a city ordinance against declawing.
Owens-Illinois Product Liability Defense
Product Liability Defense
Schiff Hardin successfully defended our client, Owens-Illinois, Inc., in a case seeking $25 million in lost profits and brand damage.
Personal Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Trust Fiduciaries
Defense of lawsuit to 'bust' two trusts
Schiff Hardin attorneys represented a trustee and several members of trust "advisory committees" in connection with two lawsuits filed by a beneficiary who sought to "bust" two trusts created for her benefit.
Successful Defense of Corporate Trustee
Defense of Suit for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Schiff Hardin successfully defended a fiduciary liability claim against a large corporate trustee in a nine-day bench trial in DuPage County, Illinois.
