Experience

• Swift Response Helps Bankruptcy Client
  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.
  


• Power Company Sale
  Schiff Hardin attorneys represented NiSource Inc. in the sale of Whiting Clean Energy, Inc. to BP Alternative Energy North America, Inc.
  


• Dorel Industries Inc. and Cannondale Bicycle Corporation
  Schiff Hardin acted as lead counsel in a major transaction for a public company that made business news headlines all over North America.
  


• Private Equity Acquisition of Canadian Manufacturer
  Schiff Hardin represented Industrial Opportunity Partners, a private equity investment firm, as lead counsel on the acquisition of Roadtrek Motorhomes Inc.
  


• Schiff Hardin Assists Iron Data with Merger
  Schiff Hardin represented Iron Data, a developer and manager of proprietary data processing systems, in its acquisition of Versa Systems of Toronto, Canada.
  


• Lease on New Headquarters
  When Newell Rubbermaid Inc. needed to consolidate its corporate headquarters from three locations to one, it called on the real estate attorneys of Schiff Hardin LLP.
  


• Vindication for Conrad Black Defendant
  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 lightest sentence of all the defendants, and did not spend a single day in prison.
  


• Chicago-based Start-up EveryBlock.com Acquired by MSNBC.com
  Schiff Hardin attorneys counseled the on-line news start-up EveryBlock LLC in its acquisition by MSNBC.com.
  


• Schiff Hardin Assists CBOE In Demutualization and IPO
  Schiff Hardin recently represented the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated in its approximately $3 billion demutualization transaction.
  


• Pro Bono Victory for Harlem Arts School
  Schiff Hardin achieved victory on behalf of a prominent New York City cultural institution in a highly contentious dispute with a former senior executive.
  


• Schiff Hardin Wins Victory in Trade Secrets Litigation for JLG Industries, Inc.
  A Schiff Hardin attorney team achieved a victory for client JLG Industries, Inc., in trade secret litigation against a former JLG employee.
  


• Consulting Merger for Griffin Strategic Advisors
  Attorneys from Schiff Hardin's Private Companies Group assisted Griffin Strategic Advisors, LLC, a comprehensive strategy and operations management consulting firm, in its acquisition by Acosta Sales and Marketing.
  


• New Financing and Territory for Telecom Client
  Schiff Hardin assisted Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., a communications service provider, in its acquisition of North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. for a purchase price of approximately $360 million in cash and stock.
  


• Marco Rendon
  U.S. asylum granted to immigrant threatened by a violent paramilitary group in his native country, Colombia.
  


• Competitive Bidding Yields Favorable Terms in Power Purchase
  Attorneys in Schiff Hardin's Washington, D.C. office assisted a rural electric distribution cooperative with a five-year $600 million power purchase and scheduling agreement.
  


• Asylum Victory for Liberian Immigrant
  Schiff Hardin attorneys succeeded in convincing the San Francisco Immigration Court to grant asylum to a Liberian woman victimized in her homeland - and in convincing the Department of Homeland Security to waive its right to appeal - in all of 45 minutes.
  


• Persecution Victim Granted Asylum
  Schiff Hardin's continuing pro bono work with the National Immigrant Justice Center led to another victory - the grant of asylum to a client who had suffered torture and persecution in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  


• Schiff Hardin Prevails in Appeal of Title VII Retaliation Suit
  Schiff Hardin attorneys successfully defended their client, a nuclear power plant operator, in an appeal involving alleged retaliation against a former employee.
  


• Schiff Hardin Prevails in Landmark Ohio Asbestos Case
  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.
  


• FERC Orders Vacated in Favor of Client
  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.
  


• AMA Preserves Peer Review Confidentiality
  Schiff Hardin won a landmark victory for the American Medical Association in its dispute with a major pharmaceutical company over the confidentiality of the peer review process used by the AMA's journals.
  


• Owens-Illinois - Amicus Brief in Asbestos Litigation
  In the first decision by an Ohio appellate court on the issue, the Ohio Court of Appeals, Twelfth District, held an Ohio tort reform statute constitutional, reversing the trial court's decision.
  


• New Financing and Territory for Telecom Client
  Schiff Hardin assisted Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., a communications service provider, in its acquisition of North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. for a purchase price of approximately $360 million in cash and stock.
  


• Dorel Industries Inc. and PTI Sports
  Schiff Hardin represented Dorel Industries Inc.'s Pacific Cycle division in the $28.1 million asset acquisition of PTI Sports, a leading U.S. designer, manufacturer and distributor of bicycle parts, helmets and other accessories.
  


• Newell Rubbermaid's Capital Structure Optimization Plan
  Schiff Hardin assisted longtime client Newell Rubbermaid with the planning and successful execution of a capital structure optimization plan.
  


• Julie Rea Harper
  A not guilty verdict obtained in retrial that received significant news media coverage involving a clearly innocent woman who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for the murder of her young son.
  


• Owens-Illinois Litigation
  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.
  


• New Animal Shelter
  Schiff Hardin helped to investigate a Kentucky animal shelter that was mistreating dogs, reaching a settlement that included the construction of a brand-new facility.
  


• Successful 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.
  


• Owens-Illinois Product Liability Defense
  Schiff Hardin successfully defended our client, Owens-Illinois, Inc., in a case seeking $25 million in lost profits and brand damage.
  


• USDA Challenged on Animal Welfare Act
  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.
  


• Cruel Treatment of Chimpanzees Halted
  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.
  


• Cats Keep Their Claws In West Hollywood
  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.
  


• Saving Animals from a Cruel End
  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.
  


• Groundwater Superfund Site
  Schiff Hardin represents a coal-fired electric utility in connection with the investigation of alleged releases of coal ash constituents to groundwater.
  


• PepsiCo, Inc.
  Schiff Hardin filed an action on behalf of PepsiCo, Inc. against a former employee and his new employer, The Quaker Oats Company, seeking emergency and permanent injunctive relief.
  


• RCRA and CWA Enforcement Action Defense
  Schiff Hardin represented a generator of waste drums in North Carolina during enforcement actions initiated by the state.
  


• Navigating the Clean Air Act
  Schiff Hardin defended two Illinois electric companies in a government enforcement action, navigating a complex web of discovery and motions over several years, including obtaining a favorable ruling on the applicability of the statute of limitations.
  


• Incest Victim Granted Asylum
  Schiff Hardin's pro bono work with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights led to an important victory for a young woman from Guatemala who sought asylum in the United States to escape brutal violence in Central America.
  


• Assisting A Client With Bankrupt Customers
  Attorneys at Schiff Hardin helped their client develop an integrated strategy to protect itself from financially distressed and bankrupt customers.
  


• ReNewable Products, Inc.
  Schiff Hardin represented the sublicensee of several patents. When creditors tried to foreclose on the licensee/sublicensor, we devised a plan to use bankruptcy as a defensive measure to avoid termination of our client's licenses.
  


• Laidlaw International, Inc.
  Our client Laidlaw Inc. was considering the acquisition of another transportation company - We Care Transportation - with which it had a significant joint venture in Erie County (Buffalo), New York.
  


• Wittur Inc.
  Schiff Hardin served as reorganization counsel for Wittur Inc., a manufacturer of elevator cabs, entrances, harmonic and linear door operators, replacement parts for operators, cabs and entrances, in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
  


• Public Utility and its Power Trading Unit
  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.
  


• Brownfields Redevelopment Property Sale
  Schiff Hardin assisted a client, an energy distributor, with the sale of a contaminated property to a redevelopment company. The complex transaction culminated with the developer's successful application and award of public redevelopment funds.
  


• Clean Air Act Title V Petitions to Object
  Schiff Hardin defended a power generator in federal appeals court when the Illinois attorney general and environmental groups tried to block issuance of Clean Air Act Title V permits.
  


• Illinois Mercury Rulemaking
  Schiff Hardin represented several coal-fired electric generation companies contesting the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule to regulate emissions of mercury in Illinois.
  


• Illinois CAIR Rulemaking
  Schiff Hardin represented several large coal-fired power plants opposing certain aspects of Illinois EPA's proposal to comply with the federal Clean Air Interstate Rule.
  


• Mortgage Warehouse Line of Credit Workout
  Schiff Hardin represented an insurance company in connection with a workout of a mortgage warehouse line of credit in which the underlying loans pledged by the borrower were determined to be virtually worthless.
  


• Gilbert Robinson, Inc., G/R Holding Corp., Inc. Bankruptcy
  Attorneys now at Schiff Hardin represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in a $200 million Chapter 11 proceeding.
  


• Homebuilder Bankruptcy
  Schiff Hardin represented the Dubai owner of one of the largest private homebuilders in the western United States in connection with its $404 million unsecured and $8 million secured claims.
  


• EnCap Golf Holdings Bankruptcy
  Attorneys now at Schiff Hardin represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 case of EnCap Golf Holdings LLC.
  


• Schiff Hardin Prevails in Environmental Litigation
  Schiff Hardin's Environmental Group successfully obtained a dismissal for its client from a lawsuit based upon alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
  


• Remediation of Manufactured Gas Plants
  Schiff Hardin worked with the client, a gas distribution company, and its environmental consultants to address potential environmental liabilities associated with a former Manufactured Gas Plant site.
  


• Landfill Remediation
  Schiff Hardin played a major, multifaceted role in the remediation of two landfill sites originally owned and operated by the City of Toledo, Ohio.
  


• Steel Mill Relocation and Expansion
  Schiff Hardin helped a steel mill operator develop strategies for relocation and expansion, addressing permitting and regulatory issues in the process.
  


• Management of PCBs in Gas Transmission Systems
  Schiff Hardin assisted two major natural gas distribution companies in disclosing to the U.S. EPA the discovery of PCBs within their gas distribution systems.
  


• Biomass-to-Energy Plant Takes Root
  Schiff Hardin helped strategize the conversion of a old municipal waste incinerator into a biomass-to-energy facility, the first of its kind in the state of Illinois.
  


• Power Company Granted Relief from Illinois Thermal Water Quality Standards
  Schiff Hardin assisted a client, a power company, in securing from the Illinois Pollution Control Board an order modifying the thermal limits applicable to its cooling water discharge at one of its power stations.
  


• Energy Services Agreements
  Schiff Hardin represented the developer and owner of a $4 billion dollar mixed use development in connection with the litigation or settlement of its energy services agreement and related financing agreements.
  


• Sale/Leaseback Transaction in Bankruptcy
  Schiff Hardin represented the owner participant in the sale-leaseback of retail stores located in 15 states when the tenant's bankruptcy filing resulted in the rejection of 10 of the leases.
  


• Lender Liability Claims Successfully Defended
  Schiff Hardin represented a private bridge lender in connection with the foreclosure of a mortgage on Chicago real estate.
  


• Summary Judgment in Lead Exposure Case
  A New York City trial court threw out claims of lead paint injury against Schiff Hardin's client, accepting our attorneys' arguments that there was no showing of injury to the plaintiff.
  


• Mortgage Lender Restructuring
  Schiff Hardin represented a national mortgage lender and its affiliates in the restructuring more than $1 billion of repurchase obligations, secured indebtedness and the underlying business.
  


• Brownfields Redevelopment
  Schiff Hardin was hired by a real estate developer as special environmental counsel for a Brownfields redevelopment project that transformed an illegal dump on the southwest side of Chicago into an industrial park.
  


• CenterPoint Properties Trust
  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.
  


• Mortgage Fraud Litigation
  Schiff Hardin represented the purchaser of residential mortgages in an appraisal/originator fraud ring in its litigation against the perpetrators of the fraud.
  


• Mechanics' Liens in Contractor Bankruptcy
  Schiff Hardin represented a ground lessor in obtaining indemnification by way of title insurance endorsements over mechanics' lien claims in the bankruptcy of a contractor engaged by a ground lessee.
  


• Aiding Development with a New Ground Lease
  Schiff Hardin represented the ground lessor of a large tract of land in terminating an unsubordinated ground lease and then negotiating with the leasehold mortgagee.
  


• Multi-use Property Workout
  Schiff Hardin represented a lender in connection with the workout of a loan for a multi-use property.
  


• Reorganization of Athletic Club
  Schiff Hardin represented a real estate investment fund in the purchase of the upper floors of a private athletic club building as part of the bankruptcy reorganization of the club.
  


• Multi-property Hotel and Condo Workout
  Schiff Hardin represented a sponsor in connection with a multi-property workout involving a deed in lieu of foreclosure to the lender of a large mixed-use project.
  


• Indemnification for Ground Lessee
  Schiff Hardin represented a ground lessee in connection with obtaining indemnification for the ground lessee and its leasehold mortgagee.
  


• Environmental Regulation of Housing Development
  Schiff Hardin represented a senior housing developer regarding a project that had stalled because of environmental conditions, threatening the economic success of the project.
  


• Letter of Credit Redocumentation
  Schiff Hardin represented a commercial bank in connection with the re-documentation of two letters of credit aggregating $8 million.
  


• Hospital Bankruptcy Proceedings
  Schiff Hardin represented a leading international financial institution in a highly contested bankruptcy proceeding in Florida involving a hospital and two related extended care facilities.
  


• ECI Bankruptcy
  Schiff Hardin represented the senior mortgage lender and largest unsecured creditor in the ECI bankruptcy in Chicago, Illinois.
  


• Manhattan Office Foreclosure
  Schiff Hardin represented the mortgage lender in connection with foreclosure of a multi-tenant Class 'B' office building in Midtown Manhattan.
  


• Assisted Living Facility Loans
  Schiff Hardin represented a bank in connection with renegotiating four separate term and construction loans for assisted living facilities owned by affiliated borrowers.
  


• Workout of Guarantor Defaults
  Schiff Hardin represented an agent bank in connection with the workout of guarantor defaults under a master construction loan facility providing four loans to four related borrowers in four states.
  


• Tax-Exempt Revenue Bond Financing
  Schiff Hardin represented a letter of credit bank in connection with restructuring tax exempt-revenue bond financing for an east coast hospital system.
  


• 400-Unit New York City Condominium
  Schiff Hardin attorneys represented a lender and its participants in connection with a 400-unit condominium project in New York City with a borrower holding approximately 100 unsold units at maturity.
  


• 'Whole-Bank' Acquisition on a Deadline
  Schiff Hardin, in the first such transaction of 2009, assisted a client in the acquisition of a failed Illinois bank from the FDIC.
  


• Persecuted Political Activist Granted U.S. Asylum
  A Schiff Hardin attorney helped an Albanian immigrant who had been persecuted in her home country gain asylum in the United States.
  


• Power Company Acquisition
  Schiff Hardin attorneys represented Northern Indiana Public Service Company in the purchase of Sugar Creek Power Company, LLC from a subsidiary of LS Power Fund.
  


• Public-Private Partnership
  Schiff Hardin assisted a public-private partnership with a carbon sequestration project, evaluating competing sites for a first-of-a-kind coal-fueled, near-zero emissions power plant.
  


• More Than 300 Dogs Rescued From Abuse, With Schiff Hardin's Help
  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.
  


• Charitable Organization
  Schiff Hardin's Tax-Exempt Organizations team assisted a client in obtaining IRS recognition of its tax-exempt status.
  


• Personal Jurisdiction in 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.
  


• Facility of Payments and Trust Termination
  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.
  


• University Successfully Defended Against Fraud Claims
  When a university sold its radio station, and the new owners abandoned the station's Christian format, two listeners and donors sued the school for fraud.
  


• Successful Defense of Corporate Trustee
  Schiff Hardin successfully defended a fiduciary liability claim against a large corporate trustee in a nine-day bench trial in DuPage County, Illinois.
  


• Out-of-State Jurisdiction
  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.
  


• Illinois Appellate Court Victory in Trust Case of First Impression
  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.
  


• Remedial Action at Petroleum Terminal
  Following an EPA order for remedial action against our client, Schiff Hardin secured an affirmative coverage determination with the client's insurer, and subsequently persuaded the agency to drop its demands against our client.
  


• State Environmental Agency Action Successfully Settled
  Schiff Hardin's defense of the enforcement action resulted in a civil penalty of less than $5,000 and no admission of liability on behalf of our client.
  


• Michael Jordan
  Plaintiff accused our client Michael Jordan of infringing the plaintiff's registered trademark JORDAN, by virtue of his association with Nike's JORDAN brand line of clothing.
  


• Software and Technology Company Acquisition
  Schiff Hardin successfully closed the purchase of CardScan, Inc., a leading provider of solutions designed to accelerate the capture, access and accuracy of contact information, by Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
  


• Sanford
  In 2005, Schiff Hardin attorneys obtained summary judgment, in the form of a 72-page decision in Sanford's favor.
  


• Kent State University
  Schiff Hardin was retained in this patent infringement matter to appeal a judgment, entered after a jury trial, holding that our client's patent for liquid crystal display devices was invalid and not infringed.
  


• Litigating Trade Secret Theft
  A company with nationwide operations had a confidentiality breach that threatened its ability to compete, and turned to Schiff Hardin for help.
  


• Calphalon Corporation
  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.
  


• Newell Rubbermaid
  The plaintiff claimed that Newell Rubbermaid was marketing a curtain rod holder that infringed the plaintiff's design patent.
  


• Thermos
  Schiff Hardin brought a series of nine lawsuits over a three-year period on behalf of The Thermos Company and its parent, Nippon Sanso Corporation.
  


• Kraft Foods Acquisition
  Schiff Hardin represented Kraft Foods in its acquisition of General Mills' breadcrumb manufacturing facility and business located in Federalsburg, Maryland.
  


• Eastman Kodak Company
  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.
  


• Geneva and Novartis
  Schiff Hardin represented Geneva and Novartis in this case with respect to a generic version of the Claritin brand before both the district and appellate courts.
  


• Bunn-O-Matic
  Schiff Hardin represented Bunn-O-Matic Corporation in an action seeking to prevent infringement of its BUNN trademark.
  


• State Tax Assessment of $8 Million Withdrawn
  Schiff Hardin saved a company's bankruptcy estate millions of dollars by getting the state of New York to withdraw a major tax assessment.
  


• Palmer & Cay - Defense of Company and Executive
  Schiff Hardin defended Palmer & Cay and one of its executives in a lawsuit filed by the executive's former employer.
  


• Executive Wealth Management
  Schiff Hardin successfully represented the defendants, defeating the motion for preliminary injunction after the evidentiary hearing.
  


• Caine & Weiner Company
  Schiff Hardin represented defendants in this action filed by their former employer for breach of restrictive covenants and misappropriation of trade secrets.
  


• Insurance Auto Auctions
  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.
  


• Antec Corporation
  Schiff Hardin represented plaintiff Antec Corporation in this suit against a departing employee for his misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of restrictive covenants.
  


• The Quaker Oats Company
  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.
  


• Keebler
  Our client, Keebler Corporation, asked us to represent its interests in trade secrets litigation that tested the limits of the inevitable disclosure doctrine we established in PepsiCo v. Redmond.
  


• Merial Ltd.
  Schiff Hardin represented Merial Ltd. in this suit against a former employee for misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of confidentiality covenant.
  


• Reliable Media Management
  Schiff Hardin represented the defendants in this case alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of restrictive covenants and interference with customer relationships.
  


• Kraft Pizza Company
  Schiff Hardin represented Kraft Pizza Company in this case against a former ACNielsen marketing consultant and the competitor that he joined in the frozen pizza business.
  


• Arthur J. Gallagher
  Schiff Hardin defended Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in this dispute regarding its hiring of approximately 100 employees formerly employed by a competitor.
  


• Hogan
  Schiff Hardin represented Hogan and his new employer, Turner Broadcasting Sales Inc., in defeating FX Network's motion for a temporary restraining order and then later in defeating FX Network's motion for a preliminary injunction.
  


• Ameriwood Industries, Inc.
  Attorneys from Schiff Hardin's Chicago office obtained a significant victory for our client in a lawsuit against several of its former executives.
  


• K-Tube
  Schiff Hardin successfully prosecuted a two-month jury trial of a trade secrets case in San Diego on behalf of our client, K-Tube Corporation.
  


• Palmer & Cay - Breach of Agreements
  Schiff Hardin defended Palmer & Cay in this case brought by Aon Risk Services Inc. of Florida alleging breach of non-competition and confidentiality contracts.
  


• Joseph Boden
  Schiff Hardin represented Joseph Boden against allegations of breach of a non-competition agreement and misappropriation of trade secrets in the concentrate juice business.
  


• Pro Bono Clients Saved From Wrongful Eviction
  Attorneys working in Schiff Hardin's San Francisco office successfully defended an immigrant Filipino family wrongfully accused of human trafficking.
  


• Broadcast Electronics, Inc.
  Schiff Hardin attorneys assisted Broadcast Electronics, Inc. in a restructuring of its senior debt and recapitalization of its equity ownership.
  


• Acquisition of Pumping Equipment Company
  Schiff Hardin successfully represented a global water and fuel pumping equipment manufacturer, in its $121 million acquisition of Little Giant Pump Company, a manufacturer of submersible and above-ground water pumps and products.
  


• Real Estate Fund Formation
  A team of attorneys from several Schiff Hardin offices completed the formation of a $350 million discretionary real estate investment fund comprised of large institutional investors, private trusts and individuals.
  


• Emaar Properties
  Schiff Hardin successfully represented Emaar Properties, a Dubai-based developer, in closing its first U.S. acquisition — WL Homes LLC, one of America's largest privately-held house builders — for $1.05 billion.
  


• International Company Defended in California
  Schiff Hardin successfully defended an international jewelry company against a breach of contract claim in federal court in California.
  


• Lek Pharmaceuticals
  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.
  


• Automotive Equipment Industry Merger
  A team of Schiff Hardin attorneys assisted a general trading company in acquiring Prime Automotive Warehouse, Inc., an industry leader in the distribution of aftermarket auto parts, chemicals and tools.
  


• International Titanium Powder
  Schiff Hardin represented International Titanium Powder, L.L.C. in its acquisition by a subsidiary of The National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd.
  


• Toxic Tort Claims Successfully Settled
  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.
  


• Managing an Asbestos Investigation
  Schiff Hardin assisted the owner of a residential apartment building in successfully responding to an order by state officials to stop renovation work and evacuate the building due to an alleged asbestos release.
  


• Clear Channel Broadcasting Inc.
  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.
  


• Trade Secret Case Successfully Settled
  Schiff Hardin represented a marketing consultant who had recently been hired by a competitor of one of his former clients.
  


• Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc.
  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.
  


• AT&T Wireless
  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.
  


• Financial Client Expands Business
  Schiff Hardin represented Wintrust Mortgage Corporation in its asset acquisition of Professional Mortgage Partners, Inc., a mortgage banking company with ten branches throughout the greater Chicago area.
  


• Restructuring Debt Obligations
  Schiff Hardin represented a lender in connection with the restructuring of all the debt obligations of various real estate companies of a prolific national real estate developer.
  


• Trustee Representation in Foreclosure
  Schiff Hardin represented a bank in Illinois in its role as corporate trustee for three municipal bond financings in three states, involving loans by municipalities in those states to a single nursing home operator.
  


• Multi-Facility Audit and Self Disclosure Under EPA Audit Policy
  In 2007, Schiff Hardin advised a client in connection with its discovery of several years of apparent non-compliance with EPCRA reporting and other reporting and permitting requirements at one of its data centers.
  


• Village Dispute over Sewer Service Boundary
  In late 2008, a village in suburban Chicago requested Schiff Hardin's help in a dispute with a neighboring community.
  


• Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project
  Schiff Hardin represented an Illinois county in negotiating and documenting a landfill gas-to-electric energy construction and operation agreement.
  


• Section 401 Certification
  Schiff Hardin's client, a power company, needed to obtain approval for the movement of additional water to a manmade lake that was used as a cooling source for its power plant.
  


• CenterPoint Properties and HA-LO Industries, Inc.
  Schiff Hardin represented CenterPoint Properties, the developer and lessor of the headquarters of a debtor, in a case that resulted in new law regarding proration of rent.
  


• Appeal of Product Liability Class Action Successfully Defended
  Schiff Hardin attorneys defended a children's product manufacturer on appeal of a class action lawsuit; the appeals court upheld the lower court's dismissal of the suit.