APL, one of the world’s largest ocean carriers, participates in the federal Maritime Security Program (MSP). The program offers subsidies to vessel owners and operators in exchange for their agreement to make their ships available to the military during a time of war or national emergency. From 2014 to 2016,…
The Bankruptcy Code provides courts with broad authority to channel asbestos-related tort claims against debtors and their insurers to a trust, in order to facilitate rehabilitation in bankruptcy and ensure equal treatment of claimants. In this case Goodwin litigators represent an insurer seeking to uphold a channeling injunction against post-confirmation…
Goodwin attorneys represent an amicus curiae calling for the Supreme Court to review whether capital punishment violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. In the brief, Goodwin attorneys explain that the United States’ practices with respect to the death penalty are out-of-step with international practices. Hidalgo v….
Goodwin is representing Citigroup and wholly-owned subsidiaries in commercial litigation concerning a subordinated option in a nuclear power facility. The plaintiff (a fund controlled by Elmrock Capital) purchased a subordinated option in the residual value of Citigroup’s interest in a nuclear power facility. Following an appraisal that left the subordinated…
Goodwin represented Atmel Corporation, a California-based semiconductor company (and now a subsidiary of firm client Microchip), in a RICO class action arising from the closure of its France-based operations. The Plaintiffs were a putative class of former French plant workers who sought more than $300M in alleged damages based on…
After a patient death in ongoing clinical trials, shareholders in an early-stage biopharmaceutical company filed a putative securities class action claiming that the company had made material misstatements about the health risks of its product. Goodwin represented both named defendants: the company and its chief executive officer. After the district…
Goodwin filed cert.-stage and merits-stage amicus briefs on behalf of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. The question presented in the case is whether the failure to make a disclosure required by Item 303 of SEC Regulation…
After being retained to oppose a petition for certiorari, Goodwin attorneys successfully persuaded the Supreme Court to deny review in a case concerning the scope of the “on sale” bar under 35 U.S.C. § 102. Merck & Cie v. Watson Laboratories
Goodwin filed an amicus brief on behalf of its client the World Professional Association for Transgender Health in this case challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina’s H.B.2. The brief reviews current medical guidance on the treatment of gender dysphoria and argues that H.B.2 endangers the health, safety and well-being of…
Goodwin filed cert.-stage and merits-stage amicus briefs on behalf of the Business Roundtable (BRT) in three consolidated cases, all of which present the question of whether the collective-bargaining provisions of the National Labor Relations Act prohibit enforcement of an arbitration agreement requiring an employee to arbitrate claims against an employer…