Daniel M. Kavouras

Experience

Commercial Disputes

• Represented a large healthcare system in a preliminary injunction action against a joint venture partner. Secured a preliminary injunction restoring the client's ownership and voting rights in the hospital joint venture.
• Defended a Fortune 1000 company in related state and federal shareholder derivative actions seeking to prevent a proposed going-private transaction. Obtained dismissal of one action and negotiated a settlement, allowing the transaction to proceed.

Class Actions

• Represented an insurance client in a multidistrict nationwide class action asserting antitrust and unfair competition claims. Court dismissed the claims on a Rule 12 motion.
• Defended a gasoline distributor in a putative class action alleging overpayment of a state commercial activity tax by supply customers. 

Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets

• Assisted a large audio-visual equipment distributor in obtaining a preliminary injunction against a competitor for trademark and trade secret violations.
• Obtained a defense verdict in a trade secret misappropriation case for a commercial welding company.
• Drafted opposition to a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) action refusing a client's trademark registration under the Lanham Act, resulting in the removal of the USPTO's objections, allowing the client to proceed with registration.

First Amendment and Media 

• On behalf of two national title insurers, challenged Cuyahoga County's interpretation of the cost provision in Ohio's Public Records Act in a mandamus action before the Ohio Supreme Court. Participated in drafting merits briefs, which resulted in a unanimous victory for the clients.
• As lead counsel for a regional newspaper, successfully argued a motion seeking access to juvenile court records.
• As part of a trial team for a local television station, obtained a directed defense verdict on libel claims after a one-week jury trial.

Energy and Environmental

• Drafted an amicus brief supporting the dismissal of a competitor's challenge to the Environment Protection Agency's (EPA's) decision to grant a client steel producer a Clean Air Act permit to operate a new production facility, and simultaneously defended a competitor's appeal of Clean Air Act permits before the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and an Arkansas court of appeals. 
• Analyzed emissions reporting requirements under existing Ohio EPA permits for a manufacturing client and drafted disclosure forms. 
• Prepared lease disclosures and drafted asbestos, mold and lead-based paint policies for employees and tenants of a large property development client with properties in Ohio and Illinois. 

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Cleveland Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (CIPLA)

Community

• Playhouse Square Partners
• Orchard Park Elementary School: Tutor
• The Ohio State University Alumni Association
• University of Michigan Alumni Association