David H. Stern

Experience

Class Actions

• On behalf of Renal Advantage, a subsidiary for Fresenius Medical Care, defeated a proposed class action suit when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed a lower court's dismissal.
• Secured a motion to dismiss a business tort action against bwin.party digital entertainment PLC in the Southern District of Florida for lack of personal jurisdiction.
• Represented subsidiaries of bwin.party digital entertainment in an international arbitration for alleged breach of contract and fraud relating to the purchase of the World Poker Tour.
• Moreyra v. Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. et al: On behalf of Fresenius Medical Care, defeated class certification of meal-break wage and hour claims in the Central District of California.
• Defeated a motion for class certification on behalf of Burberry in the Central District of California, alleging that Burberry failed to comply with the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act by printing credit card expiration dates on customer receipts.
• Reached a favorable settlement in an insurance coverage case regarding California's alleged $250 million liability for the Stringfellow Acid Pit.
• Represented more than 20 drag racing teams in unfair-competition suit against the National Hot Rod Association.

Complex Litigation

• Represented a publicly traded financial institution in litigation against multiple borrowers on credit lines arising out of the development of luxury residential real estate in Hawaii.
• Represented a subsidiary of Experian in litigation over internet marketing of consumer credit monitoring products.
• Obtained a favorable summary judgment on behalf of The Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas Corp. in federal multidistrict litigation arising out of the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, an MD-83 aircraft.

Antitrust and Intellectual Property Litigation

• Obtained summary judgment in for Tim Mosley (Timbaland) and Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) in a copyright infringement action in the Central District of California.
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of the song writing, performing and recording artists Antwan Patton and Andre Benjamin (OutKast) in a declaratory judgment action commenced against them in federal court in Los Angeles.
• Engineered summary judgment motion in the Central District of California that led to the U.S. Supreme Court's seminal decision in Independent Ink v. Illinois Tool Works Inc., abolishing the presumption of market power in a Section 1 "patent-tying" action.

Community

• Western Center on Law & Poverty: Former Director