Greg has successfully tried a breach of contract dispute concerning a licensing agreement involving the promotion and sale of a diet beverage, resulting in a published opinion clarifying the meaning of “commercially reasonable efforts” in the licensing context.

Greg defeated a putative class action case against his client, a chain of drug rehabilitation clinics, by establishing in an early trial that the clinics had valid arbitration clauses with their patients.

Greg successfully represented a national bank in an action brought by its former CEO, alleging that the bank made false statements about the CEO’s management actions to justify his departure and to cover up the wrongdoing of other bank directors.

Greg coordinated the defense of numerous current and former officers and directors of a technology company in a derivative suit accusing the directors of improperly benefitting from backdated stock options. The case resulted in a favorable settlement shortly before trial.

Greg obtained a dismissal, at the pleading stage, of a legal malpractice suit brought by a group of fertility doctors against Greg’s clients, a major international law firm and one of its partners.

Won a summary judgment on behalf of a former NBA Rookie of the Year in an action brought by a promoter who claimed to have sourced the player’s athletic shoe endorsement contract.

Greg wrote all briefs and handled oral argument in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, obtaining an affirmance of his trial victory in a breach of contract dispute concerning a licensing agreement involving the promotion and sale of a diet beverage.

Greg authored successful merits briefing before the California Court of Appeal in multiple appeals of anti-SLAPP motions, resulting in the Court of Appeal reversing denials of anti-SLAPP motions and holding that the cases against Greg’s clients should have been dismissed in their entirety.

Wrote merits briefs in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, obtaining affirmance of summary judgment obtained on behalf of NBA Rookie of the Year discussed above.

Wrote merits briefs in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, obtaining affirmance of summary judgment in favor of port facility in a federal False Claims Act case.

Greg coordinated the work of multiple attorneys across multiple offices of a large international law firm in two internal investigations of a major national bank, relating to the bank’s mortgage practices.

Greg also helped conduct an investigation of a private equity fund’s internal controls after a partner was determined to have embezzled funds from multiple portfolio companies.

Successfully represented a putative class of minority and disabled high school students, challenging the University of California’s use of the SAT test. The action resulted in a favorable settlement eliminating UC’s use of SAT and ACT testing in undergraduate admissions, and the litigation team (including Greg’s colleague Mike Lavetter) won Public Counsel’s 2021 Pro Bono Award for Opportunity Under Law matters.

Successfully represented an internet-based charity donation processing company in an action against a northern California-based United Way chapter for misappropriation of funds.