Andrew N. Nathanson

  • Obtained a decision by the Connecticut Supreme Court that reversed an injunction and a seven-figure judgment against our client on trade secret and unfair competition claims.
  • Represented the appellant in this case concerning tax liabilities relating to escrow release contracts arising out of the settlements of class action tobacco litigation.
  • Represented a Canadian insurance company in its reinsurance contract dispute with an American insurance company. The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the District of Massachusetts’s award of summary judgment to our client.
Mintz Achieves Full First Circuit Victory on Behalf of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Case Study

Mintz Achieves Full First Circuit Victory on Behalf of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals

Mintz litigators achieved a complete victory on behalf of our client Keryx Biopharmaceuticals in a putative securities class action case seeking over $100 million in damages.
Mintz Achieves Victory for Vertex in First Circuit Case Study

Mintz Achieves Victory for Vertex in First Circuit

Mintz secured two MA federal court wins and one at the First Circuit for Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and several senior executives in a securities case about clinical trial result disclosures. The decision clarified the First Circuit standard for pleading scienter in securities fraud cases.
Attorneys Collaborate to Assist Long-Time Client Case Study

Attorneys Collaborate to Assist Long-Time Client

Mintz helped GE respond to EPA allegations about its earlier material sales and demand that GE implement a multimillion-dollar cleanup of a federal Superfund Site. Mintz represented GE at trial and on appeal to the First Circuit and caused a change in the remedy GE was required to implement.
Client Engagement on Housatonic River Case Study

Client Engagement on Housatonic River

Mintz represents GE in a dispute concerning the EPA’s costly proposed remedy for the Housatonic Rest of River, which offers no additional environmental or human health benefit. The EPA Environmental Appeals Board recently took the usual step of remanding EPA’s proposal for further consideration.
Debunking a State’s Allegation of Water Contamination Case Study

Debunking a State’s Allegation of Water Contamination

Mintz represented a client alleged to be responsible for the contamination of a public water supply. Mintz attorneys led an investigation of the state’s theory, including working with a leading hydrogeologist and locating the client's former employees. The state ultimately abandoned its claims.