Chris has experience in a wide range of data, technology, and financial services matters, including representing:

Financial Services and Insurance (Disputes and Advisory)

• A specialty lines insurance company in litigation with a former managing general agent over non-compliance with underwriting guidelines.
• Successfully defended one of the world’s largest asset managers in a federal district court trial in New Jersey, defeating a $1.55 billion excessive fee claim brought under Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act.
• Represented a global financial services firm in a multiday, multiparty arbitration in consolidated litigation arising from alleged fraud and contract breaches concerning one of the organization’s largest portfolio assets, valued well in excess of $1 billion.
• A health care organization in navigating cyber insurance issues following a security event.
• A publicly traded insurer with respect to alleged breaches of fiduciary duties by a corporate executive.
• A reinsurer in a class action involving variable universal life insurance policies and changes to the policies’ cost of insurance charges.
• A global systematically important bank (G-SIB) with respect to issues related to bank-owned life insurance policies.
• An international bank with respect to issues related to bank-owned life insurance policies, including surrender, reallocation, and write-down issues.
• A mortgage broker to assess and strengthen the company’s insurance portfolio, with a focus on directors’ and officers’ insurance.
• A health care communications company in navigating cyber insurance issues following a potential security event.
• A publicly traded insurer in an employee-raiding matter involving one of the largest business units at the organization.
• A global electronics company in evaluating the efficacy and scope of its insurance portfolio.
• An international entertainment firm in connection with its acquisition of a music catalog and associated commercial insurance issues, including change of control implications.

Data and Technology (Disputes and Advisory)

• Obtained a $500 million jury verdict in a case involving virtual reality intellectual property in the Northern District of Texas on behalf of a video game company. The verdict was at the time among the largest awarded for claims involving copyrights, trademarks, or trade secrets.
• Secured a multimillion-dollar jury verdict and damages award, along with a permanent injunction for copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation, on behalf of a technology company in the Southern District of Texas.
• A health care organization in responding to and remediating a cyber event, including representing the organization in several related purported class actions alleging negligence, statutory violations, and other claims.
• A public company in containing and remediating a social engineering attack that siphoned payroll funds to fraudulent bank accounts.
• A health care artificial intelligence company with respect to the licensing and use issues for its AI technology.
• A cloud e-commerce platform in a privacy class action concerning multiple cybersecurity events involving the alleged theft and misuse of credit card data.
• An online retailer against alleged violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act relating to website tracking software.
• An online auction house in connection with an evaluation of alleged data scraping and unfair competition arising from the use of automated bots to gather competitive information.
• A publicly traded company in federal court litigation involving the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets concerning the company’s clean energy technology.
• A financial planning company in connection with the departure of key personnel and alleged violations of state law and contractual obligations.
• A lending company in multi-jurisdictional litigation involving the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets in connection with mortgage software and technology.
• The chairperson of a board of trustees in an internal investigation concerning allegations of lack of cybersecurity controls and financial misconduct.
• A renewable energy company in the development and implementation of internal policies and procedures to protect proprietary intellectual property.
• A global, publicly traded technology company in contractual disputes involving the construction of an energy storage facility.
• A publicly traded company in litigation with a supply partner over the provision of materials to manufacture clean energy technology.
• A global technology company in developing data privacy and security policies to reflect privacy obligations and to respond to disputes, investigations, and compliance risk.
• A software developer in federal court litigation defending allegations of copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation in connection with the development of database management software.