Matter by Matter, Client by Client Archive

Corporate and Securities | Healthcare | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• Horizon Healthcare Services and Pager Close Strategic Round of Financing 

  January 19, 2018
  Corporate and Securities

  Healthcare

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Corporate and Securities | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• Boathouse Capital Invests in Sageworks 

  January 19, 2018
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Corporate and Securities

• Atrio Acquires Microsoft Practice from RCM Technologies 

  January 4, 2018
  Corporate and Securities

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• White and Williams Secures Decision on Application of Pollution Exclusion in Ohio Court of Appeals 

  December 28, 2017
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Appellate | General Litigation | Product Liability | Toxic Torts and Environmental

• White and Williams Secures Landmark First Circuit Ruling in Chemical Contamination Case 

  December 8, 2017
  Appellate

  General Litigation

  Product Liability

  Toxic Torts and Environmental

Product Liability

• Summary Judgment Obtained in Industrial Accident Case 

  December 5, 2017
  Product Liability

Appellate | Healthcare

• Healthcare Team Defends Appeal of Medical Malpractice Action 

  October 20, 2017
  Appellate

  Healthcare

Corporate and Securities | Healthcare | Life Sciences | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• White and Williams Counsels Client Through Several Investments 

  October 20, 2017
  Corporate and Securities

  Healthcare

  Life Sciences

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Healthcare

• Healthcare Group Obtains Summary Judgment in Malignant Melanoma Case, Overcoming Plaintiffs’ Use of Discovery Rule and Fraudulent Concealment Doctrine 

  October 12, 2017
  Healthcare

Corporate and Securities | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• iNovia Capital Invests in Artificial Intelligence Platform 

  October 11, 2017
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Corporate and Securities

• RCM Acquires Eastern European Engineering Company 

  October 1, 2017
  Corporate and Securities

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• Litigation Team Obtains Summary Judgment in Case Involving Sinkholes at Bulk Propane Storage Facility 

  September 27, 2017
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Class Actions | General Litigation | Healthcare

• Litigation Team Secures Dismissal of Claims Alleging Health Coverage Plan Creates Unfair Business Advantage 

  September 14, 2017
  Class Actions

  General Litigation

  Healthcare

Intellectual Property

• Court Denies AlphaCap’s Motion for Reconsideration and Lifts Stay Citing Concerning Statements from AlphaCap’s Attorneys in Gust Case 

  July 7, 2017
  Intellectual Property

General Commercial Litigation

• White and Williams Prevails in Trial of Counterclaims in Long-Running Shareholder Dispute 

  June 15, 2017
  General Commercial Litigation

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• Coverage Team Obtains Summary Judgment Based on Employer's Liability Exclusion 

  June 13, 2017
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

General Litigation | Professional Liability

• White and Williams Client Prevails in Malpractice Suit 

  June 6, 2017
  General Litigation

  Professional Liability

Corporate and Securities | Life Sciences

• KD Pharma Group Invests in Nutriceutical Holdings 

  June 1, 2017
  Corporate and Securities

  Life Sciences

Labor and Employment

• Employment Law Trial Team Defeats Race Retaliation Claim in Federal Court 

  May 25, 2017
  Labor and Employment

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• Coverage Team Obtains Summary Judgment in Case Involving Insurability of Punitive Damages 

  May 15, 2017
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Corporate and Securities

• RCM Acquires Assets of RAF Services 

  May 4, 2017
  Corporate and Securities

Corporate and Securities | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• Friend Skoler Invests in Hex Performance LLC 

  May 4, 2017
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Corporate and Securities

• White and Williams Represents S.R. Smith, LLC in Sale to Champlain Capital 

  May 4, 2017
  Corporate and Securities

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• Insurance Coverage Team Obtains Rescission of Policy in Multi-Million Dollar Collapse Case 

  May 4, 2017
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
• Insurance Coverage Team Defeats Bad Faith Claim that Insurer Wrongfully Settled Some Claims to Avoid Payment on Others 

  May 4, 2017
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
• Coverage Team Obtains Summary Judgment in Faulty Workmanship Case 

  May 2, 2017
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Product Liability

• White and Williams Secures Affirmation of Partial Summary Judgment with Bare Metal Defense 

  April 21, 2017
  Product Liability

General Litigation | Product Liability

• White and Williams Obtains Summary Judgment in Federal Court in Product Liability PCB Suit 

  April 13, 2017
  General Litigation

  Product Liability

Class Actions | Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• Coverage Team Successfully Defends Insurer In Medical Product Class Action 

  March 31, 2017
  Class Actions

  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Corporate and Securities

• NYSE Acquires National Stock Exchange 

  January 31, 2017
  Corporate and Securities

Corporate and Securities | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• Stadium Goods Completes Equity Fundraising Round 

  January 12, 2017
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Intellectual Property

• White and Williams Represents Gust in Landmark Patent Troll Litigation 

  December 27, 2016
  Intellectual Property

Corporate and Securities | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• BlackRock to Invest in iCapital Network 

  December 15, 2016
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Corporate and Securities | Environmental Solutions | Labor and Employment | Private Equity and Venture Capital | Real Estate | Tax and Estates

• J.E. Berkowitz Joins Consolidated Glass Holdings 

  November 3, 2016
  Corporate and Securities

  Environmental Solutions

  Labor and Employment

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

  Real Estate

  Tax and Estates

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• Coverage Team Successfully Protects Insurer from Covering Sexual Abuse Claims Against School Teacher 

  October 19, 2016
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Corporate and Securities | Tax and Estates

• White and Williams Represents Cal Net Technology in Acquisition of IT Provider 

  July 25, 2016
  Corporate and Securities

  Tax and Estates

Healthcare

• White and Williams Secures Reversal of Critical Ruling Involving Confidential and Proprietary Business Information 

  July 7, 2016
  Healthcare

Appellate | Catastrophic/Excess Liability

• White and Williams Obtains Emergency Stay of Major Jury Trial from Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 

  May 17, 2016
  Appellate

  Catastrophic/Excess Liability

Corporate and Securities

• Almo Professional A/V Acquires International Audio Visual Inc. 

  April 6, 2016
  Corporate and Securities

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• White and Williams Defeats Claims Brought by Insured’s Alleged Successor in Environmental Coverage Dispute 

  March 23, 2016
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Corporate and Securities | Private Equity and Venture Capital | Tax and Estates

• Boathouse Capital Completes Investment in Information and Advisory Services Firm 

  February 24, 2016
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

  Tax and Estates

Corporate and Securities | Life Sciences | Private Equity and Venture Capital | Tax and Estates

• White and Williams Represents Jordan Reses in Sale to Mitchell 

  January 5, 2016
  Corporate and Securities

  Life Sciences

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

  Tax and Estates

Subrogation

• White and Williams Settles Multi-Plaintiff Case Following Fire 
  Subrogation
• White and Williams Secures a Favorable Settlement in a Superstorm Sandy Case 
  Subrogation

Intellectual Property

• White and Williams Represents Gust in Patent Infringement Cases 

  November 20, 2015
  Intellectual Property

Corporate and Securities | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• White and Williams Represents LLR Portfolio Company in Sale to J.B. Poindexter & Co 

  November 2, 2015
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital
• Dorado Systems Secures Private Equity Funding 

  October 31, 2015
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital
• White and Williams Represents Financial Technology Company TKS Solutions in Sale to Eze Software 

  October 23, 2015
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Education Law | Labor and Employment

• White and Williams Wins Defense Verdict in FMLA Retaliation Lawsuit 

  October 7, 2015
  Education Law

  Labor and Employment

Subrogation

• $600,000 Jury Verdict Obtained in Federal Court in Boston 
  Subrogation

General Commercial Litigation

• White and Williams Secures Affirmance of Judgment in Shareholder Dispute 

  August 20, 2015
  General Commercial Litigation
• False Claims Act/Wrongful Termination Case Successfully Concluded 

  August 18, 2015
  General Commercial Litigation

Corporate and Securities

• Corporate Lawyers Counsel Client in Acquisition of Engineering Firm 

  August 10, 2015
  Corporate and Securities

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith | Life, Health, Disability and ERISA

• White and Williams Obtains Complete Defense Verdict for Insurance Client 

  August 10, 2015
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

  Life, Health, Disability and ERISA

Directors and Officers

• D&O Team Successfully Defends Appeal Before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 

  June 10, 2015
  Directors and Officers

Commercial Arbitration | Reinsurance

• Reinsurance Team Successfully Argues in the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division - First Department 

  May 28, 2015
  Commercial Arbitration

  Reinsurance

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• Coverage Team Secures Significant Choice-of-Law Victory in Ohio State Court 

  April 14, 2015
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy

• White and Williams LLP Helps Land 100% Recovery for Unsecured Creditors of Phoenix Payment Systems, Inc. 

  March 17, 2015
  Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy

Healthcare

• Eppolito and Beitz Obtain Defense Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case 

  February 18, 2015
  Healthcare

Corporate and Securities

• White and Williams Provides Counsel to Tech Company in Acquisition 

  January 21, 2015
  Corporate and Securities

Subrogation

• $300,000 Jury Verdict Obtained in Philadelphia City Hall 
  Subrogation

Corporate and Securities | Tax and Estates

• Business Lawyers Advise Tech Startup in Acquisition by AOL, Inc. 

  December 1, 2014
  Corporate and Securities

  Tax and Estates

Directors and Officers | Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy | General Commercial Litigation

• Commercial Litigation Team Prevails in Delaware Hearing on Application of Business Judgment Rule 

  November 12, 2014
  Directors and Officers

  Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy

  General Commercial Litigation

Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy

• Phoenix Payment Systems, Inc. Closes on Major Court-Approved Asset Sale 

  October 23, 2014
  Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy

Corporate and Securities

• Horizon Healthcare Services Invests in Oncology Management Technology with Counsel from Corporate Group 

  September 23, 2014
  Corporate and Securities

Healthcare

• White and Williams Defeats Class Certification in Nursing Home Case 

  September 16, 2014
  Healthcare

Appellate

• White and Williams Obtains Reversal on Appeal of $2.5M Verdict Against Electric Utility Company 

  August 28, 2014
  Appellate

General Commercial Litigation

• Judge Dismisses False Claims Act Claims 

  August 11, 2014
  General Commercial Litigation

Corporate and Securities | Intellectual Property | Life Sciences | Tax and Estates

• White and Williams Represents Leading Specialty Nutriceutical Company in Sale 

  July 28, 2014
  Corporate and Securities

  Intellectual Property

  Life Sciences

  Tax and Estates

Corporate and Securities | Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy | Intellectual Property

• Guest-tek Acquisition of iBahn Takes Hotel Technology to a Higher Level 

  March 21, 2014
  Corporate and Securities

  Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy

  Intellectual Property

Corporate and Securities | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• White and Williams Counsels Logistics Provider in Private Equity Deal 

  February 11, 2014
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Healthcare

• New Jersey Assisted Living Facilities Are Not Subject To Liability Under The State’s Nursing Home Law 

  February 5, 2014
  Healthcare

Corporate and Securities | Tax and Estates

• HUB Parking Technology Strengthens Parking Business with Assist from White and Williams 

  November 8, 2013
  Corporate and Securities

  Tax and Estates

Corporate and Securities

• White and Williams Counsels Technology Company in Sale 

  September 27, 2013
  Corporate and Securities

Subrogation

• Seven-Figure Settlement Reached Against Electric Utility 
  Subrogation
• Subrogation Attorneys Achieve Settlement in DC Metrorail Accident Case 
  Subrogation

Corporate and Securities

• Corporate Lawyers Counsel Software Company in Sale 

  May 10, 2013
  Corporate and Securities
• Corporate Lawyers Counsel Whitley Products Sale to Tricorn Group 

  May 6, 2013
  Corporate and Securities

Education Law | Labor and Employment

• Summary Judgment Obtained for Public School District Client in Discrimination Case 

  February 19, 2013
  Education Law

  Labor and Employment

General Commercial Litigation

• Supermarket Successfully Litigates Against Encroachment 

  January 30, 2013
  General Commercial Litigation

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• White and Williams Coverage Team Records Another Win in Long-Running Environmental Coverage Dispute 

  January 18, 2013
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

General Commercial Litigation

• Firm Obtains Favorable Ruling in Hotly-Disputed Shareholder Dispute 

  December 12, 2012
  General Commercial Litigation

Appellate | Healthcare

• Lawyers Win Case Involving Informed Consent for Surgery Before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court 

  August 28, 2012
  Appellate

  Healthcare

Corporate and Securities

• Technology Provider Expands Business with Assist from Corporate Group 

  August 8, 2012
  Corporate and Securities

Subrogation

• Seven-Figure Settlement Secured Following a Dispositive Motion Based Upon Spoliation Allegations 
  Subrogation
• Konzelmann Obtains $27.2 Million Settlement in Subrogation Case 

  Chris Konzelmann brought claims against the parties that were responsible for an apartment complex fire. With the assistance of a mediator, he resolved the matter for nearly $27.2 million within 14 months of the fire.

  Subrogation
• PA Superior Court Issues Opinion that Increases Likelihood of Successful Recoveries from Electric Utilities 
  Subrogation

Corporate and Securities | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• Lori Smith Counsels Lead Investor in Seed Round Financing Deal 

  July 25, 2012
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Appellate | Healthcare

• Healthcare Group Obtains Defense Verdict for Gastroenterologist in Negligence Case 

  June 26, 2012
  Appellate

  Healthcare

Finance

• Finance Group Assists Aerospace Company With Acquisition 

  June 1, 2012
  Finance

Corporate and Securities | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• White and Williams Represents DDJ Capital Management in Strategic Acquisition 

  June 1, 2012
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital
• White and Williams Represents Top Global VC Fund in $8 Million Series A Investment 

  May 15, 2012
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital
• Corporate Group Assists Middle Market Private Equity Firm with Funding a New Portfolio Company 

  May 1, 2012
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Healthcare

• Healthcare Group Obtains Win for Doctor Alleged to Have Provided Negligent Care to Patient 

  May 1, 2012
  Healthcare

Catastrophic/Excess Liability

• Catastrophic/Excess Loss Team Parachutes In To Obtain Favorable Resolution for Construction Services Company 

  April 30, 2012
  Catastrophic/Excess Liability

Corporate and Securities | Private Equity and Venture Capital

• Private Equity and Venture Capital Group Facilitates Deal Between Friend Skoler and Salon Lofts Group 

  March 8, 2012
  Corporate and Securities

  Private Equity and Venture Capital

Corporate and Securities

• Corporate Group Assists with Recapitalization of Electronic Content Management Solutions Provider 

  March 7, 2012
  Corporate and Securities

Catastrophic/Excess Liability

• Trial Attorneys Secure Defense Verdict After Six Week Catastrophic Personal Injury/Death Case in Camden County, NJ 

  February 21, 2012
  Catastrophic/Excess Liability

Subrogation

• Subrogation Attorneys Secure Reversal on Appeal and Settle Case 
  Subrogation

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• Lawyers in Insurance Coverage Group Secure Summary Judgment in Complex Environmental Coverage Case 

  February 7, 2012
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
• White and Williams Insurance Coverage Team Scores Another Win in an Environmental Coverage Case 

  January 31, 2012
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Education Law | General Commercial Litigation

• White and Williams Secures Decision in Matter of First Impression in DE 

  January 18, 2012

  White and Williams secures a decision in the matter of first impression in Delaware that a school generally does not owe a duty to a student, rejecting the concept of in loco parentis responsibility.

  Education Law

  General Commercial Litigation

Corporate and Securities

• Corporate Practice Group Closes Transaction Involving a Series B Preferred Stock Investment 

  January 11, 2012
  Corporate and Securities

Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy

• Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Group Recovers, Restructures and Works Out Distressed Debt in Excess of $200 Million 

  January 9, 2012

  In 2011, member of the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Group restructured and worked out distressed debt in excess of $200 million.

  Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• White and Williams Coverage Attorneys Successfully Enforce Settlement Agreements Against New Claims 

  January 2012
  Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

General Commercial Litigation

• Commercial Litigation Group Secures $1.06 Million Verdict in a Defamation and False Light Suit 

  November 23, 2011

  On November 23, an 8-person jury found in favor of the plaintiffs in a defamation and false light action awarding a total of $1.06 million (for actual harm and punitive damages).

  General Commercial Litigation
• Peter Mooney Secures $1.2 million in Breach of Lease Agreement Suit 

  November 3, 2011

  On November 3, 2011, a 12-person jury sitting in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Commerce Division, awarded $1.2 million to our client, the owner of the Windsor Suites and attached parking garage at 17th and the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia for breach of a lease agreement. 

  General Commercial Litigation

Healthcare

• Chuck Eppolito Obtains Defense Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case 

  November 1, 2011

  Chuck Eppolito obtains a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case where the alleged failure to timely diagnose and treat a spinal fracture suffered by 19-year-old mother during childbirth results in total disability.

  Healthcare

General Commercial Litigation

• Commercial Litigation Lawyers Secure $2.55 Million for Local Stromboli Manufacturer 

  October 5, 2011

  Justin Proper, Dave Haase, Shane Heskin and Ashanti Crawford secure a $2.55 million verdict in an unfair competition case involving two local companies and stromboli.

  General Commercial Litigation

Commercial Arbitration | Reinsurance

• Reinsurance Group Confirms Arbitration Award, Successfully Strikes Cross-Petition 

  September 27, 2011

  On September 27, 2011, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to confirm a reinsurance arbitration award.

  Commercial Arbitration

  Reinsurance

Corporate and Securities | Finance | Intellectual Property | International | Tax and Estates

• Seton Company Relies on Broad Experience of White and Williams 

  August 31, 2011

  White and Williams served as lead transaction counsel to Seton Company and its U.S. and foreign affiliates in connection with the negotiation and sale of its worldwide automotive leather business to GST Autoleather, Inc., a portfolio company of Hong Kong-based Advantage Partners, and Johnson Controls, Inc., a Fortune 100 firm, a deal that spanned eight months.

  Corporate and Securities

  Finance

  Intellectual Property

  International

  Tax and Estates

Commercial Arbitration | Reinsurance

• Reinsurance Group Secures Federal Court Confirmation of Arbitration Award Over Opposition from London Market Reinsurers 

  July 28, 2011

  On July 28, 2011, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to confirm a reinsurance arbitration award.

  Commercial Arbitration

  Reinsurance

Reinsurance

• Reinsurance Group Defeats Reinsurer’s Motion for Summary Judgment 

  May 23, 2011

  On May 23, 2011, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied Global Reinsurance Corporation’s motion for summary judgment, which sought to escape liability for a reinsurance billing issued by Pacific Employers Insurance Company on grounds that PEIC’s notice of the underlying claims was late.

  Reinsurance

Labor and Employment

• Labor Group Obtains Dismissal of Wrongful Discharge Claim 

  March 2011

  Nancy Conrad and George Morrison obtained the dismissal of a wrongful discharge claim brought by a union-represented employee against a manufacturing company.

  Labor and Employment

Healthcare

• Healthcare Group Obtains a “Hat Trick” of Defense Verdicts in One Week 

  December 13, 2010

  In a one-week time span, three of our healthcare lawyers received defense verdicts for their clients.

  Healthcare

General Commercial Litigation

• Kassak Secures Settlement in Malicious Prosecution Case 

  December 2010

  Michael Kassak secured a significant settlement in a malicious prosecution case involving one of the country's leading independent financial research firms and a pharmaceutical company.

  General Commercial Litigation

Healthcare

• Chuck Eppolito Obtains Defense Verdict in Arbitration Proceeding in Medical Malpractice and Informed Consent Case 

  August 18, 2010
  Healthcare

General Commercial Litigation | Intellectual Property

• Defense Verdict Obtained in Trade Secrets Case 

  Summer 2009

  After a two-week jury trial, Thomas Fiddler obtained a defense verdict in the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas in a trade secret case concerning the electroplating of metals.

  General Commercial Litigation

  Intellectual Property

Healthcare

• Bryan Obtains Defense Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case 

  2009

  Defendants Geisinger Medical Center, Suresh Nair, M.D., and David J. Bertsch, M.D. were found to be not negligent in their care and treatment of a patient who died following surgery for breast cancer.

  Healthcare

Corporate and Securities | Life Sciences

• Mentzel and Udell Handle Corporate Matters for Innocoll Holdings, Inc. 

  November 2008

  Our lawyers counseled Innocoll Holdings, Inc. - a privately held pharmaceutical company with operations in Europe and Asia - on several corporate matters.

  Corporate and Securities

  Life Sciences

International

• Private Equity in China: Enforceability of Drag-Along Rights 

  2008

  In early 2008, White and Williams participated in a lawsuit initiated to enforce a drag-along clause under a private equity investment agreement. Prior to this lawsuit, which was tried in a local Shanghai court, there was no public record of any Chinese court addressing the enforceability of drag-along rights under Chinese law.

  International

Corporate and Securities | International

• Contract for Storage of Chernobyl Used Nuclear Fuel 

  Summer 2007

  White and Williams represented Marlton, NJ-based Holtec International in its negotiations of the contract whereby Holtec will oversee the interment of Chernobyl’s used nuclear fuel in dry storage systems in full conformance with Ukraine’s national safety standards.

  Corporate and Securities

  International