Matthew Miller

Employment, Unfair Competition and Complex Business Disputes

• Obtaining dismissal with no payment of several dozen suits against a digital currency exchange for alleged breaches of user agreements
• Securing multiple pretrial multimillion-dollar recoveries on behalf of some of the world’s largest engineering and construction corporations alleging trade secret misappropriation, employee raiding and international interference torts
• Obtaining a multimillion-dollar settlement on behalf of a consumer electronics firm alleging trade secret misappropriation and intentional interference with contract
• Obtaining a US$7.5 million arbitration award for a seller of a sports nutritional supplement company following a dispute over an earnout provision of a corporate stock purchase agreement
• Obtaining a multimillion-dollar judgment for an investor alleging a fraudulent investment scheme
• Obtaining a multimillion-dollar settlement only weeks after filing a lawsuit alleging fraudulent operation of a hedge fund and breach of the fund’s offering memorandum
• Obtaining a dismissal and recovery of lawyer fees in a complex contractual dispute, including application of French law, on behalf of a major manufacturer of high-end audio products
• Obtaining a multimillion-dollar judgment under RICO and fraud claims against perpetrators of an investment Ponzi scheme
• Litigating numerous matters for both plaintiffs and defendants in lawsuits involving intentional interference torts, Business and Professions Code section 17200 claims, and breaches of non-competition and non-solicitation covenants
  Product Liability
• Obtaining a defense judgment for a manufacturing company following a two-week federal trial in which the plaintiff alleged design and manufacturing defects of fiberglass and steel chairs
• Resolving actions against manufacturers of forklifts, industrial press brakes, firearms and airplanes
  Real Estate/Construction Litigation
• Obtaining a mid-trial multimillion-dollar settlement on behalf of a plaintiff alleging breach of a real estate joint venture
• Obtaining a multimillion-dollar settlement in favor of a plaintiff hotel development joint venturer almost immediately after providing defendants with the draft complaint alleging fraudulent inducement into the joint venture
• Obtaining summary judgment for a large general contractor in a construction worker’s catastrophic personal injury action alleging unsafe work conditions and failure to supervise.
• Obtaining a favorable settlement on behalf of a major engineering corporation in a breach of contract claim against a quasi-governmental entity
• Obtaining a dismissal with prejudice for a framing and foundation contractor in litigation involving catastrophic personal injuries and in which all other parties settled for policy limits
• Successfully resolved various construction defect actions