Track record
Complete defense victory after month long jury trial
Secured defense verdict for digital asset exchange Kraken after a month-long jury trial, defeating plaintiff's whistleblower claims against the company and securing verdicts that plaintiff misappropriated trade secrets from the company and breached his confidentiality obligations and duty of good faith and fair dealing to the company. Kraken stated “We're pleased with the outcome and thankful to testimony from happy Kraken employees and advocacy from our counsel at Withers.” For more information on the trial, the verdict, and Withers' and the client's reaction, please read more here.
Crypto fraud dispute
Secured jurisdiction in the US over a long-running cross border commodities fraud dispute involving a top digital asset exchange and secured a ruling that a former customer breached the arbitration agreement in the exchange's binding terms of service by threatening to and actually suing the exchange in the UK.
Financial fraud claims
Defeated financial fraud claims asserted by a former employee against a top digital asset exchange related to the exchange's allocation of company shares, and secured a judgment against the plaintiff for the costs of litigation.
Hotly-contested cryptocurrency lawsuit
Secured a precedent-setting decision that the physical address associated with our client's business – one of the top digital asset exchanges in the world – may qualify as a trade secret and a former employee may be liable under the Defend Trade Secrets Act for their public disclosure of the company’s address.
Motion to compel
Won motion to compel against Glassdoor, Inc., forcing Glassdoor to turn over identification information regarding anonymous individuals that posted reviews in violation of non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions in severance agreement.
Talks
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'Legal Framework for the Artist-Gallery Relationship and Art Walk,' The Bar Association of San Francisco - October 17, 2024, speaker
- 'Adapting to a New Art World in a Period of Accelerated Change,' Frieze LA - February 17, 2023, moderator
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'2022 In Review - Art Law Cases of the Past Year,' The Bar Association of San Francisco - January 30, 2023, speaker
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'Legal Issues Confronting Artists,' Monterey County Woman Lawyers Association - October 28, 2021, speaker
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'Art planning for the collector,' Deutsche Bank/ Withers event (Frieze London) - October 14, 2021, moderator
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'Legal Issues Confronting Artists,' I Am An Artist - July 28, 2021, speaker
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'Art and AB5,' The Bar Association of San Francisco (Webinar) - April 21, 2021, moderator
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'Legal Careers Everything You Always Wanted to Know - Careers in Art Law,' The Bar Association of San Francisco (Webinar) - January 26, 2021, speaker
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'Protecting your art: What you need to know about copyright, restitution, money laundering and other art transactions,' American Society of Appraisers (Webinar) - October 20, 2020, speaker
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'Effective Witness Preparation Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide,' Knowledge Group (Webinar) - April 8, 2020, speaker
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'Life Cycle of a Work of Art,' StartUp Art Fair (Los Angeles) - February 15, 2020, moderator
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'How art can (not only) be an investment,' Withers/ Deutsche Bank event (Los Angeles) - February 12, 2020, moderator
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'Fresh Perspectives on Collecting: What New Collectors Need to Know,' UNTITLED Art Fair, January 18th 2020, speaker
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'When Art & Law Come Together,' BGSU School of Art, October 28, 201
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'From Kanders to Contracts: Four Experts Discuss the Legal, Policy and Ethical Issues Confronting Museums, Dealers, Donors and Collectors,' ArtTable (San Francisco), October 3, 2019
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'The Life Cycle of an Art Collector,' Villa Taverna San Francisco - September 26, 2019, panelist
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'California Employment Law and Its Impact on Art World Employment Agreements,' New York Bar Association's Art Committee Meeting - September 2019, speaker
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'Trending Issues in Art Law,' San Francisco Bar Association - June 6, 2019, speaker
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'Legal Issues Confronting Artists,' Startup Art Fair (San Francisco) - April 27, 2019, speaker
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'Art transactions: Hidden risks,' Withers event (New York) - January 24, 2019, speaker