Practice
General Civil Litigation

Representative General Civil Litigation Cases

• MF represented Intel Corporation in an action for misappropriation of trade secrets against Broadcom Corporation, following Broadcom’s employment of three former Intel engineers in a competitive field. After Intel obtained injunctive relief against Broadcom, the case settled. 

• MF obtained a $45 million settlement from a renowned medical device manufacturer in a consumer fraud action brought in both federal and state courts, on behalf of a nationwide class of hundreds of thousands of diabetic consumers in In re LifeScan, Inc.

• MF has represented numerous clients in lawsuits where individuals have sued or been sued by a public entity (i.e. local, state or federal). These lawsuits have often involved government abuse of authority. We represented Al Ruffo, former Mayor of San Jose, to stop the City of San Jose from using $50 million in redevelopment money to pay for San Jose’s City Hall. In another case MF successfully represented a homeowner who was fined more than $100,000 for alleged code violations, succeeding in having the amount of fine reduced to less than 10% of that amount.

• In the Boulder Ridge case, MF represented homeowners who were opposed to the construction of high-density housing adjacent to a proposed golf course in the Almaden Valley. After protracted litigation, the case was successfully settled.