Saul J. Singer, formerly Of Counsel to Andrew Grosso & Associates, has left private practice to become the Ethics Counsel for the Bar of the District of Columbia. (07/09/07)
Andrew Grosso chairs the American Bar Association's Inaugural National Institute on Computing and the Law, held in San Francisco on June 25th-26th. (06/025/07)
See Brochure >>
Firm settles lawsuit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on behalf of Ameristar Financial Servicing Company, LLC (04/04/07)
See Announcement >>
Firm obtains dismissal of Anti-Cybersquatting lawsuit filed against client DomainRegistry.com, Inc. by Global Oceanic Enterprises. (10/23/06)
See Order >>
AMERISTAR FINANCIAL SERVICING COMPANY, LLC V. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION:
In 2006, the firm filed two lawsuits on behalf of Ameristar Financial Servicing Company, LLC, an Illinois corporation, against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Receiver as of the failed Superior Bank, FSB and Receiver and Conservator of its successor, the Federal Superior Bank, FSB. To insure jurisdiction under the Tucker Act, governing lawsuits against agencies of the United States, one suit was filed in the Court of Federal Claims and the second was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The second case settled for $90,000 and the first case was dismissed.
Ameristar Complaint in U.S. District Court
ARMENTROUT V. NEUSTAR; SULLIVAN V. NEUSTAR:
In 2004, the firm filed suit on behalf of Douglas B. Armentrout against two Internet companies: NeuStar, Inc. the domain name registry for ".us;" and NeuLevel, Inc., the domain name registry for ".biz." Mr. Armentrout is a former vice president of NeuStar and CEO of NeuLevel. In 2005, the firm filed a second suit against NeuStar on behalf of Alan Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan is the former Director of the .BIZ Registry for NeuLevel. Taken together, the complaints charged the defendants with manipulating the companies' accounting records to defraud one of NeuStar's initial partners in the ownership of NeuLevel, this being Melbourne IT of Melbourne, Australia; and manipulating the termination of employees to deprive them of stock options to which they were entitled. Mr. Armentrout's complaint also alleged that the companies defrauded him of more than $3 million.
The cases were separately settled in 2006. The parties agreed to comment as follows: "The matters between the parties have been settled on a confidential basis to the satisfaction of all concerned." In addition, with regard to the case of Armentrout v. NeuStar and NeuLevel, "The parties are very satisfied with the settlement."
The cases were filed in the District of Columbia Superior Court.
NeuStar Press release Armentrout Complaint
SECTACOR FILMS:
On June 14, 2005, Spectacor Films won the "spectacor.com" domain name in arbitration before the National Arbitration Forum (6/14/05)
Opinion
PEI TANG V. CORSOLUTIONS MEDICAL, INC.:
In November 2005, the firm settled a case with CorSolutions Medical, Inc. on behalf of Pei Tang. In December 2004, Ms. Tang had filed a countersuit and third party complaint against CorSolutions, an Illinois-based health care company. The lawsuit charged that the company and its officers retaliated against Ms. Tang, formerly the company's Vice President of Informatics and Outcomes Management, after she submitted a detailed, confidential report to the company's Board of Directors describing data manipulation and fraud by the company's senior management. The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Case No. 04-CH-21042).
Pursuant to the settlement, all parties dismissed their claims against one another and CorSolutions paid attorney fees to Ms. Tang. Ms. Tang said that she was "pleased with the results."
Press Release
KBR WITNESSES TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS:
On July 22, 2004, two of the firm's clients testified before the Government Reform Committee of the United States House of Representatives about their experiences as truck drivers for Kellogg Brown & Root in Iraq. James Warren, a former KBR truck driver, and David Wilson, a former KBR truck driver and convoy commander, told Congress about the sustained lack of routine maintenance on $85,000 trucks used in convoys employed to transport supplies to military troops, leading to breakdowns of those trucks, and putting the lives of drivers at risk and causing the loss of trucks.
Statement of David Wilson Statement of James Warren
KING'S CROSSING:
On May 29, 2004, the firm filed a lawsuit on behalf of the King's Crossing II condominium association and 22 minority and low-income individuals against Countrywide Home Loans and 12 others. The complaint alleges that Countrywide and others conspired with a Washington, D.C., developer to sell defective condominiums to first-time homebuyers through fraud and predatory lending. The case was filed in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
On June 28, 2004, the firm filed a second complaint, which included another eight plaintiffs and two defendants, for a total of 30 plaintiffs and 15 defendants.
Press Release
** Note ** The above links are for PDF documents. If they do not open automatically please click the Adobe Acrobat icon to the right to download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat viewer.