- Successfully prosecuted and defended trade secret and unfair competition cases at trial.
- Defense of a product manufacturer in a California False Claims Act action brought on behalf of 160 municipal entities and in related common law fraud action.
- Successful prosecution of a product warranty and performance action in five-month arbitration.
- Obtained summary judgment for a trade association in an antitrust action.
- Defense of antitrust, deceptive trade practices and consumer class actions.
- Successful prosecution and defense at trial of separate environmental actions.
- Prosecution and defense of contract disputes under merger, acquisition, partnership, joint venture and stock buy-out agreements.
- Defense of toxic and mass tort actions.
- Prosecution and trial of claims under liability, property and business interruption insurance policies.
- Representation of a major utility’s subsidiary in various contractual disputes over access to electrical transmission lines, waste streams from coal-burning facilities, pollution credits, and the enforcement of contractual indemnities and joint venture agreements.
Senior Counsel,
- Phone: 213.576.1161
- Email: david.maccuish@alston.com
For more than four decades, Dave has guided companies in a variety of industries, particularly the energy industry, through complex commercial litigation. He has also taken the lead on a number of appeals that resulted in published opinions.