Business Litigation

Gish PLLC obtained a from-the-bench denial of a preliminary injunction that sought to force Mountain Service Distributors, Inc., a major retail distribution company, to cease using the software systems underlying nearly every aspect of its operations.

Gish PLLC has acted as counsel for Advantest Corporation, a leading semiconductor test equipment supplier, in an arbitration against AEM Holdings Ltd., Lattice Innovation, Inc. and Samer Kabbani (collectively, “AEM”).  The results of that arbitration proceeding are now publicly available.  AEM must pay $20 million to Advantest and immediately terminate any exclusivity provisions that previously blocked Advantest from working directly with a sub-supplier.  Furthermore, Advantest did not license any of its IP to AEM as part of the arbitration resolution, and remains free to assert any claims for IP infringement against AEM in the future.  For more information, please see the company’s press release.

Gish PLLC announced today that Michael M. Powell has joined the firm as a Partner.  Ms. Powell joins the firm after nearly a decade in the Complex Litigation and Trials Department of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she represented clients that included leading tech companies, cutting-edge start-ups, major financial institutions, and Fortune 500 companies.  With a particular focus on disputes between competitors involving trade secret misappropriation and the misuse of confidential information, Ms. Powell has counseled clients on intellectual property issues, commercial contract and business disputes, and securities and derivative litigation in federal and state courts and arbitral forums across the country.