Assisted with the representation of a United States Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient in child-custody dispute and obtained settlement of past due child support.
Obtained dismissal of Section 20(a) control person claim filed against corporate officer in lawsuits and investigations involving alleged revenue recognition and health care fraud in sales of medical devices.
Mr. Ewell's 37 years of experience spans a wide range of subject matter areas, including antitrust, financial fraud, professional negligence, and energy regulation. For the past two decades, he has concentrated on securities-related matters, representing issuers, underwriters, investors, officers, and directors in investigations (conducted by special committees, governmental authorities, and regulatory agencies) and adversarial proceedings in the courts and before regulatory authorities. Mr. Ewell has served as lead trial counsel in corporate governance disputes, shareholder class actions, shareholder derivative actions, collateralized and derivative financial instrument litigation, and investigations of alleged Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Ms. Sullivan focuses on corporate and securities litigation, specifically the defense of public companies and executives in shareholder class actions and derivative suits. Her experience includes litigation arising out of mergers and acquisitions, fiduciary-duty claims, federal and state securities-law litigation, shareholder fraud suits, and general commercial disputes.
Business Disputes
Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property
Unfair Competition
Served as lead trial counsel in a trademark dispute over a Gulf of Mexico exploration project, obtaining a preliminary injunction then dismissal of a $600 million counterclaim for tortious interference and unfair competition...
Antitrust
Served on trial team for cable television franchisee in obtaining judgment notwithstanding the verdict in antitrust litigation brought by competitor...
Before forming EBB, Mr. Brown was a complex civil litigation partner at K&L Gates handling a wide variety of state and federal cases in multiple venues, including class action defense, environmental litigation, real estate disputes, trade-secret and non-competition, injunctions, and asset forfeitures, as well as administrative cases. At EBB, he continues to serve as lead trial counsel in federal and state court litigation over agency actions, including pre-emptive or parallel litigation, as well as judicial review, and he has argued in federal and state courts of appeals, particularly in litigation involving federal administrative rulemaking.
Eminent Domain
E.g., Canyon Regional Water Authority v. Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, 258 S.W.3d 613 (Tex. 2008) (dispute over eminent domain powers and rights under an easement agreement);
Represented a leading medical research foundation in successfully obtaining financial support against related research institution, in lawsuit requiring judicial interpretation of long-suppressed charitable trust documents.