Nick Cassie – BLA Schwartz

IBS Enterprise, LLC v. Clark Holdings, Inc. (American Arbitration Association, California)

Nick Cassie — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:06:00 +0000

In this arbitration, BLA Schwartz defended our client against breach of contract, copyright infringement, and conversion claims seeking over $1 million in damages under a software license and services agreement. We also successfully prosecuted counterclaims demonstrating that our client was fraudulently induced into entering the agreement, allowing our client to recover the approximately $575,000 it paid under the agreement, plus interest and attorneys’ fees…

AAA Arbitration (Parties Confidential) (American Arbitration Association, Pennsylvania)

Nick Cassie — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:13:56 +0000

In this multi-faceted litigaiton, which took place mostly through arbitration proceedings, BLA Schwartz successfully represented an automotive software development company resulting in a ruling that our client could terminate a long-standing and unfavorable contractual relationship with its distribution network.

Powlus v. Hanover Direct, Inc. (Federal District Court, Southern District of New York)

Nick Cassie — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:17:52 +0000

In this Federal District Court case, BLA Schwartz successfully defended it clients against multi-million dollar copyright infringement claims by convincing a jury during the liability phase of the trial that our clients did not agree to an oral condition precedent to a license agreement to use photographs and that our clients had the full rights to use those photographs.