- Successfully guided New Hampshire Fisher Cats to approval of sale to Diamond Baseball Holdings
- Successfully negotiated terms of new 20-year Management and Operations Agreement between our client, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats Baseball Club (Double-A Affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) and the City of Manchester, New Hampshire (March 2016)
- Obtained a federal court judgment of $12,176,735,22 on behalf a group of Plaintiff-investors against three real estate developers on claims of civil racketeering under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) arising out of the solicitation of investment in, construction of, and operation of a hotel in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cedar Rapids Lodge & Suites, LLC, et al. v. JFS Development, Inc. f/k/a JCS Development, Inc., 2012 WL 5269015 (N.D. Iowa 2012)
- Obtained an award of full costs and attorney’s fees for the successful prosecution of a civil RICO case against three real estate developers arising out of the solicitation of investment in, construction of, and operation of a hotel in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cedar Rapids Lodge & Suites, LLC, et al. v. JFS Development, Inc. f/k/a JCS Development, Inc., Case No. 1:09-cv-0075-CRR (N.D. Iowa January 4, 2013)
- Obtained a judgment of $978,891.39 against a Minnesota-based hotel management company for mismanagement of a hotel. Cedar Rapids Lodge & Suites, LLC, et al. v. JFS Development, Inc. f/k/a JCS Development, Inc., 2012 WL 718728 (N.D. Iowa 2012)
- Obtained a contempt order and discovery sanction of $77,928.68 against a corporate executive for failure to comply with electronic discovery requirements in a federal litigation. The contempt order reimbursed our clients for the cost of the court-ordered forensic examination of the executive’s home and office computers and electronic equipment following proof of the executive’s noncompliance with discovery requests made in the litigation. Cedar Rapids Lodge & Suites, LLC, et al. v. JFS Development, Inc. f/k/a JCS Development, Inc., 2011 WL 4625661 (N.D. Iowa 2011)
- Obtained a significant seven-figure payment of claims from the Trustee in bankruptcy for a debtor-defendant in partial settlement of obligations owed pursuant to a judgment in Cedar Rapids Lodge & Suites, LLC, et al. v. JFS Development, Inc. f/k/a JCS Development, Inc., 2012 WL 5269015 (N.D. Iowa 2012). In re Ted D. Vosburg, Case No. 11-01390 (United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa, July 22, 2013)
- Won a defendant’s jury verdict in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire on behalf of Ambient Pressure Diving, Ltd., the English manufacturer of sophisticated scuba diving equipment known as the Inspiration Rebreather in an internationally monitored wrongful death products liability case. The federal jury rejected allegations by the Plaintiff that a combination of electronic and software failures of the Inspiration’s patented redundant control systems caused the rebreather to stop delivering oxygen to her husband underwater, causing him to pass out due to hypoxia and drown.
- Successfully defended a multimillion dollar commercial fraud and unfair trade practices suit in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire by a New Hampshire-based company against our Florida-based client arising out of an unsuccessful attempted vertical integration of the two companies by a venture capital firm. The case settled at mediation for less than one percent of the initial demand.
- Successfully defended a federal trademark infringement and Consumer Protection Act case in the United Stated District Court against a national software company accused of misuse of trademarks and misrepresentation in advertising by settling all claims against the client on favorable terms.
- Successfully represented a well-known New York City literary agency against a major New York City publishing house and a best-selling celebrity author in a contract action for unpaid royalties and rights to subsidiary works.
- Prosecuted federal 42 USC 1983 civil rights and abuse of office claims against the Town of Salisbury, New Hampshire Board of Selectmen and Zoning Board on behalf of a local landowner attempting to build homes on a Class VI Road – obtaining all permits sought by the landowner and a significant reimbursement of attorneys fees and costs from the Town after a mediated settlement.
- Successfully represented a prominent professional sports franchise in an Internet cybersquatting dispute involving domain name misuse and trademark infringement.
- Successfully managed the termination-for-cause of a national food service vendor and negotiated the deal terms and contract with the Club’s new national food and beverage provider
Rob’s active business litigation practice focuses primarily on complex commercial disputes in the federal courts, including false and deceptive trade practice, false advertising, and consumer labeling claims, commercial fraud claims, products liability, civil RICO, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and intellectual property disputes including trademark, trade dress and copyright. Rob is also one of New Hampshire’s most experienced litigators on the scope and application of the New Hampshire Consumer Protection Act, NH RSA 358-A, as applied in both business against business and consumer against business cases in New Hampshire’s state and federal courts. Rob is also a seasoned appellate advocate before the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
