We represented Pioneer Natural Resources Company and Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. in a complex matter in which certain investors in the Mesa Offshore Royalty Trust sued Pioneer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Woodside Energy (USA), Inc. in connection with the development of certain offshore oil and gas properties.  Plaintiffs alleged Defendants attempted to improperly […]

On December 3, 2007, the California Superior Court in San Diego County granted summary judgment on all claims in favor of the former outside director and audit committee chairman of Peregrine Systems represented by our firm.  Plaintiffs had unsuccessfully asserted a number of violations of California securities laws and various California common-law causes of action […]

  On June 23, 2009, Gibbs & Bruns achieved a record $1.7 billion settlement package for Huntsman Corporation in the widely followed trial of Huntsman’s claims against investment banks Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.  Under the terms of the settlement, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank paid Huntsman $632 million cash and provided Huntsman with $1.1 billion […]

On a pro bono basis, we represented Plaintiffs Sierra Club, the Texas Conservation Alliance, and the Forest Conservation Council in a lawsuit challenging a logging project in the Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville, Texas.  Among other claims, Plaintiffs challenged the project on the basis of Defendants’ failures to carry out required surveys of protected, threatened, and endangered wildlife […]

We represented Plaintiff Dmac Construction in an arbitration arising out of Defendant’s failure to make payments in connection with our client’s construction of a $3 million marina in Surfside, Texas.  Our client sought payment of monies owed under the contract and was met with counterclaims from the marina owner totaling over $1 million.  After a week-long arbitration, the […]

The firm represents Class Representatives and a nationwide Class of over 500,000 individuals against Ford Motor Company and Williams Controls, Inc. in a products liability class action alleging defective accelerator pedals were installed in hundreds of thousands of Ford Super Duty pick-up trucks and Ford Excursions. The Class was certified in 2007 by the Oklahoma trial court, and after the certification was […]

In addition to the largest group of plaintiffs, 32 institutions in all, involved in the National Century Financial Enterprises (NCFE) matter, the firm also represents the litigation trust, the Unencumbered Assets Trust (UAT). In a decision issued on March 18, 2009, the Honorable James Graham of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio […]

We were lead trial counsel for 14 institutional investors seeking to recover over $50 million in damages they suffered as a result of what has been described as the largest gold fraud in history, Bre-X.  The firm was retained to file claims for these investors in New Jersey state court after earlier counsel were unable […]

In a sweeping decision issued on December 20, 2007, the Honorable James Graham of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied in virtually every respect motions to dismiss over $1.5 billion in claims filed against Credit Suisse First Boston (“Credit Suisse”) by investors who formerly held AAA rated notes issued […]

We represented Nevada Cogeneration Associates #2 (“JV Client”), a joint venture co-owned by Chevron and Dynegy, in the defense of an arbitration filed by electric utility Nevada Power Company (“Utility”).  In the early 1990s, the JV Client developed and built an electric cogeneration facility to produce electricity for a growing western metropolitan area and entered into a […]