In 54 pages of rulings issued this past Friday, June 21, 2019, Judge Theodore D. Chuang of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland found decisively in favor of Schulman Bhattacharya’s clients—Professor Claudio De Simone and ExeGi Pharma, LLC—upholding our $18 million jury verdict from November 2018 and entering a permanent injunction against the current and former distributors of VSL#3, halting their false advertising of the product.  The rulings conclude over four years of litigation in which... Read More »

In Schulman Bhattacharya’s ongoing battle over the VSL#3 probiotic product, the Firm successfully resolved a contentious dispute between its client, ExeGi Pharma, LLC, and a group of companies in California that were facilitating the processing of online sales transactions for VSL#3.  The e-commerce companies in question are Nexternal Solutions, Inc., True Commerce, Inc., and HighJump Software, Inc.  Last November, the Firm prevailed before a jury in Maryland federal court and then obtained a judgment holding that the VSL#3 product was... Read More »

In a 19-page written decision released today, Judge Engelmayer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sided with the Firm and its client, Benihana of Tokyo, LLC, and denied counter-party Benihana Inc.’s petition to vacate a portion of an arbitral award.  The award resulted from a long-running dispute over operation of a Benihana restaurant in Hawaii.  Schulman Bhattacharya was engaged to represent Benihana of Tokyo after the conclusion of the arbitration, which was handled... Read More »

Among the many news reports covering our recent trial victory for clients Claudio De Simone and ExeGi Pharma, LLC, the National Law Review ran a story on December 21, 2018 taking an in-depth look at the case, which is shaping up to be one of the leading verdicts in BioTech litigation in 2018.  We are proud to stand with Professor Claudio De Simone and ExeGi Pharma in this fight and will continue to work zealously to protect their product, which... Read More »

A federal jury today in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland unanimously ruled in favor of the Firm’s clients, Claudio De Simone and ExeGi Pharma, LLC, awarding them damages totaling $18,014,041.  De Simone, a renowned Italian inventor and university professor, sued his former business partners as part of a bitter international dispute concerning false advertising, ownership of his proprietary high-potency probiotic formulation, and unpaid royalties. Professor De Simone accused his former partners of making a counterfeit... Read More »

Schulman Bhattacharya, LLC successfully settled multiple state and federal lawsuits for its clients, a leading international company focused on development and commercialization of scientific discoveries in the biotech field, and the company’s founder.  The lawsuits concerned misappropriation of proprietary and confidential information and intentional interference with contractual relations by certain former employees and independent contractors. The confidential settlements resulted in Schulman Bhattacharya’s clients securing their proprietary information, allowing the company to continue its mission of helping entrepreneurs commercialize novel, unique,... Read More »

On July 5, 2018, the European Parliament passed a unanimous resolution condemning human rights violations perpetrated against the Firm’s clients Omar Faruk Osman and the National Union of Somali Journalists.  Specifically, the measure states that the Parliament “strongly condemns the grave violations of freedom of association and freedom of expression against Somalia’s free and independent trade unions and in particular, the longstanding repression against the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and the Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU), and insists... Read More »

Schulman Bhattacharya, LLC concluded litigation for its client, famed chef Erik Bruner-Yang, against Mr. Bruner-Yang’s former business partners.  The dispute involved the successful Washington, D.C. restaurant ventures Toki Underground, Brothers and Sisters, Maketto, Honeycomb, and Paper Horse.  The case, commenced in 2016 in District of Columbia Superior Court, was terminated as it was nearing the end of deposition and document discovery.  Mr. Bruner-Yang’s legal team was led by Firm partners Jeremy W. Schulman and Jeffrey S. Gavenman.  Mr. Gavenman noted,... Read More »

Schulman Bhattacharya, LLC is proud to announce the hiring of two new associate attorneys who will be resident in the Firm’s Washington-area headquarters office.  Jonathan A. Barnes comes to the Firm from Carr Maloney, where he was a successful commercial litigator handling construction, employment, professional liability, insurance coverage, and products liability cases.  Prior to that, Mr. Barnes worked for two other leading law firms in the Washington-area, was a prosecutor in Montgomery County, Maryland, and law clerk to Hon. Richard E.... Read More »

Schulman Bhattacharya, LLC has been engaged by the National Union of Somali Journalists and its Secretary General (Omar Farouk Osman), in cooperation with the International Federation of Journalists, to assist in their fight for press freedoms and labor rights in Somalia. The Firm is coordinating legal efforts worldwide to protect NUSOJ and its leadership from a coordinated reputational smear campaign that is being facilitated by certain elements within the United Nations. The Firm is overseeing trademark infringement and defamation actions... Read More »

Schulman Bhattacharya, LLC commenced a lawsuit against a trust controlled by Washington Nationals owner Ted Lerner and the family of real estate developer Sonny Abramson to block the sale of the former White Flint Mall property in Rockville, Maryland. According to the complaint filed by the Firm, the threatened sale represents a material breach of the fiduciary duties of the controlling members of the Maryland Limited Liability Company that owns the White Flint property. After obtaining an emergency court order... Read More »

Schulman Bhattacharya, LLC was engaged by Malik Abdalla, a United States citizen residing in Mogadishu, Somalia, to represent him in response to his unlawful detention by local authorities. Early last month, Mr. Abdalla was removed from his home at gunpoint and held without charges and without any rational basis for charges. The matter arose out of a commercial real estate dispute. Under sustained pressure from Schulman Bhattacharya, Mr. Abdalla has now been released from custody and he has been permitted to return... Read More »

Schulman Bhattacharya, LLC has been engaged by Malik Abdalla, a United States citizen residing in Mogadishu, Somalia, to represent him in response to his unlawful detention by local authorities. This morning, Mr. Abdalla was illegally removed from his home and held without charges and without any rational basis for charges. The matter arises out of a commercial real estate dispute. Jeremy W. Schulman, Managing Member of Schulman Bhattacharya, stated: “We are gravely concerned about the illegal and unwarranted detention of... Read More »

Washington, D.C., January 16, 2018: Under pressure from Schulman Bhattacharya, A2 Hosting, Inc., the Michigan-based company hosting the website for Radio Dalsan in Mogadishu, Somalia, agreed to remove a series of demonstrably false and defamatory articles about the law firm’s client, Omar Faruk Osman. Mr. Osman is a leading member of civil society in Somalia and is an outspoken advocate for the rights of Somali journalists and other workers. Mr. Osman is the Secretary General of the National Union of... Read More »

Schulman Bhattacharya secured a $21.3 million buy-out for its New Jersey-based client after a more than three-year effort to invoke and implement complex buy/sell provisions in the operating agreements for nine leading real estate companies in the Washington, D.C. area.  Jeremy Schulman was lead counsel in the engagement, assisted by Koushik Bhattacharya and Jeffrey Gavenman.  The Schulman Bhattacharya team crafted and prosecuted the strategy to secure a third-party buyer for various properties, present the offer to invoke the stipulated buy-sell... Read More »

The Firm’s client, Wellstat Therapeutics, has been awarded an estimated $70 million against BTG International, Inc. in a pharmaceutical contract dispute in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster issued a Memorandum Opinion, awarding Wellstat $55.8 million in damages plus prejudgment interest estimated to be in excess of $15 million plus attorney’s fees. In the lawsuit, Wellstat sued BTG over the marketing of Vistogard®, a life-saving drug designed to serve as an antidote for over-exposure to certain... Read More »

Schulman Bhattacharya obtained a confidential settlement for our client after six days of trial before Judge Motz in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The case concerned a co-development agreement covering the creation and sale of valuable intellectual property rights for the training program “Negotiating with the Savvy Buyer.” We brought the suit for breach of contract, an accounting, and fraud, seeking unpaid royalties and punitive damages for sales of the program over a more than... Read More »

Schulman Bhattacharya won a $19.5 million settlement for clients in a dispute over the application of a complex buy/sell provision in a real estate company’s operating agreement. The case settled on the fifth day of trial, after our successful cross examination of the opposing side’s key witnesses and as we were nearing completion of putting on our case in chief. The Schulman Bhattacharya team was headed by partners Jeremy Schulman and Koushik Bhattacharya. Mr. Schulman was lead counsel in the... Read More »