Glen E. Summers

In re Genetically Modified Rice Litigation (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri)
Member of national trial team for Bayer in multi-district litigation relating to the unintended low level presence of genetically engineered rice in commercial rice shipments.  Class and individual actions pending in six states.  Second-chaired the most recent federal trial in January-February 2010.

Edward Keely v. Janus Management Holdings Corp. (District Court, Denver, Colorado)
Lead trial counsel for former Janus portfolio manager in action for fraud, breach of employment contract and related claims against mutual fund company.  Won $4.8 million jury verdict, which was later increased to over $7 million due to statutory enhancements, interest and attorneys fees.  The jury specifically found that Janus commited fraud, and that finding is believed to have precipitated the ouster of Janus’s CEO and has led to the assertion of related claims against Janus by other former employees for tens of millions of dollars.

Applied Medical Resources Corp. v. United States Surgical Corp. (“Applied III”)  (U.S. District Court, Central District of California)
Lead trial counsel for defendant United States Surgical Corporation, a subsidiary of Covidien, in patent infringement suit.  Applied Medical alleged that U.S. Surgical infringed a medical device patent and sought up to $300 million in damages and an injunction.  Won non-infringement jury verdict after five-week trial.  Prior to Bartlit Beck’s representation, U.S. Surgical had twice previously been found to willfully infringe the same patent.  The judgment was subsequently affirmed on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

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Applied Medical Resources Corp. v. United States Surgical Corp. (“Applied II”)  (U.S. District Court, Central District of California)
Lead trial counsel for defendant United States Surgical Corporation, a subsidiary of Covidien, in connection with a trial on damages and willfulness after patent infringement had already been established prior to Bartlit Beck’s involvement.

C&W Fabricators, Inc. v. Meriwether Capital Corp.  (AAA arbitration, New York)
Lead trial counsel for buyers of company that manufactures intake and exhaust systems for gas turbine power plants in arbitration against the sellers for indemnification for warranty obligations.  Case won after one-week arbitration.

Gore v. Bush  (Circuit Court, Leon County, Florida)
Member of President George W. Bush’s Florida election recount trial team.  Represented President Bush in election contest filed by former Vice President Al Gore contesting the results of the 2000 Presidential election in Florida, and in separate case seeking recognition of disqualified overseas military ballots.

Nystrom v. Nieslanik  (District Court, Garfield County, Colorado)
Lead trial counsel for defendant Carbondale Corporation in action by real estate developers seeking establishment of public right-of-way across client’s ranch near Aspen, Colorado.  Complete defense verdict won after 7-day bench trial. 

Representative Intellectual Property Litigation

Tandberg Data Corp. v. Hewlett-Packard Company  (U.S. District Court, Colorado)
Represented defendant and counterclaim plaintiff HP in patent infringement action relating to data storage technology.  Action settled prior to trial.

Micron Technology, Inc.  v. Rambus, Inc.  (U.S. District Court, Delaware)
Represented plaintiff Micron Technology in action seeking a declaratory judgment that Rambus patents relating to Dynamic Random Access Memory ("DRAM") chips are invalid, unenforceable and not infringed.  Case also involves antitrust and fraud claims relating to Rambus misconduct in connection with industry standard-setting activities.

Siemens, AG v. LG Semicon Co.  (U.S. District Court, Delaware)
Represented Siemens in patent infringement litigation relating to semiconductor circuitry and manufacturing processes.

Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. v. Infineon Technologies A.G.  (U.S. District Court, Northern District of California)
Represented defendant Infineon Technologies in patent infringement litigation relating to semiconductor circuitry and manufacturing processes.

Representative Commercial Litigation

Charter Communications, Inc. v. Irell & Manella, LLP  (U.S. District Court, Central District of California)
Represented plaintiff Charter Communications in $150 million legal malpractice action against well-known national law firm arising out of negligent documentation of substantial corporate acquisition.  A confidential settlement was reached in February 2009.

IDT Corporation. v. Telefonica, S.A.  (U.S. District Court, New Jersey)
Represented plaintiff IDT in securities fraud action relating to the termination of a joint venture between IDT and Terra Networks and Terra Network’s acquisition of internet portal Lycos.  Action resulted in highly favorable settlement for IDT. 

Comment, Private Property Without Lochner: Toward a Takings Jurisprudence Uncorrupted by Substantive Due Process, 142 U. Pa. L. Rev. 837 (1993)