Matthew Saxon

Recent Representative Matters

MDL / Products Liability / Mass Tort

• Currently defending a Fortune 500 global healthcare company in an MDL and related state court actions against design defect and failure to warn claims related to a specialized medical product.
• Defended a pharmaceutical company in a multidistrict litigation which at its height involved over 4,000 failure-to-warn claims stemming from the company’s sale of a blockbuster antipsychotic drug Abilify® in the Northern District of Florida.
• Currently defending pharmaceutical manufacturer in all state and federal product liability litigation relating to opioids including national MDL and related state proceedings.
• Won motion to dismiss for pharmaceutical company in Northern District of Georgia against failure-to-warn and design defect claims relating to weight gain.
• Obtained dismissal for a pharmaceutical company in the Middle District of Louisiana against failure-to-warn and design defect related to a prescription medication indicated for bipolar disorder and treatment-resistant depression.
• Won summary judgment for a pharmaceutical company faced with failure to warn and design defect claims in the Northern District of California, which was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit on appeal.
• Won dismissal for a pharmaceutical company in the Southern District of Georgia against failure to warn and design defect claims where claims were dismissed before the company produced any documents or put any witnesses up for deposition.  
• Won summary judgment for a pharmaceutical company against failure to warn claims in the Eastern District of Louisiana where summary judgment was granted (before any company witnesses were deposed) and affirmed by the Fifth Circuit.
• Won a motion to dismiss for a pharmaceutical company against failure-to-warn claims in the Southern District of West Virginia where court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss before discovery.
• Won a motion to dismiss for a pharmaceutical company against failure-to-warn claims in the Western District of Texas where court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss before discovery, and Fifth Circuit affirmed.
• Represented a track control equipment manufacturer against products liability claims brought by more than 100 individuals allegedly injured in the June 2009 Washington Metrorail accident.

White Collar / Criminal / Investigations

• Negotiated a deferred prosecution agreement for a major logistics shipping company in a FCPA investigation involving allegations of a worldwide bribery and money laundering scheme.
• Defended an individual against money laundering and wire fraud charges based on an alleged “bootlegging” scheme. The indictment was dismissed, and all charges dropped against our client.
• Represented an individual before a Grand Jury in an investigation by a Special Counsel related to possible election interference.
• Represented a bank executive in a criminal trial where the allegations included conspiracy, wire fraud, and mortgage fraud.
• Defended a broker-dealer against Rule 10(b)-5 and Reg SHO claims before a Securities Exchange Commission Administrative Law Judge where the fraud claims were reversed on an appeal to the full Commission.
• Represented a former executive of a major foreign aerospace company in a cross-border FCPA matter where the government declined to indict our client.
• Represented former executive of Hungarian telecom company in FCPA investigation
• Defended a technology company against wire and accounting fraud claims where the both the SEC and DOJ declined to bring charges against the company or any of its employees.
• Represented an individual in an investigation by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency where the government closed the investigation after receiving our “white paper.”

Complex Commercial Litigation

• Won summary judgment for global food manufacturer against US$20M breach of contract claims in federal district court in Maryland.
• Successfully represented high-profile executive/public figure in multimillion-dollar arbitration involving fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract claims and counterclaims.
• Represented two separate investment banks in copyright actions.
• Represented the owner of a Limited Liability Company against breach of fiduciary duty and fraud claims where all claims against our client were dismissed and our client was awarded US$1M in attorneys’ fees.
• Represented a major power company in a commercial dispute centering on a failed merger and the related breakup fee.
• Represented a pharmaceutical company against unfair competition claims related to drug pricing.
• Assisted a large team in the representation of a major pharmaceutical company in a multifaceted patent infringement action with potentially billions of dollars of damages at stake.
• Represented a shipping logistics company against claims of civil RICO, civil conspiracy, conversion, and negligent misrepresentation.