(Expert) David A. Gauntlett was retained by the plaintiff who was seeking to enforce a settlement made by a medical group arising out of a member physician's alleged legal malpractice.

(Expert) Coverage analysis of prior and pending litigation exclusion under Director's & Officers/Trustees Liability Insurance policy for claims asserted in class action lawsuits against HMO insured.

(Expert) A jury awarded $1,866,435.58 as compensatory and punitive damages in a suit against the insured's brokers for their erroneous conclusion that there could be no potential coverage for trade secret misappropriation claims asserted against it under Nunn's "advertising injury" coverage. 

Plaintiff in an IP matter against a larger competitor, which sued under a counterclaim, thus triggering coverage. Given that proof that the counterclaim was not viable involved the same legal work necessary to win its suit as plaintiff for violation of IP rights, the competitor, by pursuing the counterclaim, funded the litigation against it. Indeed, when a dispute arose over the rate of reimbursement, which was resolved in arbitration under California law, the insurer's unwillingness to pay the full rate was found to be improper.