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Represented a New
Mexico municipality that brought suit against
a major vendor of computer software programs
claiming that the software implementation had
failed because of misrepresentations made during
the sale of the product. The case was settled
favorably to the client. |
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A natural gas processing client
was sued by a major oil producer claiming that
improper processing charges involving several
millions of dollars had been assessed against
the producer. After a trial to the court, a defense
verdict was rendered in favor of our client.
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Currently involved in the defense
of several life insurance companies that have
been sued for failing to adequately disclose
to policyholders the dollar differences between
paying premiums on an annual basis and more frequently.
Plaintiffs have sought to have all cases certified
as nationwide class actions. Some of the cases
have been settled after a class was certified.
Other cases are pending. |
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We represent the developers
of a business park in northeast Las Cruces. A
party that purchased some of the land in the
park challenged the park's zoning and development
restrictions in municipal agency and later court
proceedings. The purchaser subsequently sued
the developers for tortious interference with
contract. The firm successfully defended the
park's development scheme against all of the
challenges, and obtained a dismissal of the contract
interference claim. Most recently, we successfully
prosecuted an action to enforce our clients'
right to repurchase the land in question based
upon the purchaser's failure to comply with a
covenant requiring it to begin construction of
buildings on the land within two years of purchase. |
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We represent a landowner who
has been developing a ranch located on the edge
of Placitas, a bedroom community outside of Albuquerque,
into a luxury residential subdivision. We have
successfully defended the developer against a
number of NIMBY ("not in my backyard")
challenges by local opponents, including challenges
to the developer's title and access rights. |
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We defended a local electrical
subcontractor in litigation that arose out of
its termination of one of the closely held corporation's
owner-managers. The case involved wrongful termination
and shareholder oppression claims. We successfully
enforced the party's contractual agreement to
arbitrate the claims, and subsequently negotiated
a settlement favorable to the client. |
