Julianne Laporte’s practice focuses on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation in state and federal courts. Julianne has experience in all phases of litigation including fact and expert discovery, claim construction, motion practice and trial. She also has experience with Federal Circuit appeals.
Julianne has been recognized by Best Lawyers on its Ones to Watch list.
Julianne is admitted only in New York.
Work Highlights
- Fintiv in defeating Apple’s motion to transfer venue of Fintiv, Inc. v. Apple Inc. from the Western District of Texas to the Northern District of California, as well as obtaining a discretionary denial Apple’s inter partes review petition before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in a decision that was made precedential. The complaint in the action alleges that Apple Wallet and the Apple Watch infringe Fintiv’s patent relating to the management of virtual cards stored on mobile devices.
- Companies including Marc Fisher Footwear and Triumph Hotels in insurance coverage litigation relating to business disruptions due to Covid, cyberattacks and other issues.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals, and its US subsidiary Actavis, in defense of antitrust actions commenced by the State Attorneys General for 48 states, 28 civil antitrust class actions and multiple direct actions.
- U.S. Bank, as trustee of 13 residential mortgage-backed securitization trusts, in actions seeking more than $6 billion for breaches of representations and warranties made by the sellers and loan originators with respect to the mortgage loans pooled in these securitizations. Defendants include affiliates of Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and UBS.