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Dale Rice is of counsel in the firm’s San Francisco office. She has represented clients in intellectual property, antitrust, financial services and other commercial litigation, including a number of large complex disputes. She has extensive trial experience and she has represented technology, pharmaceutical and financial services companies that include SAP, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Visa U.S.A., Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, Northern Trust, Syntex and Atari Games.
Representative Matters
- In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litigation (MDLC.D. Cal., underlying cases filed in D. Del., C.D. Cal., E.D. Tex., S.D.N.Y., D.N.J., E.D. Pa., S.D. Ohio, S.D. Ind., E.D.N.C., N.D. Ga., D. Nev., W.D. Okla., E.D. Mo.). Represents patent holder Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing in multidistrict patent infringement that includes nineteen separate lawsuits brought against almost 200 individual defendants involving interactive call processing, computer telephony and related services.
- Richtenburg v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (California Superior Court, San Francisco County). Represents Wells Fargo in putative class action challenging fees charged to trust accounts and investments in collective and mutual funds.
- Sun Microsystems, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation (MDL D. Maryland, underlying case filed in N.D. Cal.). Represented Microsoft in an antitrust lawsuit brought by Sun with wide-ranging claims relating to PC and server operating systems, office applications and several other leading Microsoft technologies.
- AMC Technology v. SAP AG (E.D. Pennsylvania). Represented SAP in trade secret and copyright litigation relating to CRM software.
- Fujitsu Ltd. v. Cirrus Logic (California Superior Court, Santa Clara County). Represented Fujitsu in a complex, multi-party contractual dispute relating to defective semiconductor chips sold to Fujitsu.
- United States v. Visa U.S.A. (S.D.N.Y.). Represented Visa U.S.A. in antitrust litigation brought by the United States, tried to Judge Barbara Jones in the Southern District of New York. The government challenged Visa U.S.A.’s practice of allowing members also to issue MasterCard cards and its membership rule prohibiting members from issuing American Express or Discover cards. The Court ruled in Visa’s favor on the first claim and against it on the second.
Pro Bono
- Serves on the Board of Directors for Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, an organization that offers advocacy and legal services to prisoners and their families.
- Represented women prisoners in a class action seeking adequate health care services in California prisons.
- Represented disabled students seeking improved access to special services and better opportunities for mainstreaming their education.
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