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Edward Rippey is a partner who litigates complex commercial cases in numerous fields -- with a focus on patent litigation. He has led matters in fora throughout the country for several Fortune 500 corporations. In addition to patent law, these matters have included such fields as antitrust, consumer, transportation, energy, sports, environmental, copyright, communications, and securities law. Mr. Rippey also is Chair of the firm's E-Discovery Practice Group, and regularly speaks worldwide on this subject. Chambers USA notes that Mr. Rippey is a "savvy and forward-thinking" litigator who "understands not just the technical e-discovery pieces but also the implications for active litigation."
Mr. Rippey leads litigation, trial, e-discovery and patent law initiatives. In addition, he interviews for the legal personnel department and the summer associate program.
Representative Matters
- Procter & Gamble, Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Warner Chilcott, Fougera, LendingTree, and other public companies in separate patent infringement litigations.
- The New York Stock Exchange, The National Football League, Samsung, Chiquita, Solazyme, Freedom Communications, Wyeth, and numerous other entities involving e-discovery advisory work.
- Barrick Gold Corporation and Multimedia Games on a wide range of litigation issues and claims.
- Merck and other companies in temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction proceedings in federal courts.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company in federal litigations (and regulatory matters) concerning claims arising under long-term contracts for transporting coal.
- PPL Corporation and several of its subsidiaries in federal litigation (and regulatory matters) concerning antitrust, energy, and contract law.
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. in federal antitrust litigation relating to the issuance of credit cards.
- Bank One Corporation, Bank One, N.A., and Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. in multidistrict securities litigation involving asset-backed health-care notes.
Previous Experience
- National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1988-1991)
Honors and Rankings
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Litigation: E-Discovery (nationwide) (2013)
- Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Outstanding Achievement Award (2012)
- District of Columbia Circuit, Pro Bono Advocacy Award (2010)
- District of Columbia Prisoners’ Legal Services Project, Pro Bono Service Award (2005)
Pro Bono
- Pearl Beale v. District of Columbia, No. 04-0959 (RMU) (D.D.C. 2004), concerning the conditions of confinement at the District of Columbia Jail.
- United States of America v. Tony Angelo Mason, 233 F.3d 619 (D.C. Cir. 2000), concerning the “innocent possession” defense to firearm claims.
Memberships and Affiliations
- The Sedona Conference: Working Group on electronic document issues (2009-present)
- LexisNexis Litigation Solutions Advisory Board (2006-present)
- IQPC E-Discovery Advisory Board (2008-2011)
- Applied Discovery Advisory Board (2004-2006)
- ABA: Science & Technology Law (2010-present)
- ABA: E-Discovery & Digital Evidence (2010-present)
- U.K. Society for Computers & Law (2011- present)
- DRI E-Discovery Committee (2006-present)
- CPR E-Discovery Committee (2007-present)
- Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (2010-present)
- Harvard College Schools Committee
Publications and Speeches
Mr. Rippey has given scores of speeches and presentations worldwide on e-discovery — and on such related subjects as risk management, cost containment, litigation readiness, privacy, data security, e-contacts and jurisdiction, web 2.0 issues, social media, cloud computing, instant messaging, stipulations, predictive coding, sanctions, and document retention and destruction. These include, as a few examples, presentations at conferences sponsored by Covington as well as by the American Lawyer Media General Counsel, Applied Discovery, the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists, BNA, CPA North America, Deloitte, Encore Discovery Solutions, ESI Bytes, ExecSense, FTI Consulting, Georgetown University Advanced E-Discovery Institute, the Global Intellectual Property Professional Institute, International Association of Privacy Professionals, Inside Counsel, IQPC, the Japanese In House Lawyers Association, Kroll OnTrack, LegalTech, LexisNexis, Lorman Education Services, Martindale-Hubbell, the Masters Conference series, Pike & Fisher, and the U.K. Society for Computers & Law. Mr. Rippey also leads the Covington e-discovery webinar series.
His publications include, for example:
- "All About U.S. Discovery - Essential Points for Japanese Companies," Kokusai Shoji Homu (IBL) (12-article monthly series; April 2013-present), Co-Author
- "Essential Points for Japanese Companies to Prepare for U.S. Litigation: Document Retention Policies & Litigation Holds," Japanese (NBL) New Business Law (4/15/2013), Co-Author
- "Recent Key Developments in Shifting E-Discovery Costs," EDDE Journal (Spring 2013), Co-Author
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