Hill" SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------X J-BAR REINFORCEMENT INC., Index No. 650404/2016 (Scarpulla, J.S.C.) Plaintiff, AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT -v- OF DEFENDANTS' SECOND MOTIONS TO DISQUALIFY CREST HILL CAPITAL LLC, PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL Defendant. Mot. Seq. 008 ---------------------------------X J-BAR REINFORCEMENT INC., Index No. 650294/2017 Plaintiff, (Scarpulla, J.S.C.) Mot. Seq. 003 MANTIS FUNDING LLC, Defendant. ______--_--_----...--------------------X JACOB H. NEMON, an attorney duly admitted to practice law before the Courts of the State of New York, affirms the following to be true and correct, under the penalty of perjury: 1. I am an Associate with Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, attorneys for Crest Hill Capital LLC ("Crest (" Hill") and Mantis Funding LLC ("Mantis" and together, the "Companies"), "Companies" the defendants in the above-captioned related matters. 2. I respectfully submit this Affirmation in the Companies' second set of identical motions to disqualify Plaintiff J-Bar Reinforcement, Inc.'s counsel, Raymond Markovich, Esq. (" ("Mr. Markovich") and his purported law firm that uses the "U.S. Law Group" trade name, for violating the applicable regulations and failing to satisfy the requirements to practice law in New York State. 8189391.2 FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 12/22/2017 04:32 PM INDEX NO. 650294/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 36 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/22/2017 1 of 75
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
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J-BAR REINFORCEMENT INC., Index No. 650404/2016
(Scarpulla, J.S.C.)
Plaintiff,
AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT-v- OF DEFENDANTS' SECOND
MOTIONS TO DISQUALIFYCREST HILL CAPITAL LLC, PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL
Defendant. Mot. Seq. 008
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J-BAR REINFORCEMENT INC.,Index No. 650294/2017
Plaintiff,(Scarpulla, J.S.C.)
Mot. Seq. 003
MANTIS FUNDING LLC,
Defendant.
______--_--_----...--------------------X
JACOB H. NEMON, an attorney duly admitted to practice law before the Courts of the
State of New York, affirms the following to be true and correct, under the penalty of perjury:
1. I am an Associate with Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, attorneys for Crest Hill
Capital LLC ("Crest("
Hill") and Mantis Funding LLC ("Mantis"and together, the "Companies"),
"Companies"
the defendants in the above-captioned related matters.
2. I respectfully submit this Affirmation in theCompanies'
second set of identical
motions to disqualify Plaintiff J-Bar Reinforcement, Inc.'s counsel, Raymond Markovich, Esq.
("("Mr. Markovich") and his purported law firm that uses the "U.S. Law Group"
trade name, for
violating the applicable regulations and failing to satisfy the requirements to practice law in
New York State.
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L Relevant Procedural History
3. The Law Offices of David J. Shapiro P.C. filed the Crest Hill Aaction on January
26 2016, and subsequently filed the related action against defendant Crest Hill's corporate
affiliate, Mantis, on January 18, 2017. That firm actively represented Plaintiff in these actions at
least through April 19, 2017. See Mantis Dkt. No. 23. Notably, these actions were commenced
as motions for summary judgment in lieu of complaint, and the summary judgment motions were
fully briefed and argued while that firm represented Plaintiff J-Bar.
4. In May 2017, Mr. Markovich filed Notices of Appearance on behalf of U.S. Law
Group, listing as the address for service his California address at 427 North Canon Drive, Suite
206, Beverly Hills, California 90210. Crest Hill Dkt. No. 66; Mantis Dkt. No. 24; true and
correct copies of the Notices of Appearance are annexed as Exh. A.
5. The Notices of Appearance did not state that Mr. Markovich was substituting as
counsel of record for The Law Offices of David J. Shapiro P.C. See id. In correspondence in
May and June 2017, Mr. Markovich did not dispute that The Law Offices of David J. Shapiro
P.C. remained as co-counsel. In a letter dated May 15, 2017, I wrote to Mr. Markovich as
follows:
I [ ] see that The Law Offices of David J. Shapiro P.C. remains as counsel for J-
Bar Reinforcement, Inc. ("J-Bar") in both the 2017 Action and the 2016 Action. I
am copying Mr. Shapiro on this correspondence. Please confirm that we should
be addressing correspondence to both you and The Law Offices of David J.
Shapiro P.C. as counsel for J-Bar in connection with both actions.
A true and correct copy of my May 15, 2017 letter to Mr. Markovich is annexed Exh. B. On
June 16, 2017, I began a letter to Mr. Markovich with "[w]e acknowledge your appearance as co-
counsel for J-Bar Reinforcement, Inc. [ ] in the above-referencedmatters." A true and correct
copy of my June 16, 2017 letter to Mr. Markovich is annexed as Exh. C.
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6. Mr. Markovich never denied that The Law Offices of David J. Shapiro P.C.
continued acting as his co-counsel, and even copied "David J. Shapiro,Esq."
on his response to
my letter on June 21, 2017. A true and correct copy of Mr. Markovich's June 21, 2017 letter to
me is annexed as Exh. D.
7. This apparent co-counsel relationship continued up to December 14, 2017. On
that date, apparently in response to an argument made by the Companies that Plaintiff J-Bar
would not be prejudiced by Mr. Markovich's disqualification in this action because The Law
Office of David J. Shapiro P.C. remained as counsel of record - Mr. Markovich filed Consents to
Change Counsel removing The Law Office of David J. Shapiro P.C. as counsel of record. Crest
Hill Dkt. No. 118; Mantis Dkt. No. 30; true and correct copies of the Consents to Change
Counsel are annexed as Exh. E. The Court should note that the substitutions of counsel do not
bear the actual signature of The Law Office of David J. Shapiro P.C. and were filed by Mr.
Markovich. See id.
IL U.S. Law Group Does Not Have a Partner or Any Attorney Based in Its
Purported New York Office
8. The attorney profiles on U.S. Law Group's webpage indicates that there are only
three attorneys of the firm that are admitted to practice law in New York. A printout of the
firm's main"Attorneys"
webpage is annexed as Exh. F. The firm's "attorney and founder",
Usman Sheikh, Esq., and Mr. Markovich and John Buckman, Esq., both of whom are listed as
"ofcounsel" - i.e., not partners - of the U.S. Law Group. Id. As set forth below, each maintain
their offices in either California and New Jersey.
9. Mr. Sheikh is a resident of Los Angeles, not New York, as set forth in a
November 19, 2017 interview of Mr. Sheikh in Naluda Magazine, that Mr. Sheikh posted on
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LinkedIn on December 5, 2017, a printout of which is annexed as Exh. G. In that interview, Mr.
Sheikh discusses his work in Hollywood and describes "the impetus for [his] move toLA"
from
New York to "work at a Top 4 talent agency to get a better understanding of showbusiness."
Id.
10. Mr. Markovich is a resident of California who transacts business primarily in
California.1Indeed, Mr. Markovich has exclusively used U.S. Law Group's California address
for service of papers in these actions (see Exh. A) as well as in his signature block on recent
filings, which he has signed in West Hollywood, California. See,e.g., Dkt. Nos. 68 (notice of
motion signed September 28, 2017), 98 (memorandum of law signed November 6, 2017).
11. Mr. Buckman's profile on the U.S. Law Group website claims that he "heads U.S.
Laws aw Group'sulvuP v NewLwvw Yorki via office", yet admits thatwzaa heia practices corporate law, not litigation.iawgawvii. A
printout of Mr. Buckman's profile (available at http://www.uslawgroupinc.com/attorney-john- -'ohn--'ohn-
buckman/), is annexed as Exh. H. However, in addition to not being an actual partner of U.S.
Law Group, it does not appear that Mr. Buckman even sits in U.S. Law Group's "virtual office"
at 30 Wall Street,8*
Floor, New York, New York 10005.
12. First, Mr. Buckman lists his address with the Offices of Court Administration
("OCA") as being in New Jersey, not New York, as follows: "JOHN BURR BUCKMAN IV,
BUCKMAN GROUP - CORPORATE COUNSEL LLC 11 S PASSAIC AVE FL 2,
CHATHAM, NJ07928-2379." A printout from the OCA webpage for Mr. Buckman is annexed
as Exh. I. Furthermore, Mr. Buckman's New York registration status is currently listed as
"Delinquent."Id.
' I believe that Mr. Markovich is a California resident based upon conversations in which Mr. Markovich indicatedthat he lived in Califomia and would need to fly in to New York for Court appearances, as well as Mr. Markovich'suse of U.S. Law Group's California address on his filings.
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..13. Second, Mr. Buckman maintains his'
own law firm's''
webpage, http://buckman-
group.com/,.corn/, which lists his firm address as being in New Jersey, not New York: "Buckman
printout of Mr. Buckman's webpage is annexed as Exh. J.
14. Third, Mr. Buckman's LinkedIn profile indicates that in addition to his own law
firm, he is presently affiliated as an officer, director or general counsel of 10 companies. A
printout from Mr. Buckman's LinkedIn pages (available at .
https://www.linkedin.com/in/buckmanjohn/) is annexed as Exh. K.
HL U.S. Law Group Does Not Maintain a Bona Fide New York Office
15.l 4 U.S.V ~V LawLr4YV Group'sALV4JJ 3 website indicatesLllVlV4LVV thatVl41 itll maintains offices inLjj California&4lllVI lll4 at 427TC I
North Canon Drive, Suite 206, Beverly Hills, California 90210, and claims that it maintains a
"New YorkOffice"
at 30 Wall Street,8*
Floor, New York, New York 10005. A printout of the
firm's homepage is annexed as Exh. L. However, it is apparent that U.S. Law Group and Mr.
Markovich do not maintain a bona fide New York law office, but instead have, at most, only a
"virtualoffice."office."office."
16. A Google search reveals that numerous companies maintain webpages advertising
the availability of virtualoffice"
space at 30 Wall Street,8*8 Floor. These are not permanent
office spaces. For example, a webpage called Liquid Space describes the space as follows:
We are a Virtual Office Business Center that has been serving start-ups and
emerging companies, small and home based businesses and self-employed
professionals since 1986. We provide world-class business support services, at a
prestigious location where you can rent a conference room for an hour, half day or
a full day.
A printout of the Liquid Space listing (available at https://liquidspace.com/us/ny/new-york/your-
wall-street-office) is annexed as Exh. M.
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17. Another advertisement from "Opus Virtual Offices"describes the space offered at
30 Wall Street,80'
Floor, as "a virtual office in one of New York most prestigious business
addresses for a fraction of thecost"
for the purpose of making it "easy to open a business in New
York or in more cities or statessimultaneously,"
and to "project a corporate-like business
presence on a localbudget."
18. A printout of the Opus Virtual Offices listing (available at
https://www.opusvirtualoffices.com/virtual-office/new-york/new-york/location-972) is annexed
as Exh. N. Additionally, Offices.net writes about 30 Wall Street,89'
Floor, that:
This center provides your company with a prestigious Wall Street address, all
within a modern, beautifully appointed corporate setting including a fullyattended reception area. Virtual offices are also available starting from $75 per
month.
A printout of the Offices.net listing (available at https://offices.net/ny/new-york-city/36867/) is
annexed as Exh. O.
19. Notably, on at least one occasion during this litigation, mail sent to the New York
virtual office of U.S. Law Group was not received by Mr. Markovich. On September 1, 2017,
Mr. Markovich accused the Companies of not serving any timely discovery responses, even
though the Companies mailed discovery responses to Mr. Markovich at the 30 Wall Street,80'
Floor address. A true and correct copy of the September 1, 2017 email correspondence is
annexed as Exh. P.
20. Only after making the baseless accusation and receiving a proper rebuttal from the
Companies'counsel, did Mr. Markovich write back that "I just checked with our NY office and
they confirmed that they had received a package from you on August 29th but unfortunately, did
not notify me orforward."
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IV. Site Visit to 30 Wall Street
21. On December 21, 2017, at about 1:15 PM, I went to 30 Wall Street to observe the
premises of the alleged New York office of U.S. Law Group to see if it is an actual office space
used by the attorneys.
22. However, the security guard at 30 Wall Street refused to grant me access to the8th
floor, stating that, without a prior scheduled appointment and his name being provided by a
tenant to security, no one would be permitted to go up to those offices. Notably, I did not
identify myself as a lawyer, stated that I needed access for legal business and was dressed
casually, and could have been mistaken for a process server.
23. Additionally, the guard told me that he had never heard of "U.S. Law Group"and
that tenants on the8th
floor of the building "sprout up likeflies."
Thus, it is clear that no one can
serve papers on Mr. Markovich at the 30 Wall Street address.
V. Conclusion
WHEREFORE, for all the foregoing reasons and as set forth in the accompanying
memorandum of law, the Court should disqualify Mr. Markovich and U.S. Law Group from
representing Plaintiff, as well as grant Crest Hill all such other and further relief as is just and
equitable.
Dated: New York, New York
December 14, 2017
JACOB H. NEMON
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EXHIBIT LIST
A. Notices of Appearance in Two Actions, May 2017
B. Nemon Letter to Markovich, May 15, 2017
C. Nemon Letter to Markovich, June 16, 2017
D. Markovich Letter to Nemon, June 21, 2017
E. Consents to Change Attorneys in Two Actions, December 14, 2017
F. U.S. Law Group"Attorneys"
Page
G. Naluda Magazine Interview of Usman Sheikh, dated November 19, 2017
H. U.S. Law Group Profile for John Buckman
I. Office Court Administration Listing for John Buckman
J. Buckman Group Homepage
K. LinkedIn Page of John Buckman
L. U.S. Law Group Homepage
M. Liquid Space Listing for 30 Wall Street,8th
FlOOr
N. Opus Virtual Offices Listing for 30 Wall Street,8th
Floor
O. Offices.net Listing for 30 Wall Street,8d'
Floor
P. Markovich Email to Nemon, dated September 1, 2017
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NEW YORK
J-BAR REINFORCEMENT INC., Index No. 650404/2016
Hon. Saliann Scarpulla
Plaintiff,
-against NOTICE OF APPEARANCE
CREST HILL CAPITAL LLC and
MANTIS FUNDING LLC,
Defendants.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, U.S. Law Group hereby appears as Attorneys of
Record on behalf of Plaintiff J-Bar Reinforcement Inc. ("Plaintiff")(" in the above-captioned action
and demands that a copy of all papers in this action be served upon the undersigned at the office
Re: J-Bar Reinforcement, inc. v. Crest Hill Capital LLC, Index No. 650404/2016
J-Bar Reinforcement, Inc. v. Mantis Funding LLC, Index No. 650294/2017
Dear Mr. Markovich:
(" Hill"Hill"The firm represents Defendant Crest Hill Capital LLC ("Crest("
Hill") in the above-
referenced 2016 action, and Defendant Mantis Funding LLC ("Mantis";("("
together with Crest Hill,the "Defendants")
"Defendants""Defendants"in the above-referenced 2017 Action.
I see that you have filed a Notice of Appearance in the 2016 Action but not the 2017
Action, and I also see that The Law Offices of David J. Shapiro P.C. remains as counsel for J-
Bar Reinforcement, Inc. ("J-Bar") in both the 2017 Action and the 2016 Action. I am copyingMr. Shapiro on this correspondence. Please confirm that we should be addressingcorrespondence to both you and The Law Offices of David J. Shapiro P.C. as counsel for J-Bar
in connection with both actions.
It has come to our attention that both you and Ray Bouderau, the principal of J-Bar, have
attempted to communicate directly with Mr. Ed Lovette regarding this matter. As you are well
aware, Mr. Lovette was an officer and member of both Crest Hill and Mantis, and possesses
confidential and attorney-client privileged information about the companies and their financial
dealings (including those dealings with J-Bar and the ongoing litigations), which confidences
and privilege belong to the companies, cannot be waived or disclosed by Mr. Lovette, and which
you are not entitled to discover - either informally or formally. See Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc. v
Intuit Inc., 8 N.Y.3d 506 (2007). Moreover, given the fact that Mr. Lovette left the companies
prior to April 8, 2016, any information that he might have would be both outdated and irrelevant
to the limited issues on which the Court has required disclosures.
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pay"
Mr. Raymond J. Markovich, Esq./J-Bar
May 16, 2017
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At the April 19, 2017 hearing, the Court made it clear that limited disclosure was
required on two issues "the truth or the falsity of thatassertion" that the Senior Debt owed to
Dominion has not been paid (see Tr. p. 14; see also Tr. p. 17), and the "total number . . . to show
that [the Companies] are liquid [and] could afford topay"
a million dollar judgment. Thus, any
discovery of Mr. Lovette would not be reasonably calculated to the discovery of admissible
evidence. Accordingly, any further attempts to conduct informal or formal discovery of Mr.
Lovette would be nothing more than a transparent attempt to engage in the type of fishingexpeditions designed to harass the companies and their business partners that the Court found
objectionable (see Tr. at 13 and 18).
I trust that Eric Askenase, Esq., has informed both you and your co-counsel of the stern
comments that the Court made off the record regarding the impropriety of J-Bar's October 28,2016 letter and its empty accusations of collusion, and the warnings that it gave him regarding J-
Bar's future conduct.
Sincerely,
/s/ Jacob H. Nemon
Jacob H. Nemon
Cc: Jeffrey S. Boxer, Esq.
David J. Shapiro, Esq.
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CARTERLEDYARD&MILBURN LLP
Counselors at Law
2 Wall StreetJacob H. Nemon New York, NY 10005-2072
Re: J-Bar Reinforcement, Inc. v. Crest Hill Capital LLC, Index No. 650404/2016
J-Bar Reinforcement, Inc. v. Mantis Funding LLC, Index No. 650294/2017
Counsel:
We acknowledge your appearance as co-counsel for J-Bar Reinforcement, Inc. ("J-Bar")in the above-referenced matters and respond to your request for a meet and confer concerning the
issue of supplemental briefing regarding the subsequent filing of a UCC-1 financing statement
by Mr. Edward Lovette's company.
At the outset, we note that it is Crest Hill Capital LLC's ("Crest("Hill") and Mantis
Funding LLC's ("Mantis")(" Mantis" position that such filings - which occurred after Mr. Lovette left
Crest Hill and Mantis and relinquished any ownership interests in those companies - had
absolutely no impact upon the J-Bar Subordination Agreement. Please feel free to advise us how
you believe that such subsequent filing is at all relevant or material to the J-Bar debt, or impacts
upon the fact that J-Bar cannot collect one cent until the Existing Lenders referenced in the
Subordination Agreement are paid off. I trust that you have had a chance to get yourself up to
speed on the case and have read the transcripts of the oral arguments at which the Court made
this point crystal clear and warned J-Bar not to bring any unsubstantiated allegations of collusion
to the Court.
In the unlikely event that you can come up with some non-frivolous theory regarding the
materiality of the UCC-1 filing on the issue of J-Bar's subordination, please explain to us how
and why it is that J-Bar failed to present this information in earlier briefing of the various
motions. We remind you that these proceedings are CPLR § 3215 motions for summaryjudgment in lieu of complaint, and there is no procedural justification for J-Bar, the plaintiff, to
submit extrinsic documents that are not a part of the Note or Subordination Agreement as part of
the briefing of those motions, or to "seek leave to amend [J-Bar's]complaint."
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RAYMOND J. MARKOVICH, Esq.
JUNE 16, 2017
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Last, perhaps your co-counsel did not fully brief you on the stern words that the Court
had during a side bar after the last oral argument for the conduct of J-Bar's principal and its co-
counsel in how they had exacerbated the dispute. The Court specifically stated that it was goingto reserve decision on the pending motions and expected that J-Bar would make a reasonable
settlement demand, that Crest Hill and Mantis would respond, and then the Court would hold a
settlement conference, if necessary. We await your reasonable settlement proposal and will
respond in due course.
Sin er y,
Jac b H. Nemon
Cc: Jeffrey S. Boxer, Esq.
David J. Shapiro, Esq.
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2 Wall Street
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Re: SETTLEMENT OFFERJ-Bar Reinforcement, Inc. v. Crest Hill Capital LLC, Index No. 650404/2016
J-Bar Reinforcement, Inc. v. Mantis Funding LLC, Index No. 650294/2017
Mr. Nemon:
I was traveling for a funeral and thus my delay in responding to your June 16, 2017
response ("Response")(" Response"
to our June 12, 2017 "meet andconfer"
letter. Our privileged settlement
offer is being sent concurrently in a separate letter.
I've read the transcript of the April 19, 2017 proceedings and your finn makes a
representation to the Court that J-Bar is "[i]n a secondposition"
behind Crest Hill and Mantis.
[Dkt. 23, p. 4:22-5:5]. But since you and your clients obviously knew about Mr. Lovette's June
3, 2016 UCC-1 filing, J-Bar might arguably now not be in second position because of this related
party filing.
As for whether Mr. Lovette would still be deemed a related party, that would require
discovery and your representations are inadequate especially in light of the foregoing. Looking at
this objectively, Mr. Lovette signed the subordination agreement but then went and filed a
security interest that arguably, absent my client prevailing on claims of fraud, conversion and/or
collusion against your clients and Mr. Lovette, put Mr. Lovette's company in a position senior to
J-Bar. This smells bad. I believe that this Court will see things as I do and you have a real
problem with your "secondposition"
representation.
As for why Mr. Lovette's June 3, 2016 UCC-1 filing was not presented earlier, I think
that you need to ask yourselves the question why you did not inform the Court? As for J-Bar, Mr.
Lovette's June 3, 2016 UCC-1 filing was done several months after Mr. David Shapiro initiated
this Action on behalf of J-Bar on January 26, 2016. Are you implying that Mr. Shapiro and J-Bar
should have assumed that your clients and Mr. Lovette would try to steal from J-Bar after the
Action was initiated?
As concerns extrinsic documents, while the summary judgment motion is still pending,the Court appears to have either ruled from the bench, or at least indicated what the decision
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would be concerning the scope of discovery that would be allowed. [Dkt. 23, p. 16:6-20:23]. Mr.
Lovette's June 3, 2016 UCC-1 filing is extremely relevant to the scope of discovery that should
be allowed and this Court specifically asked if there was any evidence of collusion. [Dkt. 23, p.
15:19-16:4]. I see no procedural bar to supplemental briefing or this extrinsic evidence but 1
would be interested in any authority that you can present to support your assertion?
As for leave to amend, CPLR § 3215 is inapplicable. However, under CPLR § 3213, if
the summary judgment motion is denied, the moving papers become the equivalent of a
complaint and J-Bar can seek leave to amend. Fine v Di Stanti, 79 AD2d 673 [2d Dept 1980].
Obviously, J-Bar would also seek to join Mr. Lovette and his company.
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corporate side, we have to protect our startupclients' IP from inti·ingement, whether in
the form oftrademarks/tradedress/trade secrets, copyright of source code, or patents.
For our tech startup clients, we handle software licensing like SaaS deals and founders'
technology assignments, all of which have a heavy IP component. We currently have a
very high profile case in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals which involves complex IP
issues.
What has inspired you to be a part of charitable projects? Is there a
certain cause thatreally stands out to you?
Regardless of how busy I am running U.S. Law Group, 1 always try to make time to
give back to those less fortunate than me. I think it has to do with my upbringing, myparents' commitment to charitable causes, and having seen deep poverty in other parts
ofthe world. Pve been raising money for and donating time to nonprofits since I was a
teen. Most recently, in August, U.S. Law Group sponsored an event for Give a 2nd
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