Jeff Gutkin

Cooley advised Takara Bio, a global biotechnology and life sciences company headquartered in Shiga, Japan, on its acquisition of Curio Bioscience, a pioneering company in the field of spatial genomics.

Successfully moved to dismiss class action litigations brought against both Facebook and Google alleging violations of privacy.

Successfully defeated class certification in a class action brought against Facebook alleging violations of privacy.

Obtained $1.5 billion settlement for NVIDIA in a breach of contract dispute with Intel. Intel argued that NVIDIA was not licensed to manufacture chipsets that are compatible with Intel's latest microprocessors; NVIDIA countersued, filing a massive counterclaim alleging Intel's lawsuit was an attempt to eliminate NVIDIA as a competitive threat. In January 2011, Intel capitulated, agreeing to pay NVIDIA $1.5 billion over the next five years.

Defeated certification of nationwide classes of indirect and direct purchasers in multidistrict antitrust litigation involving federal and state price-fixing and consumer claims for computer graphics processing units (GPUs) on behalf of NVIDIA.