Scott has extensive litigation, arbitration and counseling experience involving a wide range of complex commercial contract disputes and business torts, including matters arising from trade secret appropriation, breach of restrictive covenants, contract disputes, manufacturing and distribution issues, fraud and insurance disputes.
As a result, Scott currently serves as lead litigation and consulting counsel for a broad range of clients, including financial services companies; commercial and consumer product manufacturers; consulting firms; pharmaceutical, surgical and medical companies; processing companies; commercial real estate firms; commercial product distributors; health care organizations; media firms; commercial transportation companies; food and beverage companies; insurance companies and technology organizations. His clients range from small business owners and startups to Fortune 100 companies.
As a member and Chair of the Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants and Unfair Competition Group, Scott has worked with numerous companies, associations, individuals and organizations on the protection of trade secrets and enforcement of restrictive covenants. In doing so and using his Six Sigma Green Belt accreditation, Scott has worked with clients to develop, implement and monitor “best practices” for the protection of trade secrets and confidential information. When necessary, he has successfully obtained (and defeated), in courtrooms and before Arbitration Panels throughout the country, temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions for clients in the technology, securities, financial services, pharmaceuticals, cannabis, insurance, transportation, medical and surgical sales, electronics, health care, media talent, data processing, business consulting, food and beverage manufacture and distribution, and consumer products space. He has also successfully taken numerous restrictive covenant and trade secret cases to verdict, and argued restrictive covenant and trade secret matters before state and Federal Appellate courts. Scott also regularly speaks on these topics through client presentations, industry seminars and national presentations, and he regularly counsels companies about the potential impact of the National Defend Trade Secrets Act and other state law changes to restrictive covenant laws.
Scott’s practice also focuses on commercial and business-related litigation involving complex commercial contract disputes and other business torts. In this capacity, Scott has litigated commercial litigation disputes in courtrooms and Appellate courts across the country. More recently, Scott has developed expertise in the area of litigation finance. In doing so, Scott has worked with clients to obtain litigation financing, worked with funders on evaluating potential cases to fund, and spoken at various trade organizations about the impact litigation finance has (and will continue to have) on the legal market.
Representative Experience
- Successfully defeated competitor’s attempt to obtain temporary restraining order and then permanent injunction against Chief Executive Officer and third-party logistics company.
- Conducted trade secret audit and worked with private equity firm on identifying potential trade secrets of cannabis grower in order to assess investment valuation and opportunity.
- Successfully prosecuted financial clearing firm before the National Futures Association.*
- Successfully argued trade secret and restrictive covenant matter before United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit on behalf of Fortune 50 client.
- Handled breach of consignment and supply agreements on behalf of an industrial manufacturing client.*
- Handled quality and distribution dispute between parts assembly manufacturer and supplier.*
- Defeated litigation brought by former business owner who alleged that insurance client improperly blocked and interfered with sale of business to third party.*
- Successfully prosecuted consumer product supplier’s breach of a manufacturing agreement before the American Arbitration Association.*
- Successfully tried and defeated FINRA arbitration claim involving wrongful termination allegations brought by former registered representative.*
- Obtained nine figure summary judgment ruling against real estate developer and company for breach of promissory note and contract.*
