Judge Cahill has extensive experience resolving complex business and commercial disputes as a mediator and as an arbitrator at JAMS. As a judge in San Francisco Superior Court, Judge Cahill presided over and settlement many business commercial cases. While in private practice, he specialized in complex litigation and construction law representing architects, engineers, owners and contractors, both in litigation and as outside corporate counsel. Recent business commercial disputes resolved by Judge Cahill in California as well as in New York include the following representative matters.
Representative Matters
- Arbitrated a multi-million dollar contract dispute between real estate developers
- Mediated a case involving alleged misrepresentation by an internet company on its website to its customers
- Mediated a dispute over alleged theft of trade secrets regarding prescription drugs
- Mediated dispute between Bankruptcy Trustee and National Bank over a contract dispute on fees and obligations
- Mediated dispute between energy supplier and city about utility fees
- Mediated dispute between national corporations on an issue of breach of fiduciary duty
- Mediated dispute between two corporations concerning false advertising which allegedly misrepresented a competitor’s product
- Mediated dispute over cable company’s right to operate in certain geographical areas
- Mediated dispute over design of windmills erected in the United States and Canada
- Mediated dispute over responsibility for causes and damages resulting from a fire that destroyed a warehouse and adjacent buildings
- Mediated real estate dispute over lease terms in a commercial building
- Special Master in a federal dispute involving venture capitalists’ liability
- Arbitrated contract dispute related to purchase and sale of steam, water, and hydrogen manufacturing facility and the provision of services between adjacent facilities
- Mediated commercial dispute between two global companies over the scope of an audit clause in a supply agreement that permits either party to ensure that the other is complying with contractual obligations
- Mediated business dispute related to investment structure of bridge note purchased from a Chinese company through a global trading firm
