Representative Matters

The following range of case types was handled by Judge Lucas as a jurist, unless otherwise noted: 

Business Commercial
• • Arbitrator in dispute over corporate ownership and breach of contract
  • Mediator in partnership dissolution dispute involving fraud claims
  • Mediator in  dispute between co-founders over ownership agreement and claims of trade secret misappropriation.
  • Contract disputes between corporations involving claims of breach of technology licensing agreements and financial mismanagement
  • Claims arising out of sales of businesses
  • Disputes regarding alleged violations of noncompete agreements and duty of loyalty
  • Disputes between partners concerning management and possible dissolution of various business enterprises
  • Shareholder disputes challenging decisions by the board of directors
  • Class actions for alleged misrepresentations and omissions in the registration and prospectus issued in connection with initial and subsequent funding
  • Multiparty bench trial, conducted pursuant to stipulated jury waiver, of complex dispute concerning pension rights
  • Shareholder derivative actions arising from allegations that officers and directors breached fiduciary duties and committed other misconduct
  • Claims challenging corporate mergers, acquisitions and dissolutions
  • Fraud claims by insurance companies against medical clinics
Employment Law
• • Arbitrator in wrongful termination action by corporate general counsel
  • Arbitrator in medical condition discrimination case case involving claims of failure to accommodate, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
  • Arbitrator in national origin discrimination case.
  • Mediator in wrongful termination disputes involving claims of discrimination, harassment, unfair business practices, and whistleblower retaliation.
  • Mediator in a wage-and-hour class action involving claims for unpaid wages, missed meal periods, rest breaks, and PAGA penalties.
  • Mediator in dispute involving allegations of sexual assault, retalitation, and unpaid wages.
  • Numerous cases involving alleged wrongful termination, including claims by executives and founders
  • Numerous cases involving claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, based on age, gender, race and sexual orientation
  • Class actions challenging wage statement violations, meal and rest break policies and practices, failure to pay overtime and other alleged wage and hour violations
  • Class actions and Private Attorneys General Act cases arising out of alleged misclassification of temporary service employees, illegal time-rounding, off-the-clock travel to work sites and other violations of California Labor Code
  • Wrongful termination and retaliation class actions by employees as whistleblowers challenging allegedly illegal company practices
Intellectual Property, Technology and Competition
• • Arbitrator in digital privacy disputes alleging sharing of electronic communications and use of cookies to track user activity
  • Mediator in a breach of contract/business ownership dispute alleging misappropriation of trade secrets
  • Numerous cases alleging trade secret misappropriation of technology and related unfair competition claims
  • Employer suits against competitor and former employees for alleged trade secrets theft, breach of duty of loyalty and unfair competition
  • Numerous cases involving breach of development and licensing agreements
  • Cases alleging violations of the California Unfair Practices Act and Cartwright Act
  • Various class actions alleging false advertising and unfair competition against pharmaceutical and technology companies
  • Consumer class actions involving claims of breach of privacy
International & Cross Border
• • Claims of theft of confidential information by foreign government-sponsored corporation
  • Class actions alleging that corporations transferred data to foreign government without consumer consent
  • Represented European technology company in U.S. federal court dispute involving contract, intellectual property, and competition claims