E. Deborah Jay, Ph.D., Principal and Founder

Clients and Cases

Law Firm Clients and Notable Cases

 

Clients

Dr. Jay has served as an expert for over 100 law firms, including:

 
 

Akin Gump
Arnold & Porter
Banner & Witcoff
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass
Cooley
Crowell & Moring
Debevoise & Plimpton
DLA Piper
Fenwick & West
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Greenberg Traurig
Hogan Lovells
Husch Blackwell
K&L Gates
Keker & Van Nest
Kirkland & Ellis
Kilpatrick Townsend
Morgan Lewis
Morrison & Foerster
Munger, Tolles & Olson

O'Melveny & Myers
Paul Hastings
Proskauer Rose
Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, & Sullivan
Sheppard Mullin
Sidley Austin
Venable
Williams & Connolly
Winston & Strawn

 
 
 

Cases

Following are a few examples of high profile cases in which Dr. Jay has provided survey evidence and/or expert testimony:

 
 

2015 - United States District Court, Central District of California. Twentieth Century Fox Television and Fox Broadcasting Co. v. Empire Distribution, Inc. Survey evidence and testimony concerning alleged likelihood of forward confusion. (On behalf of plaintiffs/counterclaim-defendants.)

2012 - Superior Court of California, Alameda County. Sutter Health Wage and Hour Cases and Coordinated Actions. Survey evidence and testimony concerning alleged misclassification of employees and wage and hour violations. (On behalf of defendant.)

2010 - United States District Court, Southern District of California. Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation. Survey evidence and testimony regarding alleged damages in connection with patent infringement. (On behalf of plaintiff.)

2008 - United States District Court, District of Nevada. Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd. v. A.V.E.L.A. Survey evidence and testimony concerning alleged unfair competition. (On behalf of plaintiff.)

2007 - United States District Court, Western District of Washington. City of Seattle v. Professional Basketball Club, LLC. Survey evidence and testimony concerning a lease dispute and claim for specific performance. (On behalf of defendant.)

2003 - United States District Court, Southern District of New York. Jacques Loussier v. Universal Music Group, Inc., Interscope Records, Inc., Interscope Records, LLC, Marshall Mathers, p/k/a Eminem and Andre Young, p/k/a Dr. Dre. Survey evidence and testimony regarding damages in connection with alleged copyright infringement. (On behalf of defendants.)

2000 - United States District Court, Northern District of California. A&M Records, Inc., et al. v. Napster, Inc., et al. Survey evidence and testimony concerning alleged copyright infringement. (On behalf of plaintiffs.)

1998 - United States District Court, Central District of California. Lord Simon Cairns, et al. v. Franklin Mint Company, et al. Survey evidence concerning alleged deceptive advertising and trademark infringement. (On behalf of defendant.)

1997 - United States District Court, Northern District of California. Kendall-Jackson Winery, Ltd. v. E. J. Gallo Winery. Survey evidence and testimony concerning alleged trade dress infringement. (On behalf of defendant.)

1991 - United States District Court, Northern District of California. Intel Corporation v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Survey evidence and testimony concerning alleged trademark infringement. (On behalf of defendant.)

1991 - Civil litigation in connection with the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Survey evidence concerning alleged recreational use losses. (On behalf of defendant.)