Daniel B. Goldman

Representing a class of consumer packaged goods companies including Procter & Gamble, Heinz and Dial Corp., Dan obtained, after opening statements, a $250 million settlement in an antitrust case against News Corp. alleging that News monopolized the third-party in-store promotions market. In approving the settlement, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York lauded Dan as being among the “finest antitrust lawyers in the nation,” saying that the settlement “represents an outstanding result.” The American Antitrust Institute recognized this settlement as an “outstanding litigation achievement in private law practice.”

Dan, after a weeklong bench trial, defeated an attempt by DuPont Co. to enforce – in New York – a $920 million judgment against his client, Korean chemical manufacturer Kolon Industries (a judgment that was subsequently reversed by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals). After a jury trial lasting a week and a half, he secured a multimillion-dollar verdict for his client TydenBrooks against defendant Cambridge Security Seals for misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition and unjust enrichment relating to the theft of a proprietary manufacturing process. Dan obtained a dismissal with prejudice of a trade secret case brought against client KPMG relating to an engagement with Manitoba Hydro, a Canadian power company, which dismissal was later affirmed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He also tried one of the largest employee raiding cases in New York, representing numerous investment professionals who left U.S. Trust Co. to form a competitive investment firm, NewBridge Partners, settling the case favorably during trial. Among his other matters, Dan is currently representing EIG Global Energy Partners in a $221 million fraud case in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Petrobras, the Brazilian state-owned oil company, and in a related case against Keppel Offshore & Marine in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for aiding and abetting fraud. He is also representing The Procter & Gamble Company in an antitrust lawsuit against Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX and Norfolk Southern railways alleging a price fixing conspiracy in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.

In the commercial arbitration arena, Dan represented Hoechst Celanese in a yearlong, billion-dollar arbitration against Shell Chemical Co. to allocate between the companies the proceeds of a national class action settlement. He represented a Big 4 accounting firm in arbitration relating to fee splits on capital leases of Dutch assets.

Dan also has significant experience in bankruptcy related litigation. He is leading the investigation of pre-petition transactions on behalf of the unsecured creditors committee of Toys “R” Us. He was involved in the Adelphia, BearingPoint, Hostess and SLM bankruptcies.