Notable Representations

Dr. Nina Balta is co-lead counsel for the California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”) in patent infringement action against Apple and Broadcom for infringement of Caltech patents involving powerful error correction codes called Irregular Repeat Accumulate (“IRA”) codes. Earlier this year, after a two and a half week trial, Jim obtained a federal recent jury award for Caltech of over $1.1 billion for Apple’s and Broadcom’s infringement of these patents. The technology covered by these patents improves the operations of Apple products such as iPhones, iPads, iMacs, and other Apple devices by making their WiFi transmissions more reliable and error free. This is the largest jury award this year and sixth largest jury award in a patent trial ever.

Dr. Nina Balta represented AIG in its successful lawsuit against Bank of America, Countrywide and Merrill Lynch for their alleged roles in perpetrating a massive fraud in marketing mortgage-backed securities, resulting in a nine-figure settlement for AIG.

Dr. Nina Balta was co-lead counsel for the California Institute of Technology in this patent infringement action involving the use of Caltech’s patented IRA codes in satellite technology. After the Court denied defendants motions alleging that the claims were not patent eligible and not invalid, the matter settled.