Randall Baron and Maxwell Huffman, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd

Tell us about your biggest trial win from January 2017 to July 2018 and how you achieved the result for your client.

We served as lead trial counsel for plaintiffs in In re PLX Technology. This stockholder class action brought claims in connection with the sale of PLX to Avago Technologies following an activist campaign by Potomac Capital. Prior to trial, plaintiffs reached a partial settlement of $14.125 million with PLX's directors and the company's financial adviser. The case went to trial against Potomac Capital in the Delaware Court of Chancery in April 2018, marking the first time that a claim against an activist investor over a disputed public company merger ever proceeded to trial. The vice chancellor's post-trial ruling is due by Oct. 16, 2018.

1. Nothing is more important for trial than having an encyclopedic understanding of the discovery record. By knowing the facts better than the witnesses and their counsel, attorneys can ensure that trial testimony is candid by immediately impeaching the witness on conflicting responses.
2. This requires dogged efforts during discovery to build the record and months of preparation to study the evidence.