Yearly Archives: 2005

Partner Jonathan K. Tycko Coauthors Article on Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 in Prestigious Antitrust Magazine

The Fall 2005 issue of Antitrust Magazine, a prestigious American Bar Association journal of antitrust commentary and analysis, includes an article co-authored by Jonathan K. Tycko and Bruce V. Spiva analyzing the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 from the plaintiffs’ perspective. Enacted in February 2005, the Class Action Fairness Act purports to make procedural […]

Partner Jonathan Tycko Testifies on the Rental Housing Act before Committee on Consumer & Regulatory Affairs

On November 21, 2005 Jonathan Tycko testified on the issue of reform of Section 501(f) of the Rental Housing Act of the District of Columbia. Intended in part to protect District renters from inhospitable living conditions, exorbitant rent prices, and unlawful evictions, the Rental Housing Act has become the subject of heated debate and litigation […]

D.C. Court of Appeals Hears Oral Arguments in Case Challenging The Legality Of So-Called “95-5” Transactions

In April of 2003, Tycko & Zavareei LLP (along with co-counsel at Mehri & Skalet, PLLC) brought suit under the D.C. Rental Housing Conversion and Sale Act on behalf of the tenants of the Capital Park and Twin Towers apartment buildings in Southwest, D.C., challenging the legality of a type of transaction which has come […]

Tycko & Zavareei LLP Reaches Favorable Settlement for Lockheed Martin Corporation in Superfund Litigation

The Ohio EPA, a private party Potentially Responsible Party, and the PRP Group sued Lockheed Martin for contribution to the efforts to clean up a waste site in Painesville, Ohio. Lockheed Martin’s predecessor, The Glenn L. Martin Company, constructed and operated a plant on a very small portion of the site from 1947-1949. From the […]

District of Columbia Court of Appeals Issues Decision in Breezevale v. Dickinson, Vindicating The Ability Of The Courts To Protect Themselves Against Parties Who Rely Upon Intentionally Falsified Evidence

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued its decision in Breezevale Limited v. Dickinson, bringing to an end 11 years of litigation between Breezevale and its former lawyers, the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Our firm represented Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. The case involved one of the most egregious examples […]

Judge Alprin of the D.C. Superior Court Issued Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in Weiss v. Home Consulting Plus, Inc., d/b/a Housing Made Simple

In this case, Tycko & Zavareei LLP represented individual homeowners and a subcontractor who had been victimized by a home improvement company known as Housing Made Simple. Jonathan Tycko acted as lead trial lawyer. Following the trial, Judge Alprin found in favor of our clients and awarded over $123,140.00 plus interest and attorneys fees against […]

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