In a matter involving over 50 defendants, Vargo helped secure multi-millions in settlements for his firm's client, the Newark Watershed Conservation Development Corporation, to settle its claims of corruption and financial mismanagement that led to the NWCDC's dissolution in 2013 and to numerous federal criminal convictions of former agency officials and contractors.
Vargo secured a $59,000 sanction after proving the defendants participated in discovery abuses by hiding electronic documents. The sanction followed on the heels of an unprecedented court order to permit a computer forensic examination of the defendant law firm's servers and computers.
In a breach of contract matter, Vargo's tenacious investigation forced the defendant to settle the contract breach claims against him and to pay all the damages to avoid a trial.
Through the art of negotiation, and without having to file a complaint, Vargo secured for his clients much more favorable severance packages from their former employer which included a release from their non-competition agreements with the company and additional severance monies.
Threatened with allegations of copyright infringement involving music at the client's restaurant, a swift investigation of the facts led by Vargo revealed numerous problems with the plaintiff's allegations and led to a favorable early settlement for our client.
With the client facing fraud allegations and hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, Vargo's investigation showed the allegations to be frivolous. When threatened with a motion for sanctions for filing a frivolous lawsuit, the plaintiff decided to dismiss the matter with prejudice.
With his clients threatened by a Cease & Desist letter from their former employers, demanding the clients close down their new hair salon, Vargo quickly gathered the evidence to show that the former employers had notice of and even acquiesced in his clients' plans, thereby saving his clients the expense of litigation.
In granting summary judgment to Vargo's clients on the issue of the applicability of New Jersey's Prompt Pay Act, the Court in Hudson County ruled that N.J.S.A. 2A:30-2b, which governs the rights and responsibilities of the parties to contracts between prime contractors and subcontractors, contains a safe harbor provision allowing parties
In granting summary judgment to Vargo's clients on the issue of the applicability of New Jersey's Prompt Pay Act, the Court in Hudson County ruled that N.J.S.A. 2A:30-2b, which governs the rights and responsibilities of the parties to contracts between prime contractors and subcontractors, contains a safe harbor provision allowing parties to set their own payment schedule to avoid the harsh schedule included in the Act.
Representing a number of defendants, including Fenway Partners, a New York based private equity firm and certain of its principals, Refrigerated Holdings, and East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Corp., the largest provider of integrated temperature-controlled logistics services in the Port of New York, New Jersey Marine Terminal and Jerse
Representing a number of defendants, including Fenway Partners, a New York based private equity firm and certain of its principals, Refrigerated Holdings, and East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Corp., the largest provider of integrated temperature-controlled logistics services in the Port of New York, New Jersey Marine Terminal and Jersey City, Vargo secured a dismissal of the plainttiffs' complaint filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey involving allegations of NJ CEPA violations, Title VII claims of racial and ethnic discrimination, wage discrimination, and retaliation, Section 1983 claims, and Bivens claims.
Proving the plaintiff had engaged in a secret kickback scheme, Vargo successfully defended his firm's client, a New Jersey real estate developer, in a multi-million dollar contract dispute. The four-week jury trial in the Law Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County ended with a jury verdict for the client.
Victory before a jury secured a multi-million dollar verdict for Thomas & Betts Corporation, a leader in the electrical distribution industry, in a matter involving the misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information. The trial in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey lasted approximately seven wee
Victory before a jury secured a multi-million dollar verdict for Thomas & Betts Corporation, a leader in the electrical distribution industry, in a matter involving the misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information. The trial in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey lasted approximately seven weeks and ended with a jury award to our client of both compensatory and punitive damages.
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