Edward H Rippey

Edward Rippey is a partner who litigates complex commercial cases in numerous fields -- with a focus on patent litigation. He has led matters in fora throughout the country for several Fortune 500 corporations. In addition to patent law, these matters have included such fields as antitrust, consumer, transportation, energy, sports, environmental, copyright, communications, and securities law. Mr. Rippey also is Chair of the firm's E-Discovery Practice Group, and regularly speaks worldwide on this subject. Mr. Rippey is active in the firm’s litigation, trial, e-discovery and patent law groups. In addition, he is a liaison to the technology department, interviews for the legal personnel department and the summer associate program, and leads various litigation initiatives. REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS Procter & Gamble, Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Warner Chilcott, Fougera, and other public companies in separate pharmaceutical patent litigations. LendingTree in patent infringement litigation relating to on-line loan applications. The National Football League, Solazyme, Freedom Communications, Wyeth, and numerous other entities involving e-discovery advisory work. Merck in temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction proceedings in federal courts. GPC Biotech in pharmaceutical breach-of-contract arbitration. Multimedia Games in state and federal litigation concerning antitrust, racketeering, and other claims. Union Pacific Railroad Company in federal litigations (and regulatory matters) concerning claims arising under long-term contracts for transporting coal. PPL Corporation and several of its subsidiaries in federal litigation (and regulatory matters) concerning antitrust, energy, and contract law. JPMorgan Chase & Co. in federal antitrust litigation relating to the issuance of credit cards. More Representative Matters PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1988-1991) HONORS AND RANKINGS Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Disability Rights Project, Outstanding Achievement Award (2012) District of Columbia Circuit, Pro Bono Advocacy Award (2010) District of Columbia Prisoners’ Legal Services Project, Pro Bono Service Award (2005) PRO BONO Pearl Beale v. District of Columbia, No. 04-0959 (RMU) (U.S.D.C. D.C. filed June 10, 2004), concerning the conditions of confinement at the District of Columbia Jail. United States of America v. Tony Angelo Mason, 233 F.3d 619 (D.C. Cir. 2000), concerning the “innocent possession” defense to firearm claims. MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS The Sedona Conference: Working Group on electronic document issues (2009-present) LexisNexis Litigation Solutions Advisory Board (2006-present) IQPC E-Discovery Advisory Board (2008-2011) Applied Discovery Advisory Board (2004-2006) ABA: Science & Technology Law (2010-present) ABA: E-Discovery & Digital Evidence (2010-present) U.K. Society for Computers & Law (2011- present) DRI E-Discovery Committee (2006-present) CPR E-Discovery Committee (2007-present) Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (2010-present) Harvard College Schools Committee PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES Mr. Rippey has given scores of speeches and presentations worldwide on e-discovery — and on such related subjects as risk management, cost containment, litigation readiness, privacy, data security, e-contacts and jurisdiction, web 2.0 issues, social media, cloud computing, instant messaging, stipulations, predictive coding, and document retention and destruction. These include, as a few examples, presentations at conferences and symposiums sponsored by Covington as well as by the American Lawyer Media General Counsel, Applied Discovery, the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists, BNA, CPA North America, Deloitte, Encore Discovery Solutions, ESI Bytes, ExecSense, FTI Consulting, Georgetown University Advanced E-Discovery Institute, International Association of Privacy Professionals, Inside Counsel, IQPC, Japanese In House Lawyers Association, Kroll OnTrack, LegalTech, LexisNexis, Lorman Education Services, Martindale-Hubbell, the Masters Conference series, Pike & Fisher, and the U.K. Society for Computers & Law. Mr. Rippey also leads the Covington e-discovery webinar series. His publicatons include, for example: "Essential Points for Japanese Companies to Prepare for U.S. Litigation: Document Retention Policies & Litigation Holds," (NBL) New Business Law (4/15/2013), Co-Author "Recent Key Developments in Shifting E-Discovery Costs," EDDE Journal (Spring 2013), Co-Author "E-Discovery," Litigating Securities Class Actions (November 2012), Co-Author