About Deborah Savarese Sloan
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Class Actions
- Tax
- Intellectual Property
Education
- Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Boston University, 1987B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
Representative Cases
- Ball Corporation abates breach of agreement lawsuit in favor of successful arbitration (2009)
- Bridgestone/Firestone litigates trademark infringement and deceptive trade practices suit in Nebraska (2009)
- Caremark defends against arbitration by purchaser of hospitals relating to postclosing accounting adjustments (2009)
- Client reclaims property after wrongful eviction (2009)
- Dallas Morning News wins summary judgment to obtain public records from Denton County, Texas (2009)
- Expedia defeats hotel tax claims in Florida (2012)
- Expedia maintains tax court victory all the way to Pennsylvania Supreme Court (2012)
- Expedia, an online travel company, resolves nationwide consumer class action (2009)
- Expedia, Hotels.com, and Hotwire secure summary judgment dismissing all claims with prejudice (2010)
- Expedia, Hotels.com, and Hotwire, online internet travel companies, defend class action involving City of San Antonio and 172 other Texas cities seeking hotel occupancy taxes (2010)
- Expedia, Hotels.com, and Hotwire, online travel companies, defend nationwide litigation seeking to extend hotel room rental taxes to their internet travel reservation services (2010)
- Hispanic Publishing Corp. secures favorable settlement on eve of trial (2009)
- Hotwire, an online travel company, resolves nationwide consumer class action (2010)
- J.C. Penney obtains acquittal of all its managers in Taipei Court action (2009)
- MFP Financial secures take nothing judgment at bench trial and on appeal (2009)
- National retail store defends against class actions alleging off-the-clock violations of federal and state wage and hour laws (2010)
- NTR Metals secures declaratory judgment enforcing settlement agreement
- Pritchett secures summary judgment establishing ownership of company publications and book copyrights
- Simon Property wins $26.8 million jury verdict in trademark infringement and unfair competition action (2009)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Partner-In-Charge Dallas
- Of Counsel
- Partner
- Partner
Nearby Lawyers
- Business Law
- Class Actions
- Tax
- Intellectual Property
- 0.1 mile away
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