Jay S. Bowen

Jay’s litigation experience includes the following:
– Representing healthcare providers, including skilled nursing facilities and pain management clinics in state and federal False Claims Act cases;

– Recovering million dollar plus judgment for multinational manufacturer of automobile components;

– Recovering multimillion dollar jury verdict for recording artists against record company in contract and copyright case in Chicago federal court;

– Representing multi-platinum international recording artists and record companies in copyright infringement defense litigation;

– Representing major record company in litigation to determine enforceability of recording agreement;

– Representing artists, publishers, writers and record companies in copyright termination rights litigation;

– Representing Swedish intellectual property company in international arbitration to protect IP rights;

– Obtaining multimillion dollar verdict against national health insurance company for a former general agent in a contract termination case;

– Representing publicly held Nashville company in accounting-based litigation to determine sale price in post-merger dispute;

– Tennessee counsel in medical device inventor-licensee royalty dispute in Memphis, resulting in multi-billion dollar verdict;

– Representing California venture capital company in litigation concerning dispute with credit card processing company and its CEO over sale price issues;

– Representing Nashville-based credit card processing company in corporate accounting dispute relating to corporate acquisition;

– Representing Nashville-based national publisher in audit litigation with its major vendor;

– Representing major record labels defending audit claims and audit litigation;

– Representing a printing company in Sherman and Clayton antitrust allegations against national forms provider;

– Representing a Nashville-based public company in federal income tax litigation;

– Defending a national religious publishing company in a copyright infringement action in Portland, Oregon;

– Representing a major university in litigation in Nashville in which the Tennessee Supreme Court held for the first time that Allen or “dynamite” jury charges are unconstitutional;

– Representing many artists and managers in connection with the termination of their relationships;

– Representing international recording groups and artists in name and likeness litigation;

– Representing international publishers in defamation litigation in Tennessee, Florida, Texas, South Carolina, West Virginia and California;

– Representing a national record label in litigation brought by one of its major artists seeking to void her recording contracts;

– Representing a major motion picture company in copyright infringement litigation involving themes from the James Bond movies;

– Representing a manufacturing company in a case which resulted in landmark rulings governing trade secret protection in Tennessee;

– Representing an international record company in litigation with the Elvis Presley estate and Colonel Tom Parker in Tennessee and in New York;

– Representing banks, universities, and other businesses in copyright infringement litigation;

– Representing Country, Pop and Rap music artists, record companies and publishing companies in a variety of complex business litigation;

– Defending three major record labels and recording artists in the Bridgeport litigation in Tennessee which involved allegations of sampling;

– Representing an international talent agency in contract and unfair competition litigation;

– Representing manufacturing companies in unfair competition, trademark and contract litigation;

– Representing record companies and publishers in employment discrimination litigation; and

– Representing the Recording Industry Association of America (“RIAA”) in Tennessee against illegal downloads.