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Cameron Fine

Cameron A. Fine

Partner
Chair, Phoenix Litigation Group
About

Cameron Fine represents clients from a wide range of industries, including the technology, software, information technology, asset manager and financial services, healthcare, medical device, pharmaceutical, sports, travel and hospitality, and real estate sectors, in complex commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts, as well as domestic and international arbitration.

Cameron has represented clients in disputes involving intellectual property litigation, the Defend Trade Secrets and Uniform Trade Secrets Acts, internal investigations, shareholder and partnership disputes, real estate disputes, lending disputes, contract disputes, fraud, fiduciary duty, securities fraud and class-action litigation.

Cameron is a leader in DLA Piper's trade secrets practice group. He is also a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Trade Secrets (WG12) and a contributing editor of the Sedona Conference Commentary on Sharing Trade Secrets with Other Organizations. Among Cameron's cases is a ruling obtaining preliminary injunction against a foreign corporation for misappropriation of a domestic medical device manufacturer's trade secrets. He subsequently won in the United States Court of Appeals establishing new law concerning the extraterritorial application of the Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act. He also obtained dismissal of misappropriation of trade secrets claims in the District of Arizona establishing law in Arizona that continuing use or disclosure of a trade secret after initial misappropriation constitutes a single claim accruing at the time of the initial misappropriation that can be released, whether known or unknown at the time, by a settlement agreement. Cameron's work in the technology, software, information technology financial services, healthcare, medical device, pharmaceutical, real estate, and sports sectors includes work touching on both domestic and international procedural and substantive issues in state, federal and international tribunals.

Cameron's experience includes representation at all stages of litigation, including initial case investigation, discovery, contested hearings and oral argument, trial and appeal.

Before practicing law, Cameron worked in commercial real estate development in Arizona and California. In his free time, Cameron enjoys traveling, golf, and wine. He also played college football while at Yale University.

Bar admissionsArizonaNew York
CourtsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States District Court for the District of ArizonaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

EXPERIENCE

  • Obtained a preliminary injunction against a Chinese company for misappropriation of trade secrets and related claims on behalf of a domestic medical device manufacturer
  • Won appeal in the United States Court of Appeals representing a medical device manufacturer upholding a preliminary injunction and extraterritorial application Uniform Trade Secrets Act
  • Obtained favorable settlement for a medical device manufacturer in arbitration over misappropriation of trade secrets claim
  • Won motion to dismiss for technology company related to misappropriation of trade secrets claim brought in the District Court of Arizona
  • Obtained favorable settlement in a shareholder dispute in Delaware Court of Chancery
  • Won summary judgment for financial services company on cross-claim for equitable indemnity in Superior Court of California
  • Obtained favorable bench trial verdict for a private equity client in limited liability company dispute
  • Achieved dismissal for a self-directed individual retirement account (IRA) administrator of class-action complaints filed against it in multiple federal courts
  • Obtained summary judgment for a client in commercial landlord/tenant dispute
  • Obtained summary judgment for a client in complex partnership dispute
  • Obtained favorable settlement for a client in complex partnership dispute
Education
  • J.D., University of Arizona, James D. Rogers College of Law
  • B.A., History, Yale University

Awards

The Legal 500 United States

  • Recommended, Trade Secrets: Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters, (2024 – 2025)
Additional Recognitions
  • Rising Star, Business Litigation, Super Lawyer, (2018 – 2019, 2022 – 2024)

Publications

Memberships and Affiliations

  • State Bar of Arizona
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Sedona Conference Working Group on Trade Secrets (WG12)

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