Andrew D. Prins

Past government-facing litigation matters include:

• Nat'l Ass'n of Wheat Growers v. Bonta, -- F.4th --, 2023 WL 7314307 (9th Cir. 2023): affirming lower court victory enjoining California’s Proposition 65 on First Amendment grounds
• Fontem USA, LLC v. FDA, No. 22-1076 (D.C. Cir. 2023): vacating a marketing denial order issued by FDA concerning client's e-cigarette applications as unlawful under the Tobacco Control Act and arbitrary and capricious
• Jacobus Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. v. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 21A328, 2022 WL 20619490 (US Jan. 18, 2022): defeating attempt by client’s competitor to stay lower-court ruling invalidating competitor’s drug approval
• United Therapeutics Corp. v. HRSA, 2021 WL 5161783 (D.D.C. 2021): invalidating violation determination issued by HHS/HRSA concerning the federal 340B drug pricing program because the determination rested on an invalid statutory interpretation
• Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. FDA, 14 F.4th 1299 (11th Cir. 2021): reversing district court and directing that judgment be entered in client’s favor in case challenging FDA’s approval of competitor’s drug due to client’s orphan drug exclusivity
• Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. FDA, 952 F.3d 323 (D.C. Cir. 2020): affirming lower court victory that concluded FDA’s interpretation of the Orphan Drug Act’s exclusivity provision was inconsistent with the statute
• Genus Lifesciences, Inc. v. FDA, 486 F. Supp. 3d 450 (D.D.C. 2020): granting partial summary judgment to client and concluding that FDA erred during its approval of competitor’s drug product
• Institute for Justice v. IRS, 941 F.3d 567 (D.C. Cir. 2019): obtaining rare reversal of a grant of summary judgment to the government under the Freedom of Information Act
• Charter Communications, Inc. v. United States, 722 Fed. Appx. 604 (9th Cir. 2019): invalidating part of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act as a content-based regulation of speech inconsistent with the First Amendment
• Nat’l Family Farm Coalition v. EPA, 747 F. App’x 646 (9th Cir. 2019): dismissing challenge to client’s pesticide approval on jurisdictional grounds
• Athenex Inc. v. FDA, 397 F. Supp. 3d 56 (D.D.C. 2019): defeating challenge by client’s competitor to FDA's regulatory determination in favor of client regarding bulk drug compounding
• National Association of Wheat Growers v. Zeise, 468 F. Supp. 3d 1247 (E.D. Cal. 2018): granting permanent injunction against enforcement of California’s Proposition 65 warning requirement on First Amendment grounds
• Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. FDA, 2018 WL 3838265 (D.D.C. 2018): ordering FDA to recognize orphan drug exclusivity for client’s drug and setting aside FDA’s prior refusal to do so as inconsistent with the statute
• Par Sterile Products, LLC v. FDA, 1:17-cv-02221 (D.D.C. 2017): challenging FDA “guidance” document purporting to exercise “enforcement discretion” over certain drug compounding activities
• Atay v. County of Maui, 842 F.3d 688 (9th Cir. 2016): affirming lower court victory invalidating county ban on biotechnology crops as preempted by federal and state law
• Residents for The Beverly Hills Garden and Open Space Initiative v. City of Beverly Hills, 2:16-cv-05532 (C.D. Cal. 2016): obtaining on First Amendment grounds a preliminary injunction against city ordinance placing restrictions and burdens on political speech
• Robert Ito Farm, Inc. v. County of Maui, 111 F. Supp. 3d 1088 (D. Haw. 2015): invalidating county ban on biotechnology crops as preempted by federal and state law
• New York Statewide Coal. of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce v. New York City Dep't of Health & Mental Hygiene, 23 N.Y.3d 681 (2014): affirming lower court victory invalidating New York City’s “soda ban”
• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. v. FDA, No. 1:14-cv-00786 (D.D.C. 2014): defeating competitor’s challenge to client’s pending FDA generic drug application
• Ctr. for Food Safety v. USDA, 718 F.3d 829 (9th Cir. 2013): affirming lower court victory defeating challenge to biotechnology crop approval
• New York Statewide Coal. of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce v. New York City Dep't of Health & Mental Hygiene, 2013 WL 1343607 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2013): invalidating New York City’s “soda ban” on constitutional grounds
• Walgreen Co. v. DEA, No. 12-1397 (D.C. Cir. filed Oct. 10, 2012): challenging DEA enforcement action and regulatory interpretation of the Controlled Substances Act
• Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes v. City of Richmond, 3:12-cv-04545 (N.D. Cal. 2012): obtaining on First Amendment grounds a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against city ordinance placing restrictions and burdens on political speech
• Ctr. for Food Safety v. USDA, 844 F. Supp. 2d 1006 (N.D. Cal. 2012): defeating challenge to client’s biotechnology crop approval

Other past litigation matters include:

• Hart v. Charter Communications, Inc., 2023 WL 3914285 (C.D. Cal. 2023): dismissing claims of lead putative class representative asserting nationwide false advertising claims based on allegedly deficient Internet speeds
• Hale v. Teladoc Health, Inc., 2021 WL 1163925 (S.D.N.Y 2021): dismissing with prejudice TCPA class action for failure to state a claim
• Suttles v. Facebook, Inc., 461 F. Supp. 3d 479 (W.D. Tex. 2020): dismissing with prejudice TCPA case for failure to state a claim
• Hart v. Charter Communications, Inc., 814 Fed. Appx. 211 (9th Cir. 2020): affirming lower court victory compelling arbitration based on contract formed through inquiry notice
• Hunter v. Time Warner Cable, Inc., 2019 WL 3812063 (S.D.N.Y. 2019): defeating class certification in case alleging approximately 150 million phone calls placed in violation of the TCPA
• Olsen v. Charter Communications, Inc., 2019 WL 3779190 (S.D.N.Y. 2019): compelling plaintiffs in putative class action into arbitration concerning claims asserting misrepresentation of Internet broadband speeds
• Hart v. Charter Communications, Inc., 2017 WL 6942425 (C.D. Cal. 2017): compelling plaintiffs into arbitration concerning claims asserting misrepresentation of Internet broadband speeds
• Robert Ito Farm, Inc. v. County of Maui, 842 F.3d 681 (9th Cir. 2016): defeating challenge by proposed intervener to denial of intervention in the lower court
• Miller v. Time Warner Cable, Inc., 2016 WL 7471302 (C.D. Cal. 2016): dismissing injunctive TCPA claim for lack of Article III standing and compelling remaining damages claim to arbitration
• In re: Time Warner Cable, Inc., Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Litigation, 247 F. Supp. 3d 1388 (J.P.M.L. 2016): denying centralization of TCPA class actions