Judge Hochberg has either presided over or mediated settlements in the following representative types of cases:
Transferee Judge in Multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) of consolidated actions involving pharmaceuticals.
Transferee Judge in MDL patent litigation.
Transferee Judge in MDL case involving generic drug ANDAs.
Transferee Judge in Multidistrict litigation of consolidated mass cases involving commercial insurance alleged fraud scheme.
Presided over 6 MDL cases as Transferee Judge
Court-Appointed Special Master in MDL cases involving metal-based chemical
Court- Appointed Special Master in multiple cases consolidated for discovery and other pre-trial matters.
Court-Appointed. Special Master for all pretrial motions on Trade Secrets and Antitrust cases; wrote 38 Report & Recommendations on all matters, including dispositive motions.
Court-Appointed Monitor in international cyber-hacking/spearfishing attacks on highly sensitive security targets.
Mediated settlement of complex securities class action alleging securities fraud in market for auction rate securities.
Presided over case involving mass victims of home foreclosure bid collusion allegations.
Class action against healthcare plan claiming fraudulent reimbursement scheme
Antitrust class action involving branded and generic pharmaceutical industries.
Mediated settlement of mass tort case by victims of sex trafficking scheme.
Mediated settlement of complex biotechnology contract dispute.
Mediated settlement of Artificial Intelligence data scraping disputes between major Silicon Valley companies;
Arbitrated data scraping case among competing websites
Mediated Claims of Trade Secrets/data disputes when employees move between major Silicon Valley companies;
Copyright licensing dispute involving textbook publisher and photograph licensor.
Construction litigation involving multiple allegations of fraudulent transfers to avoid civil judgments.
Nationwide Consumer Product actions against major appliance manufacturer alleging design defects.
Toxic tort suits alleging carcinogenic effect on consumers of chemical widely used in retail establishment
Suit alleging violation of Federal Stored Communications ACT involving employee social media chat room.
Negotiated settlement of asbestos cases returned from MDL Panel, as Transferor Judge.
Mediated cyber hacking data intrusions.
