Mr. Scali has successfully represented businesses involved in the automotive parts industry and has extensive experience litigating claims under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (CUTSA) and developing trade secret protection and data security strategies.

Mr. Scali has obtained numerous victories on behalf of his clients:

• Represented a parts manufacturer in an antitrust and fraud case, in which he obtained summary judgment, defeating the franchisee’s claims for $5 million in damages.
• First-chaired a three-week arbitration representing a bank against Article 9 Commercial Code claims resulting from liquidation of collateral of a truck parts business after it defaulted on its SBA loan; obtained defense award on all but two claims.
• Engineered the successful dismissal of over 1,400 dealerships as a member of the defense steering committee in coordinated class actions alleging statutory disclosure violations under the Vehicle Leasing Act and Unfair Competition Law.
• Obtained pre-certification dismissal of consumer class action claims by developing strategies that are used today by attorneys across the state in defending various truth-in-lending and statutory claims against automotive dealerships.
• Obtained a decision in the dealer’s favor before the New Motor Vehicle Board after a three-week hearing involving a protest by an automobile dealership of the manufacturer’s attempted addition of a new point within the dealer’s sales area.
• Co-chaired a three-week bench trial representing an automobile dealership, resulting in a defense judgment that barred the manufacturer’s attempted denial of the automotive franchisee’s application for a new franchise, and obtained nearly $300,000 in attorney’s fees for the dealer.
• Obtained numerous summary judgments on behalf of dealers in consumer fraud cases. He has also litigated numerous employment discrimination and harassment lawsuits on behalf of automotive dealers.
• Obtained successful injunction under the CUTSA against a former employee after the employee allegedly stole his former employer’s trade secrets and obtained a $3 million contract with the former employer’s customer by use of those trade secrets.
• Successfully opposed an injunction under the CUTSA after a three-week arbitration; obtained a complete defense of claims under the CUTSA and related torts and a six-figure attorney’s fee award.
• Obtained numerous successful settlements in employment discrimination claims by employing tactical strategies designed to minimize settlement value.
• After executive employee obtained arbitration award against employer, blocked confirmation of award against employer-related entities by utilizing successful procedural tactics.

• “High Court Rules FAA Trumps State Law on Covenants Not to Compete,” Arent Fox News Alert, December 3, 2012
• “Arbitration Woes: Is the Arbitration Provision in the ‘Law 553’ Sales Contract Invalid?” Westlaw Journal–Automotive, January 2012
• “Dissecting the Sanchez Decision: No More Arbitrations,” Auto Advisory Services, October/November 2011
• “Did the Supremes go too far? The backlash against Concepcion,” Los Angeles Daily Journal; August 31, 2011