Our firm’s litigation services are unparalleled. We provide seasoned experience, developed over many years, as aggressive advocates in federal and state trial and appellate courts, and before both domestic and international alternative dispute resolution tribunals.
We regularly appear in federal and state courts throughout the United States, and in arbitration and mediation tribunals in the U.S. and overseas. We also practice before many U.S. governmental agencies, including the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, International Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. We handle complex multidistrict commercial litigation and arbitration, and our litigation practice is nationwide.
We litigate in virtually every area of law that relates to business and finance, including:
- Contractual disputes of any nature, including commercial, financial, manufacturing, distribution and service contracts
- Corporate and other business entity litigation, including intra-corporate disputes, actions to compel dissolution or an accounting, shareholder lock-outs, and shareholder derivative suits for waste, mismanagement, fraud, breach of fiduciary obligations and usurpation of business opportunity
- Business torts, including unfair competition, breach of fiduciary obligations, interference with business relations, fraud and misrepresentation and defamation
- Antitrust and trade regulation
- Trademark and trade dress infringement, trademark oppositions, interferences and concurrent use proceedings
- Lender liability, including enforcement or foreclosure of loans, security interests, mortgages, notes, bonds, equipment leases and other types of financial agreements
- Assisted client with analysis, negotiation and settlement of dispute between aircraft manufacturers in excess of $200M
- Employment disputes, including breach of employment contract, wrongful termination, retaliation and employment discrimination suits
- Real estate litigation, including actions for breach of contract and specific performance, mortgage foreclosure, and actions to compel an accounting or the impression of a trust
- Bankruptcy-related litigation in both Chapters 11 and 7 proceedings, including ancillary proceedings
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Successfully obtained summary judgment dismissal of all claims against defendant footwear company in California state court group boycott action under California state antitrust law
- Defeated motion for summary judgment and, following an evidentiary hearing, obtained order of attachment in federal court, New York, on behalf of plaintiff in securities fraud action against investment banker and issuer
- Prevailed in arbitration after full evidentiary hearing, obtaining arbitration award dismissing claims against a fragrance designer and developer by a former executive for compensation alleged to have been due
- Achieved dismissal of claims against U.K. telecommunications client for lack of personal jurisdiction in multimillion-dollar lawsuit for breach of an international telecommunications contract, and devised, with U.K. counsel, an ultimately successful strategy for handling the subsequent U.K. lawsuit
- Successfully asserted lack of U.S. jurisdiction defense in Maryland federal lawsuit against foreign wine vineyard client by U.S. importer for wrongful termination of distributorship and breach of contract
- Obtained jury verdict for defendant telecommunications company in federal court in New York on claims of employment discrimination based upon age and national origin
- Negotiated favorable settlement after defeating two motions to dismiss in shareholder derivative actions against textile corporations and their officers and directors
- Successfully represented officers and directors of public telecommunications company, obtaining dismissals of multi-million dollar breach of fiduciary duty and fraud claims in New Jersey federal and state courts by venture capital investor
- Successfully fended-off attempted lockout of CEO/major shareholder of publicly-traded bottled water company by officers/minority shareholders in shareholder dispute lawsuit
- Achieved favorable settlement for plaintiff key executive of publicly-held company in Illinois federal court lawsuit for breach of employment contract and wrongful termination
- Obtained settlement for return of more than 90% of investor-plaintiff’s loss in NASD securities fraud arbitration against broker-dealer
- Responded to and counseled client regarding U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control investigation into alleged improper trade with Cuba
- Negotiated favorable resolution for $50 million creditor in Illinois Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding, through active participation in the unsecured creditors’ committee in Delaware bankruptcy proceeding
- Obtained summary judgment against defendant in New York lawsuit, and verdict for client in related New Jersey action, in dispute between seller and purchaser of accounting firm
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Trademarks and Intellectual Property