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Practice/Industry Group Overview
Roetzel & Andress represents a diverse group of domestic and international manufacturers and suppliers and distributors in virtually every field and product line. Our experience includes representation of public and private entities engaged in the manufacturing and sale of various proprietary and non-proprietary products, components, parts, and other items for both private and governmental entities.
Representative Matters
- Acted as the buyer's counsel for the purchase of a manufacturing facility, which involved coordinating and interpreting an assessment for numerous environmental issues at the site
- Represented a flavor manufacturer in a case involving allegations that their product, diacetyl (butter popcorn flavoring), caused "popcorn workers' lung" as a result of industrial exposure
- Represented a power tools, equipment, and accessories manufacturer on a product liability / personal injury case involving brain injury from a pneumatic nailer
- Orchestrated the remediation for re-use and development of a contaminated auto manufacturing facility in Michigan on behalf of a major national manufacturing and polymer research firm
- Developed and implemented a drug testing program for a manufacturing company
- Convinced a bankruptcy court to allow a British manufacturer to terminate an exclusive distribution agreement with its North American distributor after the distributor entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Obtained a summary judgment for a leading hardwood flooring manufacturer in an intentional tort case involving an employee injured by a conveyor belt
- Provide full-scale federal, state, and local lobbying services for various Fortune 250 companies, small businesses, trade associations, and local governments
- Defended a motorcycle manufacturer against alleged deceptive trade practices and breach of warranty regarding a sprocket on a motorcycle
- Structured a product development and marketing alliance between a U.S. producer of polymer-based rubber substitutes and a manufacturer of automobile windshield, windows, and related glass products
- Acted as counsel in the acquisition of an abrasives company with assets in the United Kingdom and North America
- Completed a strategic manufacturing joint venture in Germany for an industrial products company
- Prevailed in the New Jersey Supreme Court on behalf of a Fortune 500 manufacturing company on a high profile issue involving the protection of trade secrets and confidential information produced during the litigation discovery process
- Defended a trade dress infringement suit for an adhesive removal manufacturer
- Provided counsel for a manufacturer of gaskets and other high-temperature sealing products in over 3,000 asbestos cases
- Represented manufacturing companies in union campaigns, labor contract negotiations and arbitration proceedings
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