Our commercial litigation practice covers the spectrum of business relationships. Its variety parallels the assortment of commercial ventures and arrangements in which our clients are involved.
Because of the variety of litigation matters we have handled, we have extensive experience with the breadth of remedies that are sought in business cases. From lost profits to receiverships to injunctions to specific performance to an array of consequential damages claims, we are prepared to creatively and persuasively present and defend claims based on these theories.
In the cases we have tried, we have worked with a great many expert witnesses from numerous professional disciplines and are skilled at distilling sometimes complex business and transactional subject matters so that juries easily understand them. Our commercial litigation practice covers:
Breach of Contract
The fundamental type of dispute involved is, one way or another, the classic breach of contract or agreement, with its many permutations. We have prosecuted and defended this type of claim, from the simple to the complex, in virtually every business context: manufacturing, distribution, communications, high tech, services, real estate, etc.
Business Torts
We handle a variety of business torts claims, including negligent misrepresentation, fraud, concealment, conversion, and breach of fiduciary duty.
Class Actions
Class actions are an increasingly popular mechanism for courts to use when classes of individuals have been injured or aggrieved in a similar manner. We have substantial experience defending businesses in state and nationwide class action litigation.
Construction Dispute Resolution
We have substantial expertise in preparing, presenting and defending construction disputes involving liability for defective design, delay and disruption claims, terminations for default, interference claims, backcharges, change orders, bidding and award disputes, protests, labor, lost productivity, cost escalation, construction failures, warranties, insurance claims, and mechanics' liens.
Financial
We have handled all of the various types of litigation in which banks and other financial institutions may become involved, both as plaintiffs and as defendants, including numerous lender liability cases.
Governance
We have substantial experience representing all forms of business entities in governance and ownership disputes. We represent corporations and boards of directors in securities litigation, shareholder derivative litigation, and special litigation committee matters. We represent partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and joint ventures in disputes regarding fiduciary duties, valuation, misappropriation, and dissolution. Our lawyers have tried dozens of these cases to successful verdicts. As important, working in conjunction with our transactional lawyers, we also counsel clients in governance matters in an effort to avoid threatened litigation.
Real Estate Litigation
We represent buyers, sellers, developers, landlords, tenants and owners in a wide variety of real estate disputes.
Securities Litigation
We are involved regularly in class action litigation involving securities disclosure issues and in securities arbitrations involving individual investors. We also have experience in litigation relating to registration, issuing and underwriting of securities. Corporate governance, shareholder derivative and similar actions for publicly held companies and valuation and related claims for closely held businesses are also areas in which we have been actively involved.
Intellectual Property Litigation
Our intellectual property litigation practice covers a wide variety of issues, including trademark, copyright, and patent infringement and enforcement actions.
