Complex Commercial Litigation

We are proficient in virtually every area of commercial litigation and have handled business-to-business disputes, consumer-to-business disputes and bet-the-company litigation that cuts across multiple practice areas. Our team has extensive experience in trying to judgment a wide variety of complex commercial disputes, including ones involving:

• Contracts
• Civil racketeering (RICO)
• Consumer class actions
• Cross-border transactions
• Defamation and First Amendment cases
• Employment-related matters
• False advertising allegations
• Fiduciary duties of executives, officers and directors
• Fraud allegations
• Health care-related disputes
• Investments
• Mergers, acquisitions and dispositions
• Partnerships
• Professional liability
• Shareholder, securities and derivative litigation
• Trade secrets
• Unfair competition claims

Utilizing small teams, we maximize efficiency and ensure that every lawyer on each case is fully conversant with the facts and issues, and we work closely with clients from prelitigation planning through trial and necessary appeals to help them accomplish their goals. Backed by the resources of a full-service law firm, we can readily draw on the vast knowledge and experience of different practice groups to assemble a team that can master even the largest and most complex litigation. We devote our attention to all phases of the litigation, including early planning and discovery, in recognition of the fact that high-caliber work matters at each stage of the case.

As a firm with a strong and deep appellate bench, we frequently serve as appellate counsel in cases handled in lower courts by other law firms. We have considerable experience handling late-stage discovery and trying cases originally handled by other law firms, and often we are brought in to take over cases after other firms fail to secure dismissal.

Beyond the courtroom, our lawyers are highly experienced in achieving positive results for clients through the use of alternative dispute resolution methods and settlement negotiations and regularly advise on risk avoidance strategies.