Commercial Litigation

The Litigation Department actively represent clients, as both plaintiffs and defendants, in a broad range of modern business tort causes of action. Representative claims include securities fraud, tortious interference with contractual relationships, unfair competition claims, misappropriation of trade secrets and other confidential information, trade libel, intentional interference with prospective business advantage and fraud. Our attorneys have significant trial and appellate experience in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies in a multitude of commercial areas. We have developed particular expertise representing both brokerage firms and individual brokers in individual and institutional customer disputes before the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., and the American Arbitration Association.

We regularly represent clients involved in regulatory enforcement investigations and proceedings. We have successfully prosecuted and defended many types of actions involving both publicly traded and privately owned corporations. In connection with privately owned companies, the firm has represented clients in a variety of matters arising from disputes between principals, including actions to enforce minority shareholders' rights, the enforcement of buy/sell provisions, actions to compel accountings from general partners, actions to obtain the dissolution of partnerships and claims for diversion of corporate opportunities. Additionally, we represent clients in actions involving claims under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Williams Act and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). A number of these representations have included consolidated proceedings involving large, publicly traded corporations.