Commercial disputes surface in a variety of contexts. Sometimes, business entities clash over performance under a contract or wrongful business conduct. Sometime,s business entities clash with governments in the form of:
- Environmental issues
- Tax issues
- Permitting issues
- Other enforcement issues
The firm’s litigators have successfully handled all of that and more.
Representative Matters:
- In a dispute between a hotel developer and a municipality regarding interpretation of a contract with millions of dollars at issue, the firm’s litigators contested a lawsuit and obtained a rational, reasonable and favorable negotiated settlement.
- In a dispute between the seller and buyer of a business in which the buyer claimed misrepresentation and withheld payment, the firm’s client seller obtained a judgment after trial that compelled the buyer to pay in full.
- In a multi-million dollar franchise dispute between companies in the wireless retail industry, we successfully dissolved a preliminary injunction that had financially hobbled the client’s business. Result positioned the client to negotiate a favorable resolution.
- The firm defended a software development company in complex, multi-party litigation, ultimately allowing our client to obtain and capitalize on a lucrative piece of source code.
- Our client had loaned money to a Cape Cod tour guide company, becoming a victim of sophisticated financial fraud at the hands of the company’s owner. We achieved a substantial recovery for our client.
- In complex dispute over patent rights to a breakthrough medical technology, we successfully represented an early corporate investor and Board member against the defendant company’s attempt to extinguish his claims by enforcing an alleged settlement agreement.