Business Litigation

Breach of contract

• We litigate all types of contract disputes, including those involving business partners, consumers, landlords and tenants, and government entities.
• We prosecute and defend equitable and quasi-contract claims, including unjust enrichment, quantum meruit, promissory estoppel, and implied contracts.

Shareholder disputes

• We represent minority shareholders of corporations or LLCs, including in derivative actions, against majority or dominant shareholders in cases involving breaches of fiduciary duties, appraisals, valuations, records demands, and other issues.
• We represent the interests of corporate entities defending their majority shareholders, officers, and directors.

Class action lawsuits

• We prosecute class and collective actions on behalf of plaintiffs against all types of defendants.
• We defend businesses against class actions based on claims of false advertising, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violations, deceptive and unfair trade practices, and

Business torts

• Our cases often include claims of fraud, tortious interference with business relationships, unfair competition, and various statutory violations.
• We craft or defend against lost profits, reliance, and business destruction damages models.
• We work with expert witnesses on industry standards, damages modeling, and business valuation.

Restrictive covenants

• We represent businesses and individuals in disputes about contracts limiting competition, solicitation, use of information and other similar restrictions.
• Our cases often involve claims for injunctive relief on an emergency basis and expedited evidentiary hearings followed by trials or final hearings in arbitration.

Trial Practice

• We regularly try matters to conclusion in both state and federal court, as well as in arbitration before FINRA and the AAA.
• Our experience includes bench trials and jury trials.
• Our attorneys have been engaged by other law firms and outside attorneys to serve as lead trial counsel in their cases.

Securities and Financial Services Litigation

• Our lawyers regularly handle matters across various disciplines which require specialized knowledge of the securities markets and the financial services industry.
• We represent clients in claims involving the sale of unsuitable investments, breaches of fiduciary duties, negligence, and fraud.
• Cases we handle often involve the theft or misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, tortious interference with business relationships or contracts and breach of employment, partnership or shareholder agreements.
• Our firm provides advice, support and representation in connection with regulatory investigations by the SEC, FINRA and the State of Florida.

Raiding Litigation

• We assist businesses in litigation over the hiring away of a competitor’s employees which ultimately threatens the viability of the enterprise the employees leave behind.
• Our firm provides representation in these sorts of disputes which typically involve allegations of unfair competition, misuse of trade secrets and confidential information, contractual violations and tortious interference.