COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Our experience in representing clients in commercial litigation matters includes:

• Prosecuting a franchise termination lawsuit on behalf of a national franchisor of temporary staffing businesses where the franchisee was found to have engaged in fraudulent conduct
• Representing foreign companies asserting trade rights and unfair competition claims in the United States through application of Article 10 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
• Defending a Dutch manufacturer of oil micro-filtration products in a $40 million international case involving the theft of trade secrets, interference with advantageous customer relationships, and violations of the Lanham Act
• Prosecuting a $17 million commercial breach of contract action for a major telecom manufacturing company against one of the country’s largest telecom providers
• Defending a rock band producer at a jury trial brought by the band’s former manager against the producer for allegedly cutting the manager out of the band
• Representing a mother of five involving the right to share in the proceeds of a $100 million lottery ticket
• Defending a successor liability claim to collect on a $5 million personal injury judgment against a machinery designer
• Defending an out-of-state bank during a bench trial in a turnover action brought to recover interest on a half million-dollar Certificate of Deposit
• Defending a construction products distributor in a business torts, commercial defamation, and unfair trade practices case
• Defending a major building contractor in a multi-million dollar lawsuit arising out of the collapse of a roof at a warehouse facility
• Representing a client in the financial services industry in litigation for the enforcement of covenants protecting trade secrets and prohibiting unfair competition in the United States and various foreign countries
• Defending a Florida municipality from claims that it violated various Florida statutes and its own charter by negotiating the sale of its hospital to a private health care provider
• Representing a client in a complex liquor licensing case
• Representing the landlord in an eviction against a national retail tenant
• Representing the local owner of a downtown Jacksonville building against a major national retailer
• Representing a client in a shareholder dispute in which minority shareholders were seeking to unwind a complicated transaction involving a real estate investment trust
• Representing a stockholder in a nationally recognized central Florida resort in heavily contested litigation as to ownership of controlling interest in the resort
• Defending a doctor in a partnership dispute concerning the value of a local family medical practice
• Defending a national concessions management company and the State of Florida in a preliminary injunction hearing brought by a company that sells tickets to Florida attractions