JHDJ’s Business Litigation Practice Group represents both plaintiffs and defendants in business litigation and employment-related disputes. Our clients include large corporations, franchisees, financial institutions and small businesses as well as individuals such as business owners, directors, officers and former employees. With experience in complex litigation and strategic negotiations, our counsel are skilled in a wide range of cases including breach of contract, shareholder disputes, receiverships, zoning, trademark infringement, defamation, unfair competition, and covenants not to compete. Providing personalized attention with professional service, our team can assist you with a broad range of issues. A sample of our practice areas include:
Contract Disputes
o Commercial and individual contract claims and disputes.
o Business transaction claims and disputes.
o Franchise claims and disputes.
o Enforcement of coverage claims against insurance companies
Corporate Actions and Governance
o Defend public and closely held corporations against shareholder actions
o Defend and enforce fiduciary duty claims against corporate officers and directors
o Receivership appointment actions and actions for an accounting
Intellectual Property
o Trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets
o Domain name, cyber-squatting and other internet disputes
Real Property
o Purchase, sale and lease disputes
o Eminent domain disputes
o Landlord-tenant disputes
o Environmental litigation
o Zoning proceedings, including petitions for rezoning and variances
Employment Rights and Claims
o Employer-employee wage, confidentiality, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements
o Defend directors and officers against fiduciary duty claims arising out of their corporate capacity
o Employment-related litigation including disability, age, sex, race discrimination actions, harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge, whistle-blowing and breach of employment contract
Other
o Professional licensing matters including defense of healthcare professionals.
o Consumer claims
o Tort litigation
o Defamation
o Unfair competition
o E-discovery and record retention
o Election law
