Commercial and Business Litigation

Commercial Experience

Business Counseling and Negotiations: Our commercial litigators understand the significance of the strategic decisions surrounding the resolution of business disputes, which can affect a company’s future opportunities, profitability and reputation in the industry. Clients will often call upon LCBF for counsel on disputes long before litigation and where possible to negotiate resolution without the need for litigation. Our litigators have often been asked to draft complex commercial contracts, with an eye toward avoiding litigation or putting our clients in a position to succeed if litigation results.

Complex and Multi-party Litigation: Whether providing advice on a shareholder or contractual dispute or a business relationship gone bad, we help identify risks early and develop an effective strategy for resolving a dispute in our client’s favor.

Trial Advocacy: LCBF has been trying cases for over 30 years. Formed by former prosecutors and former Unite States Attorneys in 1995, LCBF has the experience and a proven track record of effective advocacy in the courtroom. Key to our trial success in complex business litigation is our ability to present our client’s case in a way that is simple for the jury (or judge) to understand.

Why Choose LCBF?

Clients turn to us to seek cost-effective resolutions of commercial and business disputes, whether pre-suit, pre-trial, at trial, or on appeal. We have successfully handled an array of claims in state and federal courts involving complex multi-district and class action proceedings involving multi-millions — and even billions — of dollars in damage claims.

We also routinely handle complex issues involving electronically stored data, or “ESI.” In defending class actions, derivative and large individual claims, clients benefit from our technical experience in efficiently and economically managing and assessing ESI, including millions of pages of documents. We endeavor to find helpful (and harmful) documents early and effectively, which allows us to prepare for their eventual use, to get the best results for our clients.

We have successfully resolved claims for our clients in many areas and forums, including:

• breach of contract, including contracts for the sale or distribution of goods, the provision of services, involving employment relationships (including anti-solicitation and non-competition clauses).
• common law fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and aiding and abetting claims
• disputes on behalf of transportation clients in regulatory venues, such as the Surface Transportation Board and arbitration panels
• securities fraud
• RICO
• antitrust
• multi-jurisdictional and federal multi-district litigation
• complex construction disputes
• breach of unfair competition statutes
• breach of consumer protection statutes, including New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act
• breach of franchise and distribution agreements
• shareholder and partner disputes

We also have experience in drafting domestic and international contracts for the purchase and distribution of various goods in the United States and abroad.