Commercial Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

The firm has represented clients in all facets of business and commercial disputes involving:

• Business and commercial contracts
• Mergers and acquisitions and post-closing disputes related to purchase-price adjustments, including breach of representation and warranties and earn-out disputes
• Shareholder, joint venture, membership and partnership conflicts
• Lender liability
• Investor fraud and stockbroker liability 
• Director and officer liability issues, and claims related to Sarbanes-Oxley
• Trade secrets, covenants not to compete and unfair competition
• Unfair and deceptive trade and business practices
• Workouts, litigation related to distressed assets, and restructuring of existing relationships
• Fraudulent transfers, including those arising from “overvaluing and overpaying” for business acquisitions and other piercing-the-corporate-veil issues
• Creditor’s rights and adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court
• Accounting malpractice related to misstatements in financial reporting documents
• Franchise disputes
• Insurance claims
• Arbitration and mediation before American Arbitration Association (AAA), ICC International Court of Arbitration, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
• Appeals in state and federal courts

For more information about Kluger Kaplan’s experience, please contact us.