Interesting Cases

Defense of Bank Directors: Confronting the Government
At the height of the so-called banking crisis of 1992, the federal government filed federal court lawsuits against several bank officials and directors, accusing them of violating their duties as...
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Defeating the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
HUD Issues New Regulations in Response to Class Actions. In federal court, we have been involved in multiple class action cases where plaintiffs had overpaid mortgage escrow funds and won....
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Corporate Coup d’Etat
The president of a technology company walked into our office for the first time with a worried look on his face. He was locked out and then voted out of his...
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Business Acquisition Contracts
Navigating the Waters of Commercial Contracts: Jury Finds Client Not Guilty after Complex Breach of Contract Trial. Typically, business acquisition contracts have multiple contracts covering different elements of the purchase....
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Amazing Refusal to Settle Requires Trial of Foreclosure Case
In 1997, we represented a real estate seller who had taken back a mortgage. The mortgage required monthly payments and a balloon payment of more than $300,000 in 2002. The...
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A Tale of Two Brothers
Two brothers who jointly developed a patented component of landscaping equipment had a falling out after they obtained a lucrative exclusive distributorship contract. One of the brothers threw the other...
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A Perry Mason Moment
In a construction case, we represented the owner in arbitration against a contractor who had overbilled the project and then blamed our clients for the overruns. Here is part of...
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A Different and Better Argument
In 2003, we were asked to defend a startup foundation that had invested its client’s $5 million in a trading venture that failed. Because the investment was lost by our...
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A Bizarre Legal Malpractice Case
Imagine taking over a business and discovering that your lawyer drafted documents that gave you all of its debts but none of its assets. After years of intense–and sometimes vicious–litigation,...
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