Litigation & Arbitration
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Maalouf Ashford & Talbot's Litigation & Arbitration practice represents clients from around the globe before Courts and major Arbitral Tribunals worldwide, including the ICC, AAA and DIFA LCIA Arbitration Center. Whether tackling matters before international arbitrators or handling proceedings in local courts, our lawyers draw upon the resources of our full-service firm to deliver dispute-resolution results for our clients.
Our litigation & arbitration specialists call on experienced international trade and finance experts, international tax specialists foreign-qualified lawyers, transnational corporate practitioners and colleagues in numerous complementary disciplines to field the most appropriate team for any given matter. We understand the business aspects of arbitration disputes and shape the process to achieve the client’s core business objectives.
We represent clients in a broad range of industries and commercial sectors, with particular experience in energy, oil and gas, patent licensing, political risk disputes, securities, international contracts, trade and bilateral investment disputes.
The firm's commercial litigation practice encompasses all aspects of commercial relationships, including disputes involving the Uniform Commercial Code, contracts, business dissolutions, leveraged buyouts and other financial arrangements.
Antitrust and Trade Litigation. Our trial lawyers represent clients in private treble damage actions, individuals and corporations indicted for criminal violations of the antitrust laws and companies that have received grand jury subpoenas. In addition to matters involving monopolization, price discrimination, dealer termination, territorial restraints, price-related restraints and restrictive covenants, we have represented clients in cases involving Lanham Act unfair competition claims and trademark infringement. The firm also handles trade regulation work, counseling clients on the legality of business and distribution arrangements under the antitrust and consumer protection laws.
Corporate Litigation. Maalouf Ashford represents clients in litigation involving public and closely held corporations and corporate officers, directors and shareholders. This includes litigation involving management and corporate control issues, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder appraisal rights, contract disputes, employment agreements, covenants not to compete, financial transactions and insurance coverage disputes. We also represent partnerships, partners and sole proprietors in similar types of commercial litigation.
In addition to our commercial litigation practice in the state and federal courts, our lawyers handle declaratory judgments, preliminary injunctions, alternative dispute resolution, domestic and international arbitrations, mini-trials and mediation proceedings.
Securities Litigation. The firm represents clients in litigation brought under state and federal securities laws. Our securities litigation practice ranges from litigation resulting from initial public offerings to shareholder disputes stemming from mergers and acquisitions and tender offers, as well as insurance coverage issues raised in these contexts. The firm also represents clients in securities class actions.
Our lawyers have represented management, as well as outside directors, in various cases involving challenges to public disclosures in connection with public offerings, derivative actions involving fiduciary duty claims and claims brought by regulators and rehabilitators. In addition, Maalouf Ashford has represented both the acquirer and the target in hostile takeovers that have involved issues of securities law, as well as corporate litigation.
In the retail brokerage area, the firm has represented brokerage firms, registered representatives and public customers in litigation and arbitration in all aspects of securities law, including broker-customer cases, intra-industry disputes and employment claims. Our lawyers also have served as arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, providing a unique perspective on how such cases are viewed by those who decide them.
Franchise Litigation. Maalouf Ashford represents both franchisors and franchisees in disputes arising out of their business relationships, including claims for trademark infringement, breach of the franchise agreement and fraud, as well as actions for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief in connection with the termination of the franchise relationship.
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Maalouf Ashford & Talbot's Litigation & Arbitration practice represents clients from around the globe before Courts and major Arbitral Tribunals worldwide, including the ICC, AAA and DIFA LCIA Arbitration Center. Whether tackling matters before international arbitrators or handling proceedings in local courts, our lawyers draw upon the resources of our full-service firm to deliver dispute-resolution results for our clients.
Our litigation & arbitration specialists call on experienced international trade and finance experts, international tax specialists foreign-qualified lawyers, transnational corporate practitioners and colleagues in numerous complementary disciplines to field the most appropriate team for any given matter. We understand the business aspects of arbitration disputes and shape the process to achieve the client’s core business objectives.
We represent clients in a broad range of industries and commercial sectors, with particular experience in energy, oil and gas, patent licensing, political risk disputes, securities, international contracts, trade and bilateral investment disputes.
The firm's commercial litigation practice encompasses all aspects of commercial relationships, including disputes involving the Uniform Commercial Code, contracts, business dissolutions, leveraged buyouts and other financial arrangements.
Antitrust and Trade Litigation. Our trial lawyers represent clients in private treble damage actions, individuals and corporations indicted for criminal violations of the antitrust laws and companies that have received grand jury subpoenas. In addition to matters involving monopolization, price discrimination, dealer termination, territorial restraints, price-related restraints and restrictive covenants, we have represented clients in cases involving Lanham Act unfair competition claims and trademark infringement. The firm also handles trade regulation work, counseling clients on the legality of business and distribution arrangements under the antitrust and consumer protection laws.
Corporate Litigation. Maalouf Ashford represents clients in litigation involving public and closely held corporations and corporate officers, directors and shareholders. This includes litigation involving management and corporate control issues, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder appraisal rights, contract disputes, employment agreements, covenants not to compete, financial transactions and insurance coverage disputes. We also represent partnerships, partners and sole proprietors in similar types of commercial litigation.
In addition to our commercial litigation practice in the state and federal courts, our lawyers handle declaratory judgments, preliminary injunctions, alternative dispute resolution, domestic and international arbitrations, mini-trials and mediation proceedings.
Securities Litigation. The firm represents clients in litigation brought under state and federal securities laws. Our securities litigation practice ranges from litigation resulting from initial public offerings to shareholder disputes stemming from mergers and acquisitions and tender offers, as well as insurance coverage issues raised in these contexts. The firm also represents clients in securities class actions.
Our lawyers have represented management, as well as outside directors, in various cases involving challenges to public disclosures in connection with public offerings, derivative actions involving fiduciary duty claims and claims brought by regulators and rehabilitators. In addition, Maalouf Ashford has represented both the acquirer and the target in hostile takeovers that have involved issues of securities law, as well as corporate litigation.
In the retail brokerage area, the firm has represented brokerage firms, registered representatives and public customers in litigation and arbitration in all aspects of securities law, including broker-customer cases, intra-industry disputes and employment claims. Our lawyers also have served as arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, providing a unique perspective on how such cases are viewed by those who decide them.
Franchise Litigation. Maalouf Ashford represents both franchisors and franchisees in disputes arising out of their business relationships, including claims for trademark infringement, breach of the franchise agreement and fraud, as well as actions for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief in connection with the termination of the franchise relationship.