Business Litigation

Our litigators are skilled business advisors, counselors, and tacticians as well as exceptional trial lawyers. The combination of these skill sets allows our business clients to make litigation a useful and productive tool to reach their objectives. We believe that litigation, when properly conceived and implemented, can be an arrow in the quiver of a smart business.

We defend and prosecute a host of claims that arise in the context of doing business, including:

Breach of fiduciary duty
Breach of contract
Partnership & LLC Disputes
Fraud
Misappropriation
Conversion

As corporate specialists, we apply our in depth knowledge of the law regarding how corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships are structured and operate to provide our clients with tactical advantages that other firms cannot provide.

Software Developer Secures Trial Victory

Food Companies Secure Dismissal with Prejudice in Proposition 65 Matter

Stradling Attorneys Secure Family Member’s Control of Trusteeship

Defunct Fashion Company Resolves Vendor Dispute

Resort Developer Secures Dismissal In a Long-Running Lawsuit

Arbitration Victory in a Business Divorce & Real Estate Matter

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Collins Quoted in Fast Company Regarding Nvidia’s DOJ probe

Shawn Collins was recently quoted in the Fast Company article "Nvidia's DOJ Probe is Proof os the Chipmaker's Dominance, Experts Say." The article discusses the fact that after the DOJ and the FTC opened an antitrust investigation into Nvidia, many expected some market panic, but Nvidia’s stock remained largely unchanged.

California Business Divorce Blog: Your LLC Can Run, But It Probably Cannot Hide From California Jurisdiction

In some cases, owners of an LLC provide in their Operating Agreements that any disputes involving the LLC or arising out of the Operating Agreement, including a business divorce, must be litigated in a private arbitration without a jury. However, where there is no arbitration agreement between the parties to a lawsuit, those disputes must be decided in courts which have personal jurisdiction over the LLC and/or its managers and members.

California Business Divorce Blog: Destruction of LLC Records Will Likely Subject LLC Owners to Personal Liability in a Business Divorce Dispute

In a recently published opinion, Hacker v. Fabe, 92 Cal. App. 5^th1267 (2023), the California Court of Appeal found that an LLC owner’s destruction of the company’s records was a substantial factor that subjected him to personal liability for the debts owed to a departing member by the LLC.

Stradling Moves into Texas Market to Facilitate Western District Patent Litigation

Austin, Texas – June 2, 2021 – Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP announced today that it is bolstering its national Intellectual Property practice with a full time office in Texas and the addition of seasoned IP litigator Bill Parrish, who has been based in Austin for over 30 years.

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