Morrison & Foerster is not any stranger to complicated, high-stakes and bet-the-company disputes. And the Agency continues to guide within the space — yr after year, Wachtell Lipton handles a very powerful corporate governance and takeover circumstances in the nation, from the seminal case Corwin v. KKR Monetary, which acknowledged the merger ratification protection to the profitable Airgas trial (wherein the court docket reaffirmed the poison tablet” takeover defense in opposition to a generation of assault) to the profitable Vulcan trial (during which the Agency secured an unprecedented order enjoining a hostile takeover bid) to the successful Sotheby’s protection of the company’s shareholder rights plan in opposition to an activist investor attack; to Allergan’s carefully watched takeover battle with Valeant and Pershing Sq., resulting in a groundbreaking preliminary injunction that set new federal precedent against unfair techniques in takeover bids.
Our Antitrust and Competitors Staff received a national first chair rating from Greatest Lawyers in America, and was named a high group working in the hub of antitrust law” by World Competition Review With more than forty antitrust legal professionals firmwide, now we have efficiently tried numerous antitrust and competition cases to verdict, and have represented both plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust and competition litigation, together with class motion lawsuits.
Our Company and Commercial Litigation apply group handles a wide range of complicated and excessive stakes enterprise authorized disputes for native, national and international purchasers. Elements organizations should take into account when assessing their litigation risk include the costs of mounting a authorized defense in courtroom, and whether or not or not other forms of resolution, resembling a settlement, is more feasible.
We handle litigation at all phases, from pre-swimsuit counseling and investigations via trials and appeals. Alternatively, State Court docket might have law that’s particularly beneficial to 1 celebration or the other and at instances a celebration will search to file in the state court docket to acquire the advantage of that special data.
We characterize purchasers in every conceivable type of dispute, whether it includes allegations of civil or felony legal responsibility, whether it issues business issues, private accidents, claimed violation of statutes, or skilled malpractice, or whether it’s to be resolved in a trial court docket, on enchantment, or by means of arbitration, mediation, or another type of alternative dispute resolution.