Complex Litigation

AV&H understands the way businesses work, their needs, business solutions, and the sensitive interplay between business litigation and ongoing business relationships.  We have extensive experience in complex commercial litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts throughout the country on such matters as breach of contract, franchises, false advertising, ERISA, fraud, RICO, business torts and unfair competition.  The firm also represents clients in domestic and international arbitrations and mediations before such alternative dispute resolution providers as the American Arbitration Association, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and the National Association of Securities Dealers Dispute Resolution. 

News & Developments

• AV&H Represents INEOS in U.S. Litigation
• AV&H Successfully Concludes Foreign Auction Bid Rigging Case
• AV&H Wins Dismissal of Yeshiva University from Antitrust Conspiracy Class Action

Articles & Treatises

• Doe v. Norwalk Community College Analysis for LexisNexis Expert Commentaries
• Arbitration Freed From American Fee Rule
• Alternative Dispute Resolution: Simplified Justice or a Shield for Smoking Guns?

Newsletters

• Connecticut Supreme Court Holds That Distributor Was Not A Franchisee
• AV&H Wins Unanimous Reversal by Connecticut Supreme Court on Prejudgment Remedy Procedure
• Recent Supreme Court Decision Reinforces the Increasingly Important Role Arbitrators Play in Resolving Disputes