Litigation

AV&H litigates a broad range of complex antitrust, intellectual property, regulatory, technology-related and commercial cases in state and federal court, in arbitration proceedings and in civil and criminal investigations by government regulatory authorities. All of the firm's lawyers are accomplished litigators who bring to every case an effective combination of general litigation skills, such as persuasive advocacy and procedural tactics, and experience in particular areas of the law. The cases handled by the firm typically involve complex factual or legal issues and often are of tremendous significance to the client either from a damages or operational perspective.

Most recently, AV&H lawyers have successfully litigated cases involving allegations of overseas rigging of an auction, an FDA exclusivity award pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act; the certification of a major class action; an action alleging breach of a covenant not to compete; franchise terminations; a multi-district litigation concerning alleged health care fraud; a defendant class action involving a pension fund real estate investment vehicle; commercial libel and defamation on the Internet; domain name rights; and breach of a multi-million dollar supply contract. We also successfully defended against a grand jury investigation of an alleged international conspiracy in the specialty metals industry, and against a state attorney general investigation of health care fraud and RICO claims. The firm has litigated cases involving deceptive advertising, unfair competition, ERISA, Lanham Act claims and numerous consumer protection issues, including slamming and related claims.

AV&H has been involved in numerous domestic and international commercial disputes involving breach of contracts and license agreements, breach of partnership agreements, breach of express and implied warranties, tortious interference, technology-related torts and other UCC issues.

News & Developments

• AV&H Represents INEOS in Contract Actions
• AV&H Successfully Concludes Foreign Auction Bid Rigging Case
• AV&H Wins Dismissal of Yeshiva University from Antitrust Conspiracy Class Action
• AV&H Wins Newspaper Comics Case
• AV&H Represents Sungard Data Systems Inc. in Acquisition of Availability Solutions Business of Comdisco Inc.

Articles & Treatises

• Arbitration Freed From American Fee Rule
• "Schering" Overruled: Risk of Settling Patent Suits Reduced?
• U.S. Supreme Court Again Clarifies the Power of Arbitrators
• Invention is the Mother of Litigation
• 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
• AV&H Wins Dismissal with Prejudice for Yeshiva University in Medical Resident Price Fixing Case
• AV&H Secures Significant Victory for Purepac Pharmaceutical Company in Purepac Pharmaceutical Co. v. Thompson (D.D.C.)
• Recent Supreme Court Decision Reinforces the Increasingly Important Role Arbitrators Play in Resolving Disputes
• AV&H Victory Against Antitrust Division Shows That Challenges to Mergers Can Be Litigated Quickly and Defended Successfully