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.

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