Practices

Litigation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Because of the escalating costs, increasing delays, and unwanted publicity often involved in litigating disputes in court, alternative dispute resolution methods increasingly substitute for courtroom litigation. We are skilled in ADR methods, including mediation and formal and informal arbitration.  

By way of example, we defended a prominent software developer and two of its officers in a binding arbitration brought by one of the client’s resellers that sought millions of dollars in damages. After a two-week hearing, the arbitrator ruled in favor of our clients on every count and issued a 19-page opinion in support of this complete victory.   

In another matter, we successfully represented a Philadelphia import-buying agency in an arbitration proceeding brought by a former vice president of the company who was demanding additional severance and bonus pay. The arbitrator rejected both claims and awarded attorney's fees in favor of our client.  

We also have experience arbitrating before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, recently representing a large financial services holding company before a three-member panel at FINRA. The matter involved hotly disputed issues in the securities industry, including what constitutes confidential or trade secret information and what measures an employer can put in place to protect this information. Without obtaining any discovery, we proceeded to a five-day FINRA hearing and obtained a permanent injunction requiring our client’s former employee to abide by a non-compete agreement and precluding him from competing against our client for a full year.  

In addition to representing clients before neutral arbitrators or mediators, many of our attorneys have themselves acted as neutral parties, serving as Judges Pro Tem, federal mediators, or arbitrators. 

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