Business Litigation

Business Litigation

The lawyers of Cirlin Goldberg LLP aggressively pursue our clients’ objectives and interests with careful consideration towards selecting options and strategies in business litigation that are both effective and efficient.  The attorneys at Cirlin Goldberg LLP bring decades of trial experience resolving a wide range of business disputes both before and after these matters reach the courts.  In our business litigation practice, we initiate and defend a diverse range of commercial cases in various business settings involving real estate, financial services, technology services, medical and dental practices, retail, entertainment, insurance, marketing, brokerage, and law.

Cirlin Goldberg LLP offers legal representation to clients in the following business litigation practice areas:

• General Business Litigation – Addressing all types of business litigation claims in both federal and state courts involving large and small businesses and individuals.
• Breach Buy-Sell Agreements – Representing both buyers and sellers in disputes arising from the sale of businesses.
• Business Dissolution and Appraisals – Actions concerning forcing the accounting, sale, transfer, and liquidation of business interests.
• Shareholder and Partnership Disputes – These cases often involve breach of fiduciary duties, misrepresentation, concealment, embezzlement and other misconduct of partners, officers, managing members, directors, and agents. We excel at bringing legal actions and defending disputes dealing with shareholders in close corporations, partners in general and limited partnerships, and members in limited liability companies.
• Officers, Directors, and Managing Member Liability – Litigation based upon wrongdoing by officers, managing members, directors and high-level employees based upon breach of their legal obligations to their companies and investors. These claims often include breach of fiduciary duty, diversion of corporate business opportunities, and dissipation or diversion of company assets.   While officers, directors and managing members of LLC’s generally have broad discretion to exercise their business judgment, acts or omissions that breach their legal duties expose them to personal liability.
• Close Corporation Litigation – Often involving family members, relatives and close friends, these disputes are often emotionally charged and threaten the livelihoods of people who have invested their entire lives into their businesses.
• Defamation and Slander of Title – Where businesses and individuals engaged in the publication of false information damaging the reputation of a business or its products or services.
• Interference with Business Contracts and Economic Relationships – Claims against businesses and individuals for wrongfully interfering with another’s business contracts or relationships.
• Debtor-Creditor Disputes – Liability based upon breach of loans and various lending instruments.
• Intellectual Property Disputes – Claims involving the ownership of products, logos, slogans and branding, often alleging breach of trademarks and copyrights, and theft of trade secrets, including client lists and sensitive financial information.
• Consumer Rights Litigation – Claims brought against businesses for alleged breach of consumer protection laws and warranties.
• Restrictive Covenants including Non-Compete Agreements – Disputes over the movement of employees or business owners from one company to another.
• Unfair Competition – California and federal law offers extensive protections against unlawful, fraudulent and unfair business practices designed to confuse customers and divert commercial transactions.
• Professional Liability – Breach of professional duties owed to clients and persons foreseeably harmed by the negligence of real estate brokers, lawyers, health care providers, accountants, and other professionals.