Business Litigation
Business Litigation
Howard Law Group’s lawyers have battled against the best lawyers in the world to recover or defend hundreds of millions of dollars in disputes regarding: Property Owner Disputes, Sovereign and Governmental Immunity, Audits and Forensic Accounting, Product Defects and Manufacturing, Ownership Disputes, Breach of Contract, and Personal Injury/Wrongful Death.
Property Owner Disputes
- Represented property owner in dispute against general contractor for subcontractor’s failure to provide defect-free precast concrete and obtain reconstruction and monetary relief.
- Represented property owner in dispute filed by tenant seeking multi-millions in alleged damages for failure to renew lease; obtain voluntary dismissal after two-day deposition.
- Represented property owner in mass-tort asbestosis claim and obtained zero-liability dismissal.
- Representing property owner is dispute filed by tenant alleging improper suitability.
Audit/Forensic Accounting
- Obtained remand for east-coast university licensing client regarding breach of license agreement lawsuit; established sovereign immunity for licensing entity as an arm-of-the-state; obtained summary judgment regarding audit entitlement
- Represented manufacturer plaintiff in evaluation and audit of vendor payments
- Represented university licensing entity in audit case, obtained ruling that university entity was sovereign immune.
Ownership Disputes / Minority Ownership Protection / Fiduciary Duty
- Won nine-figure judgment for plaintiff in breach of fiduciary duty case regarding oilfield opportunity.
- Advised various individuals and entities in evaluating strategy for ownership and compensation disputes, with or without litigation
- Defended various individuals and business against claims of common-law or statutory partnerships.
Breach of Contract
- Represent defendant in breach of software as a services agreement to obtain effective dismissal/transfer based upon forum selection clause in online terms and conditions.
- Represented property owner in multi-million-dollar breach of construction contract regarding insufficient tolerances, failures to comply with punch-lists, and time is of the essence clauses.
- Represented landlord in enforcement of notice of renewal provision and obtained dismissal after corporate representative deposition.
- Represented client to enforce settlement agreement upon non-payment.
Sovereign / Governmental Immunity
- Obtained remand for east-coast university licensing client regarding breach of license agreement lawsuit; established sovereign immunity for licensing entity as an arm-of-the-state; obtained summary judgment regarding audit entitlement
- Obtained ruling that university entity was entitled to sovereign immunity for south-western university licensing entity
- Asserted sovereign immunity as a defense to transfer of venue in patent infringement lawsuit
- Asserted sovereign immunity as a defense to institution of inter partes review of patents-in-suit
- Asserted governmental immunity for private/government attorneys in defense of breach of contract suit
Product Defects and Manufacturing
- Obtained settlement with zero-dollar exposure for declaratory judgment plaintiff in seven-figure warranty/defective product case
- Obtained six-figure settlement for plaintiff in negligence case regarding damage to plastic injection molding manufacturing equipment
Personal Injury / Wrongful Death
- Obtained seven-figure settlement for parents and estate in oil-field wrongful death lawsuit
- Obtained favorable, confidential settlement for Represented plaintiff in case involving explosion of propane gas canister.
- Obtained policy-maximum settlement for pedestrian plaintiff injured while crossing the street
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