Business litigation:
Achieving success with our clients

DRH&R provides business litigation services for a wide array of clients touching the entire spectrum of the national economy. Business disputes arise in all aspects of any business relationship and the firm's litigation expertise places our clients in the best possible position to obtain a favorable resolution both before and after a lawsuit is filed. We handle cases regarding the very structure of the company, representing both the company and shareholders in disputes involving officers and directors liability, shareholders derivative actions and employment disputes. Most business disputes arise between former business partners or in connection with a failed business relationship between business entities. Our attorneys are well prepared to offer a thoughtful and aggressive approach to these business problems.

We work together with our clients to achieve success. Lawyers with our firm have broad experience with all variations of business litigation. Some of the cases we have recently litigated include:

• Representation of major securities brokerage houses in securities fraud suits;
• Defense of a major homeowner insurance company in mold related litigation;
• Representation of a large institutional royalty owner against an operator to recover unpaid royalties;
• Protection of trade secret and copyrighted information on behalf of large oil field equipment manufacturer and a large internet service provider;
• Prosecution on behalf of a manufacturer of ethylene and styrene of commercial claims for property damage and business interruption losses as a result of negligence and product failure;
• Defense of industrial tool manufacturers and an international drug manufacturer against product liability personal injury suits;
• Representation of groups of physicians against a national hospital corporation;
• Defense of building contractors in construction defect cases;
• Representation of residential homebuilder in defective construction cases and insurance coverage issues;
• Defense of an internet service provider against class action claims;
• Representation of a large oil company against claims for additional royalties from production in equatorial Africa;
• Recovery on behalf of a petrochemical manufacturer for losses suffered from the failure of a nationally advertised software application; and
• Defense of a large national financial corporation in a lender liability suit.