Business Litigation

CPW attorneys handle trials, appeals, arbitrations, and mediations in many types of business disputes both large and small. Our cases include traditional commercial contract disputes, partnership disputes, claims involving fraud and other types of business torts. We have represented plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving the misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of non-competition agreements. We have also helped our clients prosecute or defend claims of unfair competition or violation of the state and federal antitrust laws and have handled disputes between individuals and business entities involving the breach of fiduciary duties, minority shareholder rights, and partnership dissolution. Our experience spans many industries including banking, computer hardware and software, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, Internet-based businesses, telecommunications, gaming, import-export, and real estate development.

Representative Cases

Represented private equity firms and founder of Chinese logistics company in Hong Kong arbitration arising out of claims of breach of warranty and misrepresentation in coverage with $60 million sale.
Represented a small startup company and its founder after the company terminated the employment of its CEO and the CEO sought to recover a multi-million dollar severance.
Prosecuted claims on behalf of a public university in a patent dispute in which a researcher at the university claimed that he was the inventor of certain technologies that were patented by a competing research institute.
Represented a Silicon Valley company that supplied micromodules in a dispute with a manufacturer over the breach of a requirements contract.
Defended a San Francisco company that imported Asian food products in a dispute with its CEO who alleged that he was defrauded out of a finders fee for a business acquisition.
Defended a real estate merchant bank against claims of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty made by a group of disgruntled investors.
Defended one of the founders of a small telecommunications company in a federal lawsuit that included claims of fraud and violation of federal and state antitrust laws.
Represented the minority members of a limited liability company that sought to develop vineyard properties in Napa and Sonoma.

ATTORNEYS
Merri A. Baldwin, Renée C. Callantine, William F. Campbell, Bill Chapman, John G. Heller,
Andrea M. Kendrick,Philip A. Leider, J. Michael Matthews, David Nied,
Carol D. Quackenbos, Mark A. White