Officers, directors and partners have legally enforceable obligations of due care, loyalty and honesty. When these fiduciary duties are breached, litigation often follows. Murphy Rosen lawyers regularly prosecute or defend such claims on behalf of officers, directors and partners in disputes arising from diverse business settings. Firm attorneys have successfully handled litigation involving disputes over control of corporations, minority shareholder claims, corporate mismanagement, dissipation of assets, and corporate and partnership dissolutions.
Our lawyers have extensive knowledge and experience in this realm, and they work hand in hand with the client to devise and execute a strategy that best fits the particular circumstances of the case. We have been successful in securing, either through trial or settlement, such varied remedies as actual dissolution, structured buy-outs, “put” options, and, most frequently, money damages.
We aren’t just litigators, we’re counselors. We are often consulted when potential corporate or partnership disputes appear on the horizon. Our experienced attorneys have been able to provide consultation and creative strategies to prevent the dispute from becoming a litigated matter.
Read MoreOur lawyers have represented numerous figures in the entertainment industry. We understand that the unique aspects of that industry often require a specialized and nuanced approach to dispute resolution and our attorneys are well versed in this regard. Our lawyers have experience litigating in a wide variety of areas including breach of contract, invasion of privacy, right of publicity, employment, syndication, profit participation, insurance, future technologies and governmental investigations. In addition to litigating in federal and state trial and appellate courts, we also have experience conducting various forms of industry arbitrations.
We also engage in various forms of intellectual property litigation, both inside and outside the entertainment field. Our intellectual property experience includes copyright, trademark and patent litigation. Our lawyers have litigated various forms of copyright and trademark enforcement actions and have secured numerous temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions. In our patent litigation work, our clients include individual inventors as well as Fortune 500 companies.
Murphy Rosen has the depth and the experience to handle the most challenging entertainment and intellectual property related disputes. Our lawyers have been extremely successful in representing entertainment clients, and have assisted in the representation of such well-known entertainment figures and companies as Mark Burnett, Bill Fitch, Steven Bochco, E! Entertainment and Grateful Dead Productions.
Read MoreWe have represented clients in administrative proceedings, mediations, arbitrations, state and federal trials, and on appeal in matters involving sexual harassment, gender discrimination, wrongful termination and ERISA preemption. In addition to litigation, much of our work is designed to help clients minimize their risk of liability at all stages of litigation.
Firm attorneys counsel both employers and employees in a wide range of issues such as claims of discriminatory hiring, promotions and training, retaliatory firing, employment contract violations, non-compete and non-solicitation, severance contracts and defamation.
Read MoreWe are the counsel for all California asbestos and silica litigation for two Fortune 1000 companies. Our lawyers have extensive experience in both the law and the science and have generated an impressive track record on these cases.
For example, for one of the Fortune 1000 companies, our lawyers have represented the company for over ten years in the defense of asbestos cases. As the company did not actually manufacture or distribute asbestos-containing products but is often sued on the mistaken belief that it did, our lawyers have convinced plaintiff’s counsel on numerous occasions to voluntarily dismiss the client from the case. In fact, in the over 10 years since our lawyers have been representing this client in dozens of cases, the company has never paid any money to settle even one case. We attribute this success to our straightforward and focused approach. When the client gets sued in these situations, we know what to do and we do it.
Read MoreThe firm’s lawyers have represented both plaintiffs pursuing professional malpractice claims, and accounting firms and law firms that have been sued for professional malpractice, and other contract and business tort claims.
Our lawyers also counsel clients to identify potential problems before they arise so as to limit liability and unnecessary exposure. Firm attorneys are cognizant that in these matters, reputations and business credibility are on the line for our clients. For this reason, we strive to handle these cases efficiently and discretely.
Often, the professional liability cases that our lawyers handle arise out of complex business transactions or complex litigation. Our knowledge and experience in sophisticated commercial cases, and our substantial trial skills, make us strong advocates in these matters.
Read MoreMurphy Rosen’s extensive litigation experience extends to the probate courts. The administration of trusts and estates is a complicated process that is ripe for disputes and, ultimately, litigation. Though there are many firms that specialize solely in the administration of trusts and estates, they often lack the litigation skills needed to prevail. Once these probate disputes reach the litigation stage, our experience confirms that seasoned business litigators with probate experience are uniquely positioned to succeed.
Thus, when litigation arises in the probate courts, Murphy Rosen’s lawyers are often retained to bring their litigation skills to bear to achieve the desired results. Murphy Rosen’s experience in trusts and estates litigation includes representing trustees, administrators and beneficiaries in disputes concerning breach of fiduciary duty, undue influence, capacity, misappropriation of funds, interpretation of trusts, elder abuse, and removal of trustees.
Murphy Rosen’s recent trial successes include obtaining a defense verdict on behalf of a trustee accused by a disinherited heir of causing the decedent to amend her trust near the time of her death through fraud and undue influence (affirmed on appeal), and obtaining a defense verdict against claims that our client caused over $30 million in damage to a trust (with the results so overwhelming in our client’s favor that the judge ordered the unsuccessful petitioner to pay most of our client’s related attorneys’ fees).
Read MoreMurphy Rosen recognizes the different skills needed for effective appellate advocacy and has developed an active appellate practice arising from the complex civil and criminal business litigation matters and trials the firm’s attorneys handle. Whether the task at hand is to preserve a favorable result or overturn an adverse one, our appellate practitioners have the skill and depth of experience to win high-stakes appeals. Our lawyers have successfully handled a broad range of appeals in federal and state appellate courts, both for clients whom we have represented at trial as well as new clients whose cases were originally handled by other lawyers at the trial or administrative level-a testament to our talent and appellate experience.
The firm’s appellate practice includes all aspects of civil and criminal litigation, and may entail direct appeals from final judgments and orders, as well as interlocutory appeals and petitions for writs of mandate.
Many of our lawyers are former judicial clerks and externs who have first-hand knowledge of the courts in which they now practice. They know how to deal effectively and efficiently with the procedural complexities of sophisticated appellate work. Our attorneys have exceptional skills in legal research, substantial expertise in the preparation of appellate briefs and writs, and a wealth of experience in presenting oral argument in the federal and state appellate courts.
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