Litigation

Sheppard Mullin's Litigation Practice involves virtually all aspects of business and commercial litigation, including antitrust, creditors' rights, banking and financial institutions, construction, communications, general business, insurance, intellectual property, products liability, professional liability defense, real estate, securities, white collar criminal defense and regulatory compliance, and trust and estate litigation.

Our litigators represent clients in a broad spectrum of industries such as computers and information technology, financial services, aerospace, manufacturing, transportation, communications, pharmaceuticals, advertising, print and broadcast media, franchising, petroleum production and refining, real estate, insurance, construction, and food and beverage manufacturing, among others. Specialized practice groups emphasize aerospace and defense, financial institutions, antitrust and trade regulation, intellectual property, environmental, white collar criminal defense and regulatory compliance, and construction.

The attorneys in our Litigation Practice have substantial experience in a wide variety of vehicles for dispute resolution, including litigation, arbitration, and mediation.

Recognition

Articles

Selectivity + Formal Training + Day-to-Day Feedback on Serious Work = Improved Attorney Retention
May 2008, New York Law Journal Magazine
Top Women Litigators: Leaps of Faith
May 10, 2007, Daily Journal
Federal Litigators Face New Burdens in E-Data Discovery
October 10, 2006
In L.A., An Insurance Trial Can Take a Film Noir Turn
October 10, 2006
Delaware Decision in Disney Sets Forth Parameters for Duty of Good Faith
September 25, 2006
Courts Cling to Tradition on CAFA Removal Burden
May 15, 2006
'Pound' Asserts a Strict Line in Successive Representations
April 24, 2006
Who Protects the Intellectual Property of your Business?
April 10, 2006
Courts Need to Constrain Fiduciary Duty to Narrow Class of Relationships
April 6, 2006
Forum Selection Clauses
April 3, 2006
Law is in Flux Over Internal Governance of Foreign Firms
March 31, 2006
Money Matters
March 2, 2006
Trends in Real Estate and Title Insurance
November 28, 2005
Supreme Court Gets Into Split Over Class-Action Arbitrations
July 12, 2005
Mocking Juries
April 27, 2005
Parry the Arbitrary
April 27, 2005
Case Tests Validity of Class Action Waiver in Arbitration
April 15, 2005
The Year in Review: Annual Construction Law Update
April 1, 2005
Unfair-Competition Law Reform May Encourage Class Actions
August 25, 2004
Consumer Protection Act Brings the Fight to Absentee Cybersquatters
July 8, 2004
Ninth Circuit Curtails Enforceability of Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements
May 30, 2003
Loosening the Ties That Bind
February 6, 2003
Sheppard Mullin Lands Entertainment Group
January 27, 2003
The Internet May Take You Places To Defend A Lawsuit, But Not To California
January 6, 2003
Commercial Landlords/Business Operators Beware: Legislature Quadruples Statutory Damage Award Available For Violations Of ADA
February 15, 2002
Recent California Decision Highlights Uncertainty of Internet Law
September 24, 2001
Read My Mind - The Perils of Surfing the Web at Work
June 26, 2000
New Protections That Shift The Balance Toward Companies
May 30, 2000
Ten Tips To Reduce Your Legal Expenses
May 15, 2000
Keeping A Clean House
March 18, 2000
Antitrust Considerations In Establishing Medical Provider Networks
December 13, 1999
Getting A Fair Shake
November 11, 1999
The Microsoft Case - Exclusionary Innovention
November 10, 1998
Litigation in the Year 2000 and Beyond -- What Lies Ahead?
June 10, 1998
Competition Implications of the California Supreme Court Decision in ABC International Traders, Inc.
February 27, 1997