Litigation

Litigation has been a core part of the firm's practice since 1927. Our Litigation Practice today consists of approximately 250 attorneys nationwide to serve our clients' needs. Sheppard Mullin litigators possess exceptional trial and appellate skills, in-depth knowledge of state and federal courts at all levels, and practical business judgment, all of which contribute to our consistent delivery of cost-effective results.

Sheppard Mullin's Litigation Practice involves 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, environmental, securities, white collar criminal defense, 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.

The attorneys in our Litigation Practice also have substantial experience in various vehicles for dispute resolution, including litigation, arbitration, and mediation.

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• Class Action Waivers Redux: Ninth Circuit Upholds Arbitration Provision Delegating Enforceability Determination to Arbitrator
  09.22.2021
• “Tim(e)s Up”—Illinois Appellate Court Affirms 5-Year Statute of Limitations Period for Certain BIPA Claims
  09.20.2021
• Illinois Appellate Court Affirms 5-Year Statute of Limitations Period for Certain BIPA Claims
  09.20.2021
• New York Courts Continue to Enforce Broad General Releases, Even When Claims are Unforeseeable at the Time of Contract Execution
  07.29.2021
• Scabby Survives Another Trip to the NLRB: Board Reaffirms Rat-and-Banner Displays Targeting Neutral Businesses Are Permissible
  07.29.2021
• Signing Contracts as a Representative May Lead to Individual Liability
  07.21.2021
• Supreme Court Addresses Class Action Standing in Ramirez Case: Requires “Concrete” Injury for Article III Standing for Class Members
  07.12.2021
• The Second Department Weighs in on Tolling vs. Suspension of Statutes of Limitation Pursuant to Governor Cuomo’s COVID-era Executive Orders
  07.06.2021
• Eighth Circuit Holds Rule 23(b)(3)’s Predominance Requirement Not Met in Securities Fraud Action Against Brokerage Firm
  05.05.2021
• Albany Commercial Division Looks Beyond “First-In-Time” Analysis When Considering Dismissal Pursuant to CPLR § 3211(a)(4)
  04.14.2021
• The U.S. Supreme Court Limits TCPA Liability By Narrowly Interpreting ATDS
  04.05.2021
• Commercial Division Limits the Reach of New York’s Long-Arm Statute
  03.30.2021
• Strengthening the TCPA’s Sovereign Immunity Shield—Fourth Circuit Rules Federal Employees Are Not Liable for Government-Mandated Robocalls
  03.11.2021
• Build Me A Building As Fast As You Can
  03.09.2021
• The New Normal? An Update On Commercial Division Operations
  03.08.2021
• Governor Cuomo’s “Tolling” of New York Statutes of Limitation Has Ended, But What Did It Accomplish?
  03.03.2021
• More on McGill: Ninth Circuit Affirms Order Enforcing Arbitration of Public Injunctive Relief Claims
  02.22.2021
• The Scoop on All that Vanilla Flavor Litigation
  01.14.2021
• Food & Beverage Class Actions: What You Need to Know for 2021
  01.13.2021
• Supreme Court to Address Class Action Standing in Ramirez Case: To Recover, Must Absent Class Members Establish Actual Injury?
  12.29.2020
• Landmark Contractor Licensing Case Limits Disgorgement Remedy in California
  09.29.2020
• The New York State Courts Have Suspended Most Court Filings as of March 22, 2020
  03.25.2020
• California Construction in the Time of Covid-19
  03.25.2020
• Last, but NOT Least: Why You Should Take a Closer Look at Your Next Indemnification Clause
  01.09.2020
• Commercial Division Justices Provide Dueling Approaches to Discovery Stays in State Court Securities Litigation
  08.14.2019
• Breaking with Tradition, The Current NLRB is on a Rulemaking Tear: Election Procedures, Recognition Bar, and 9(a) Collective Bargaining Relationships
  08.13.2019
• Labor Development Impacting Developers, Contractors, and Landowners
  06.04.2019
• Commercial Division Denies Plaintiff’s Request for Additional Time to Serve Complaint After Plaintiff LLC Failed to Appear Through Counsel
  04.10.2019
• Avoiding Disaster Due to Improper Licensing
  02.12.2019
• EPC Contractors Procuring from Foreign Companies need to Reconsider their Contracts
  06.11.2018
• It’s All a Matter of [Statutory] Construction: Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets the Good Faith Dispute Exception to Prompt Payment Requirements in United Riggers & Erectors, Inc. v. Coast Iron & Steel Co.
  05.16.2018