Practice Areas

• Bankruptcy
• Creditor's Committee
• Corporate Debtors
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Out of Court Restructurings
• Secured Financings
• Commercial Transactions and Real Estate
• Commercial Lending and Debt Financings
• Real Estate Acquisitions, Development and Leasing
• Synthetic Leases and Off-Balance Sheet Financing
• Equipment Financing and Leasing
• Tax-exempt & Tax Increment Financings
• Corporate and Securities
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance (and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance)
• Going Private Transactions
• Investment Company Governance
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Proxy Contests
• Reorganizations
• Securities Offerings
• Special Board Committee Matters
• Venture Capital
• Investigations and Enforcement
• Entertainment
• Recording Artists/Producers
• Songwriters/Music Publishers
• Authors/Book Publishers
• Record Labels and Distributors
• Actors/Directors
• Licensing/Acquisition/Sale of Entertainment Properties
• Film/Television/Theater
• Copyright/Trademark/Contract Litigation
• Environmental
• Administrative Proceedings
• Compliance
• Litigation
• Permitting
• Regulatory
• Financial Institutions
• Acquisitions
• Regulatory Compliance
• Administrative Proceedings
• Formation of De Novo Institutions
• Government Relations
• Administrative Rules
• Attorney General's Investigations
• Legislation
• Regulatory and Administrative Hearings
• Healthcare Industry
• Business Transactions
• Fraud and Abuse
• Litigation/Investigations
• Operations
• Regulatory/Administrative
• Certificates of Need
 

• Intellectual Property and Technology
• Copyright
• Trademarks
• Internet and E-Commerce
• Media and Communications
• Patent, Trademark and Copyright Litigation
• Trade Secrets and Information Management
• Financings/Acquisitions/Sales
• Technology Licensing
• Intellectual Property Audits
• Corporate and Venture Services for Technology-based Businesses
• Labor & Employment
• Employment Discrimination Litigation - Individual and Class Claims
• Employee Relations Consultation
• Labor/Management Relations
• Compliance with Federal and State Employment Laws
• Non-Compete Litigation
• Workers' Compensation
• Litigation
• Administrative Proceedings
• Antitrust
• Appellate Practice
• Banking Litigation
• Class Actions
• Construction
• Director Liability
• Environmental
• General Business Litigation
• Intellectual Property/Unfair Competition
• Insurance Disputes
• Large and Complex Commercial Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Products Liability
• Professional Liability
• Real Estate
• Securities Offering Liability
• Qui tam or Whistleblower
• Public Finance
• Public Purpose Bonds
• Private Activity Bonds
• Property Tax Abatements
• Pool Financings
• Tax
• Employee Benefits/ERISA
• Estate Planning and Probate
• State and Local
• Transactional
• Business Planning
• Personal Tax Planning
• Exempt Organizations
• Litigation
• Telecommunications
• Regulatory Proceedings
• Litigation
• Appellate

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