ANTITRUST, TRADE SECRETS, FALSE ADVERTISING AND OTHER UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES
Competitors and dishonest businesses frequently misrepresent their goods, steal others’ trade secrets to get ahead and engage in other dishonest, unethical, unfair and anti-competitive trade practices. This happens not just in retailing but in virtually every business and industry. We have successfully utilized fair competition, false advertising and consumer protection statutes, and the state and federal trade secret and antitrust laws to protect both individuals and business from these unfair business practices and to obtain appropriate monetary damages and injunctive relief.
CASE EXAMPLES:
Successful prosecution of trade secret disputes regarding circuit designs, telecommunication component designs and fabrication in state court.
Successful prosecution trade secret case in federal court.
Sued and obtained major relief for class of homeowner plaintiffs who had been forced by insurance industry agreements to pay excessive fees to avoid home foreclosures.
Successfully represented small, local distribution company in group boycott, price fixing and monopolization claims against international agricultural chemical products companies.
Successfully prosecuted federal antitrust patent tying case involving the legality under the antitrust laws of package patent licensing practices.