When a dispute arises in today’s business world, companies and individuals face risk on a variety of fronts: loss of competitive advantages, exposure of highly-sensitive information, lost profits, negative publicity, and even criminal investigation or prosecution.
We work to solve problems.
Ice Miller’s Commercial Litigation lawyers help clients overcome these challenges by meeting them head-on. Businesses trust Ice Miller with critical disputes because our lawyers have one goal in mind: solve the problem. We do so by learning your business, studying your industry, recognizing your business objectives, and employing the right strategy to solve the problem.
Ice Miller represents clients in all stages of business disputes in courts and arbitration proceedings throughout the United States. Our litigation team has extensive experience in a broad range of cases, including contract disputes, commercial fraud, business torts, regulatory matters and class actions. We have a successful record handling fact-driven cases in complex commercial settings.
Ice Miller’s litigators represent a diverse client base in every sector of the economy, from start-up businesses to Fortune 500 companies. We provide strategic advice and address our clients’ broad business needs and concerns throughout the litigation process.
Examples of Ice Miller’s recent litigation experience include:
- Obtained a preliminary injunction on behalf of engineering firm enforcing restrictive covenants that prohibited former executives from competing with client.
- Won summary judgment on behalf of school district related to multi-million dollar tax dispute, and prevailed on appeal.
- Secured victory for financial services firm in multi-million dollar arbitration involving allegations of fraud arising out the sale of a business.
- Obtained summary judgment, which was unanimously affirmed by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, in lawsuit alleging that client violated state law by overcharging its customers.
- Obtained judgment on the pleadings for municipal client in government contract dispute, which was affirmed by Indiana Supreme Court.
- Obtained temporary restraining order allowing manufacturing client to avoid shutdown of its business operations in Illinois following decertification by the state.
- Won summary judgment in favor of hospital system in a multi-million dollar breach of contract and tortious interference case.
- Obtained order allowing transfer of millions of dollars to private college’s endowment, and successfully pursued dismissal of appeal before the state supreme court.
- Won summary judgment on issue of liability in TCPA class action in California on behalf of commercial data firm.
- Won summary judgment on behalf of data analytics firm involving alleged violations of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and a state computer trespass statute, and prevailed on appeal.