The areas in which we have substantial experience include business, commercial and contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and misrepresentation, interference with contracts and business relationships and other business torts, complex litigation, class actions, breach of warranty, distributor/supplier relationships, manufacturer's representative and franchise terminations, trade secrets, restrictive covenants, antitrust, unfair competition and trademark, trade dress and copyright infringements.

Clark Hill represents business clients in federal and state trial and appellate courts and in arbitrations and other dispute resolution proceedings. We are one of the leading business litigation firms in Michigan with nearly 60 litigators who have a depth of experience in providing high quality, cost efficient business driven solutions. Our attorneys are aggressive and innovative with an outstanding track record at achieving results through trial or favorable resolution.

The firm's business litigation group has the ability to initiate or respond to emergency injunction proceedings in courts where immediate action is necessary. We have litigated injunction proceedings involving covenants not to compete, misappropriation of trade secrets and diversion of corporate opportunities. We are sensitive to the costs of litigation and are committed to developing litigation budgets with clients before legal services are rendered to contain costs, including assigning legal staff at lower rates to work on particular projects.

Clark Hill regularly litigates internal corporate disputes among shareholders, directors and management under business corporation acts. Aside from handling a wide-range of actions arising under federal and state securities law, Clark Hill handles the full range of possible claims under the Business Corporation Act including breach of director's fiduciary duties, buy/sell litigation, breach of shareholder agreements and minority shareholder oppression.

We prosecute and defend cases under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). We conduct and assist clients with internal corporate investigations. We have represented software developers and users of software in computer software litigation involving copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation and other business torts. We have litigated claims for false advertising under the Lanham Act. The Firm has managed constitutional law cases involving challenges to legislation, regulations and ordinances. We regularly handle accountant liability issues and tax disputes.

Our business litigation attorneys seek to understand our clients' businesses and recommend alternative dispute resolution where appropriate to achieve a client's business objectives which may involve preserving business or contractual relations with the adverse party so as to avoid a win/lose result. Our business litigators have resolved thousands of business disputes and have served as court or party appointed mediators and arbitrators as a result of their training in arbitration, facilitation and mediation techniques.

Clark Hill has experienced appellate advocates who have counseled clients on appellate matters at all levels of the appellate court system including state supreme courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Clark Hill has represented Fortune 500 companies down to medium and small business entities in industries as diverse as automobile manufacturing, insurance, telecommunications, financial services, computer software and hardware, restaurant and food services, real estate, energy, pharmaceuticals and high technology.