Corporate & Business Law Litigation
Contact:
- Andrew R. Poyton
- 630.384.3128
- Stephen A. Rehfeldt
- 630.384.3132
- John M. Mulherin
- 630.384.3133
MRV’s corporate and business law litigation practice involves assistance with business disputes of all kinds. Accordingly, our practice includes disputes among co-owners of a single business entity (or joint venture) as well as disputes between separate business entities. While representing our clients, we use our extensive knowledge of how business arrangements are and can be structured to assist our approach to litigation and other dispute resolution proceedings. Our practice includes litigation in both state and federal court venues throughout the state of Illinois, as well as in various administrative agencies.
MRV’s corporate and business law litigation practice regularly provides representation of its clients with respect to both the prosecution and defense of:
- Disputes between shareholders of a corporate entity and/or members of a Limited Liability Company (LLC), including:
- Derivative actions brought by a shareholder or member on behalf of the business entity.
- Actions for breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder/member “freeze-out” and accounting.
- Actions for breach of contract between business entities and individuals.
- Actions brought under “quasi-contractual” theories, including actions for unjust enrichment, quantum meruit and account stated.
- Business torts, including tortious interference with existing and prospective business opportunities.
- Actions for breach of restrictive employment covenants (i.e. covenant not to compete, covenant not to solicit, and covenants not to disclose/confidentiality agreements).
- Actions for pursuit of recovery of amounts owed for services rendered and/or materials provided, including perfection and enforcement of lien rights (i.e. mechanic’s lien rights and mortgage lien rights).
Representative Cases
Successfully defended claim seeking multi-million dollar liability with respect to commercial leasing obligations asserted against multi-national company through vigorous opposition to dispositive motions, removal to federal district court and transfer to related bankruptcy proceedings in the state of New York.
Successfully defended start-up company from business tort claims, including breach of fiduciary duty, breach of covenant not to compete, breach of covenant not to solicit employees, and tortious interference with existing contract as well as prospective business opportunity, brought by long established business with which owners of start-up company had been previously employed.
Assisted with pre-litigation dealings with disgruntled and obstructive co-owners of small business ventures and successful defense of claims for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty brought by co-owners of small businesses against remaining owners.
Successfully prosecuted and defended claims for breach of contract by and between individuals and business entities, including claims of sums due for services rendered.
Pursued contract and lien rights and recovered substantial sums due to construction contractors, relative to the improvement of both privately and publicly owned property, including:
- Collection of hundreds of thousands of dollars due with respect to mechanic’s lien action involving substantial structural steel improvements provided to eight-story commercial building, including recovery of amounts beyond contract price that general contractor refused to authorize, but which were necessary with respect to additional work required to ensure the structural integrity of the building.
- Collection of hundreds of thousands due for work performed on publicly owned properties ranging from schools and park district buildings to universities and colleges.
Pursued and recovered judgments and judicial sales of property with respect to commercial mortgage foreclosure actions throughout the state of Illinois.