Business & Commercial Litigation

There are occasions when litigation is necessary and others when it may make better business sense to settle a claim rather than run the risk of litigation. At Sweetnam, our approach to litigation is to always protect the clients' overall business interests and to do whatever is necessary to meet our clients' specific needs. 

We represent businesses of all sizes across a broad spectrum of industries as well as boards of directors and officers, nonprofit entities and governmental agencies. We understand that a skilled litigator must be able to adapt a knowledge of the law and procedure to each of his or her clients' particular business interests — and we make understanding your goals and your case our top priority. 

Each case is carefully considered on its merits by an experienced litigator. The resulting advice reflects our considerable experience in the field of litigation.

Some of the major areas in which we provide services include:

• All types of emergent relief (temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions) in state court, chancery division and federal court

• Breach of contract and fraud, misrepresentation cases

• Representing defendants in professional malpractice cases

• Directors’ and officers’ liability claims and shareholder derivative actions

• Banking and insurance disputes

• Shareholder, partnership disputes

• Restrictive covenant litigation and counseling

• Trade secret litigation

• Real estate and land use litigation

• ERISA matters

• Class actions

• Employment disputes

• Franchise disputes