DPK AREAS OF PRACTICE

We have broad commercial litigation experience—each of our partners has handled litigation matters in a variety of different substantive areas of law. For example:

Intellectual Property: we have litigated patent cases, represented both copyright holders and alleged infringers in copyright litigation, and counseled clients on trademark and trade secret matters;

Antitrust: we have litigated Sherman and Clayton Act cases, represented companies during government inquiries concerning antitrust matters and counseled clients on the antitrust implications of potential transactions.

Securities: we have litigated numerous individual and class actions involving alleged violations of Sections 10(b), 14(a) and other provisions of the securities law, handled NYSE and NASD arbitrations, and disputes regarding broker-dealer matters, compliance issues and credit derivatives;

Employment: we have represented clients in lawsuits and arbitrations involving many different kinds of employment issues, ranging from alleged violations of non-competes to severance and indemnification disputes.

Insurance: we have represented corporate plaintiffs seeking to recover for insurance fraud, litigated insurance coverage disputes regarding both property and casualty and D&O claims, and advised clients negotiating policies and renewals;

Bankruptcy: we have litigated many different issues in bankruptcy courts, including matters such as lift stay applications, motions seeking access to insurance proceeds and adversary proceedings;

Banking and Commercial Law: we have broad experience in commercial law, and have litigated numerous cases involving letters of credit, commercial contracts and secured transactions;

Real Estate: we have represented owners and tenants in litigation and arbitration of issues ranging from alleged lease violations to operating expense escalations; and

Internal Investigations and Regulatory Matters: we have conducted internal investigations involving issues such as accounting matters, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and alleged improper sales practices, and have represented persons and entities involved in investigations by governmental bodies, including (most recently) the SEC, the New York State Attorney General, and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service.