Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Business Litigation Lawyers

Business Litigation. Pittsburgh Strong.® DTSALaw®

The litigation attorneys at Houston Harbaugh, P.C., are accomplished business trial lawyers, providing comprehensive support in litigation across a broad spectrum of matters throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and other jurisdictions upon a special admission basis. Our clients are regional and national small, medium and large companies and individuals who seek well planned and aggressive, but cost effective litigation. We counsel, we budget, we have a deep bench, we act quickly when needed and we have experienced trial lawyers who know the courts and bench. We serve regularly as local counsel for some of the largest law firms in the country when they have matters in this region.

We represent the needs of a changing and thriving Pittsburgh and tri-state region. We litigate and try cases in matters of business, breach of contract and commercial disputes; intellectual property – patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets; DTSALaw®; products liability defense; insurance coverage and bad faith; catastrophic personal injury and tort; construction defect and disputes; employment, non-competes and restrictive covenants, UAS/Drone Advocacy; and ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution, and our litigation lawyers advocate for clients in real estate, environmental, health care, industrial, financial and business clients’ disputes.

We are a trusted litigation resource for clients, combining our knowledge and experience with the latest in technology, e-discovery, data management, trial presentation and litigation resources to provide strong representation. We listen, anticipate, research and counsel, developing sound business and litigation strategies. We have tried hundreds of cases to verdict and have extensive courtroom experience.

At Houston Harbaugh, P.C., we are advocates and advisers for our business clients on commercial litigation, intellectual property, insurance and regulatory enforcement issues. Our lawyers provide advice to clients seeking to avoid litigation and devise legal strategies when litigation becomes unavoidable. Our complex business litigation practice includes:

  • Breach of Contract Dispute representation of business clients;
  • Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Lanham Act and Licensing representation of corporations and individuals and complex litigation in court and the USPTO;
  • Cybersecurity and Data Breach: Prevention, Mitigation and Litigation including insurance coverage evaluations;
  • Construction Law
  • Employment and Restrictive Covenant litigation from cease and desist letter, to injunction hearing, to resolution or trial;
  • Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith litigation for Insurers in state and federal courts;
  • RICO defense representation of banking institutions, trucking companies, a telephone company and a securities firm in federal litigation brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO);
  • UCC defense of banking institutions in check fraud cases under Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code;
  • UCC purchase and sales representation of buyers and sellers of goods in cases involving Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code;
  • Security Interest representation of lenders and borrowers in actions brought to enforce security rights under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code;
  • Unfair Trade Practices Claims on behalf of businesses;
  • Trade Secret Misappropriation and theft claims;
  • Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claims; Federal Criminal statute with civil remedy provisions;
  • Probate, Estates and Trust Litigation in Orphans and probate courts in many jurisdictions;
  • Environmental and Regulatory litigation for clean air, clean water, Superfund and governmental actions;
  • Real Estate litigation involving fraudulent conveyance and other cases seeking to subordinate or set aside conveyances, mortgages and other security interests on the grounds of fraud, lack of authority or equitable considerations;
  • Eminent Domain defense actions to deny wrongful governmental takings of property;
  • Oil and Gas representation and litigation for landowners;
  • DTSALaw® (Defend Trade Secrets Act Federal Claims) in federal court.

From our office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, our lawyers serve clients primarily in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and also in other jurisdictions on a special admission basis. Contact us to find out how we can help you protect your rights and interests in this region. Content by Houston Harbaugh, DTSALaw® PSMNLaw® and PSMN®. Call our law office at 412-281-5060.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Business Litigation Lawyers | Trial Lawyers | Attorneys
In the heart of Pittsburgh – serving the region

Representative Litigation Work by Houston Harbaugh’s Business Litigation Lawyers

The firm’s experience in business, commercial and corporate litigation includes the following cases:

  • Representation of a large medical products manufacturer in patent infringement and validity litigation in Pittsburgh;
  • Representation of a large metal alloy producer in defense of trademark and Lanham Act claims;
  • Defense of a large major automobile manufacturer in unwanted acceleration litigation;
  • Defense of a major insurer in large, complex coverage and bad faith claims involving hundreds of millions of dollars in long tail coverage for latent injury claims;
  • The representation of the board of directors of a publicly held company in a shareholders’ derivative action seeking equitable and monetary relief arising out of allegations of mismanagement and waste of corporate assets;
  • Defending the chairman of the board of directors of non-profit corporation in errors and omissions claims by trustee in bankruptcy, alleging financial mismanagement;
  • Represented architects and engineers in design defect claims.
  • Defending the manufacturer of a forklift alleged to have caused brain injury in a factory accident;
  • Acting as class counsel in a nationwide securities fraud class action brought under RICO;
  • The representation of the seller of a 50 percent interest in a privately held forest products company in a securities fraud claim against the purchaser and the purchaser’s law firm;
  • The representation of a National Banking Association in a group of related actions brought by the owner of a restaurant chain to recover moneys misappropriated by its chairman through the use of checks written on the company’s checking accounts;
  • The representation of a bank in a claim brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) by a borrower seeking the recovery of losses of an investment in a North Carolina golf resort, the development of which was financed in part by the bank;
  • Fraudulent conveyance litigation initiated by a real estate development company against prior officers, directors and shareholders and lending institution to set aside conveyance of apartment buildings and underlying mortgage;
  • The defense of federal class action litigation on behalf of a trucking company alleged to have engaged in fraudulent billing practices;
  • Representation of a telecommunications company in federal litigation brought under Federal Trademark Dilution Act and Digital Millennium Copyright Act by a designer and manufacturer of networked communications systems and related software;
  • Representation of a Dutch corporation which owned the exclusive rights and license to the “total image” of one of the world’s foremost tennis superstars in action against defendant corporation for breach of endorsement contracts;
  • Representation of multi-plant manufacturer in legal malpractice claim against its outside law firm arising out of pension plan termination;
  • Advising a franchise business regarding the need for specialty intellectual property insurance coverage and reviewing several competing proposed insurance policies.
  • Represented parties in claims concerning commercial roofing, including:  EPDM, bituminous, and standing seam.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Business Litigation Lawyers | Trial Lawyers | Attorneys

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