Avi's experience includes:

• Litigation of fraud, unfair competition, entertainment, employment, healthcare, intellectual property, trade secret, non-compete, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), insurance, advertising, securities, toxic tort, product liability, regulatory and other matters.
• Litigation of restrictive covenant, duty of loyalty and employee mobility matters, in actions throughout the United States.  Counseling and litigation on behalf of competitors in several industries, including software, medical and dental distribution, computerized equipment, advertising, financial services and others.  Development of protective non-competition and trade secret programs; drafting of noncompetition and nondisclosure agreements.  Multi-jurisdictional representation and co-ordination in large scale cases.
• National coordinating counsel for two defendants in the multistate asbestos litigation.  Defense, trial  and multi-state coordination of asbestos toxic/mass tort actions for several defendants.  Served as national class action counsel for three asbestos defendants.
• Obtained seven figure recovery on behalf of corporate co-venturor, based on claims of unfair competition, breach of contract and unjust enrichment, after corporate co-venturor terminated business relationship.
• Led “due diligence” evaluations of noncompetition agreements in connection with mergers and acquisitions involving hundreds of employees and executives.
• Representation of performing artists in claims by and against agents and other business partners.
• Successfully represented producer and performing artist in defense of multimillion dollar claim by agent; lead trial counsel at full arbitration hearing which resulted in voiding agent’s alleged agreement, defeat of agent’s multimillion dollar claim, and voiding claims for future compensation, resulting in eight figure savings for client.
• Representation of advertising and media companies, in claims involving entertainment, media, business and employment matters.
• Representation of business entities and authors, in the litigation of defamation, intellectual property, false advertising, invasion of privacy, Lanham Act and other claims.
• Insurance and Reinsurance, litigation and arbitration.  Coverage litigation. Healthcare related arbitration.
• Successfully obtained multimillion dollar recovery from reinsurer, on behalf of service provider to health insurance plan, following pursuit of litigation and arbitration.
• Successfully represented former board member of not for profit corporation, in judicial challenge to merger allegedly approved by organization’s board.  After extensive litigation, merger was cancelled by the parties.
• Litigation over the financial consequences of: breaches of fiduciary duties; criminal activity; the conduct of disloyal employees. Civil actions pertaining to diverted corporate opportunities, breaches of noncompetition and nondisclosure agreements, forged stock certificates, forged checks and endorsements, money laundering, federal forfeitures and other matters.

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