Foley Hoag

Accounting Litigation & Enforcement Page

We are a top national law firm for major accounting firms that end up in disputes with clients, investors, lenders or regulatory authorities. Our team regularly represent audit, tax, consulting, and transaction service professionals in a wide array of litigation, arbitration, administrative and government matters.

Advertising & Marketing Litigation

When your competitor’s advertising is disparaging your product, making unfair comparisons, or misleading consumers about its own product or service, our advertising litigation team is adept at challenging false and misleading advertising.

Africa

We have a large and longstanding practice of representing African States in international disputes, having served as counsel to more than 20 States over the past two decades.

Anti-Corruption Compliance & Investigations

We have extensive experience counseling clients on global best practices and compliance with anti-corruption laws, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and other benchmark anti-corruption laws and international standards.

Appellate

Our team is composed of appellate advocates who have represented hundreds of clients in federal and state appellate courts nationwide. Our experience includes appearances before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals and the highest and intermediate appellate courts of many states.

Bankruptcy & Restructuring

We offer a full range of services to stakeholders in distressed business scenarios, with extensive experience in federal bankruptcy cases, state court proceedings, out-of-court restructurings, Chapter 15 and cross-border insolvency proceedings and bankruptcy-related commercial litigation.

Business Disputes

Our litigators draw on a diverse interdisciplinary practice that allows us to attack complex commercial cases from all angles. While we seek to resolve cases before trial consistent with our clients’ goals, we understand that the best way to achieve favorable results at the bargaining table is to be prepared from day one to take a case to trial.

Civil Rights Compliance

Design and implement tailored civil rights compliance strategies that advance equity and mitigate risk.

Closely Held Business & Shareholder Disputes

Even the best-run companies are not immune from disputes amongst partners and shareholders. When disputes arise, companies turn to Foley Hoag to understand their business and represent their interests efficiently and zealously.

Commercial Class Action

When class actions arise, your company can rely on Foley Hoag’s Class Action Practice to draw on its deep bench and extensive experience across a broad range of subject matters and in courts across the country.

Environmental Litigation

Even the most diligent and conscientious company can end up as the target of an environmental complaint. Our environmental lawyers have built an impressive record resolving environmental disputes at the negotiating table and in the courtroom without hampering our clients’ business operations.

First Amendment and Media

We represent leading news organizations, entertainment companies, publishers, authors, documentarians, and content-creators in a full range of litigation matters implicating free speech, free press and related rights.

Healthcare Litigation

We offer in-depth counsel of litigation, regulatory and investigatory matters, coverage, reimbursement, liability control and risk management issues facing clients in the healthcare industry.

Insurance Recovery

Our insurance recovery lawyers represent policyholders in property/casualty insurance recovery disputes, having recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients under commercial general liability, umbrella and excess liability, employment practices liability, professional liability, and directors’ and officers’ liability policies.

International Commercial Arbitration

Our commercial arbitration practice represents clients both in the U.S. and internationally, including States, State-owned and private entities, individuals and not-for-profit institutions in a wide variety of contractual disputes, including those involving construction, agribusiness, intellectual property and conventional and renewable energy.

International Court of Justice

We regularly represent Sovereign States in litigation before the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

International Litigation & Arbitration

We have one of the world’s most respected and experienced groups of lawyers practicing international law who possess unique experience in handling complex state-to-state disputes and investor-state arbitration.

International Trade & National Security

International trade regulations directly or indirectly affect a large number of businesses. Our team offers informed, risk-based and practical regulatory advice to help clients avoid compliance missteps and address those that may have already occurred.

Investor-State Arbitration

Our highly experienced litigation team represents Sovereign States and their instrumentalities in Investor-State disputes in all of the world’s principal arbitral fora.

Labor & Employment

We offer decades of experience helping companies manage their workplace legal issues.

Latin America

We are a leading defender of Latin American States and State-owned entities in State-State disputes, Investment Arbitration, Commercial Arbitration, and in litigation before U.S. and French courts.

Maritime & Land Boundary Disputes

Our lawyers have served as legal counsel in more maritime boundary cases before international courts and arbitral tribunals than any other law firm in the world.

Patent & Trade Secrets Litigation

Our intellectual property litigators and scientists work as a team to advocate your interests in U.S. and foreign courts, arbitration proceedings, the International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Product Liability & Complex Tort

We are ready to protect your investment in product development by taking an individualized approach to each case in each industry, including pharmaceuticals and medical devices, industrial products and consumer products, creating strategies to help you reach your cost and result goals.

Public International Law

Our attorneys regularly represent sovereign clients in public international law disputes.

Securities Litigation

Corporations, officers and directors are under constant scrutiny by state and federal regulators, and by plaintiffs’ lawyers. Navigating the securities litigation maze of laws, regulations and claims demands both specialized expertise in securities law and the highest level of litigation skill. Our attorneys have the experience to resolve issues with effective pragmatism.

Sports & Entertainment

Advising organizations, athletes, and creatives across the sports and entertainment industries on complex business, legal, and regulatory matters.

State Attorneys General

State attorneys general have deep resources and far reach that can change the way a company conducts business. Our lawyers have the experience, insight and skill to guide your business through the considerable challenges of an AG investigation or enforcement action.

Trademark, Copyright & Unfair Competition Litigation

Our lawyers have a depth of subject matter and trial experience to prosecute and defend against all types of trademark, copyright, trade secret, Internet, and domain name enforcement and litigation issues for our clients. We successfully represent clients on both sides of the issues, from smaller companies accused of infringement to large corporations policing and protecting their famous brands.

United Nations

Recognized around the world for its expertise in Public International Law and representation of sovereign States, Foley Hoag has a Special Practice Group dedicated to serving States and their Permanent Missions to the United Nations.

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