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Garrick & Hale Case evaluation
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Disputedmatters

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Selected matters[ Sector /// forum /// status ]

Confidentiality is part of the product, so matters are described without names. Every matter below is an illustrative fictional composite built for this demo. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

The licensing war over the platform the client built

A software licensor confronted a global integrator that kept shipping after termination. Expedited discovery, a focused fraud theory, and a trial date the other side believed.

Dismissal of counterclaims, confidential settlement
Sector
Enterprise software
Forum
Federal court, N.D. Ill.
Status
Resolved before trial

The shareholder deadlock that froze a manufacturer

Two families, one board, zero quorum. We converted a governance stalemate into a court-supervised buyout on our client's valuation record.

Buyout ordered on client valuation
Sector
Industrial manufacturing
Forum
State chancery court
Status
Decided

The offtake contract that stopped performing

A cross-border energy offtake dispute tried to an institutional tribunal, then enforced against assets in two jurisdictions.

Award enforced in two jurisdictions
Sector
Energy
Forum
Institutional arbitration, Geneva seat
Status
Award issued

The earnout that was engineered to miss

Post-closing accounting choices moved the target's revenue just under the earnout trigger. Forensic accounting and contract discipline moved it back.

Substantial award on earnout claims
Sector
Private M&A
Forum
Commercial arbitration
Status
Resolved at hearing

The engineers who left on a Friday

A design team resigned in a block and a competitor announced a suspiciously familiar product roadmap. Emergency forensics and injunctive relief inside three weeks.

Preliminary injunction, negotiated standdown
Sector
Advanced manufacturing
Forum
Federal court, injunction practice
Status
Injunction granted

The consortium that stopped speaking mid-project

Three contractors, one stalled infrastructure job, and a delay-claim spiral. Structured mediation with an arbitration backstop closed it without losing the project.

Global settlement, project completed
Sector
Construction & infrastructure
Forum
Mediation, arbitration backstop
Status
Settled

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The record[ Disputed matters, by the numbers ]

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Matters taken to verdict or award

Bench, jury, and tribunal decisions

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Aggregate amount in controversy

Across active and resolved matters

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Forums appeared in

Courts, tribunals, and arbitral seats

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