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Sadis & Goldberg LLP

Practice Groups

Litigation

Securities and commercial litigation requires experienced litigators. Sadis & Goldberg's Litigation Group represents clients prosecuting or defending claims under federal and state laws, with a particular concentration in securities law issues. Our seasoned litigators have successfully tried numerous cases to verdict and regularly appear in federal and state courts.

We regularly represent clients in connection with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"), NYSE and other self-regulatory organization arbitrations and proceedings, including litigation initiated by the SEC. We also represent clients involved in:

  • Partnership or limited liability disputes and dissolution proceedings
  • Real property litigation
  • Employment disputes
  • Intellectual property disputes and collection proceedings involving secured instruments
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Corporate Governance and Shareholder Activism

Appraisal Rights, Mergers & Acquisition ("M&A") Litigation and Delaware State Shareholder Litigation

Through many years of representing hundreds of investment funds, we have developed an industry-leading corporate governance and shareholder activism practice. We firmly believe that unyielding activism and an insistence on true corporate democracy directly results in more sound corporate governance - which improves the likelihood of enhancing shareholder value.

We regularly counsel our clients on legal issues ranging from corporate governance principles and fiduciary duty law to derivative actions, M&A litigation and appraisal rights proceedings. Specific areas of our Corporate Governance and Shareholder Activism practice include:

  • Fiduciary duties
  • Negotiating with management and board of directors
  • Demand/books and records requests
  • Shareholder resolutions and voting rights
  • Mergers and tender offers
  • Appraisal rights
  • Bondholder actions
  • Derivative actions
  • Individual actions
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Securities Litigation

Sadis & Goldberg also regularly manages individual, derivative and class action litigation cases. We provide comprehensive litigation services to several hundred institutional clients. These litigation services include:

  • Portfolio monitoring
  • Pre-suit factual and legal research
  • Drafting pleadings
  • Discovery practice, including depositions, interrogatories and discovery requests
  • Pre- and post trial motions
  • Trials
  • Pre- and post-trial appeals
  • Arbitration
  • Settlement negotiations
  • Mediation
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Estates and Trusts Litigation

The disposition of estates and trusts, especially when there is significant wealth at stake, can result in disputes that end up in court. Problems can arise when conflicting interpretations are made by family members who have different opinions about how to handle the family property.

Our Estate and Trust lawyers have extensive experience in handling multiple types of disputes, including:

  • The standard of care and duties to fiduciaries, guardians, executors and trustees
  • Compensation paid to fiduciaries
  • Will contests
  • Disputes involving wealth transfer taxation
  • Court proceedings involving charitable organizations and gifts
  • Court proceedings to seek removal of executor or trustee
  • Mediation and arbitration to help parties fashion their own solution to resolve a dispute.
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