Litigation:
The firm conducts a broad civil litigation practice. Clients include businesses of all sizes, institutions, insurers, and self-insured companies. Our attorneys regularly appear in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. We have experience in all alternate forms of dispute resolution, including mini-trials, mediation, and arbitration. We also have defended a large number of class actions.

Our attorneys provide preventive counseling and litigation services on contract disputes; bankruptcy; lender liability; employment matters; product liability; construction disputes; entertainment; securities; franchising; collection of foreign debts and execution of foreign judgments in North Carolina; intellectual property disputes, including trade secrets, patents, trademarks and copyrights; environmental matters, including toxic torts; unfair trade practices, including antitrust, tying agreements, competitive bidding practices, promotional programs and practice, and exclusive dealing arrangements; confidentiality agreements; medical malpractice; suretyship; tax and estate matters; and title matters.

Employment:
Moore & Van Allen Employment and Labor attorneys work hard to defend our clients' rights before government agencies, and arbitrators, courts and to solve our clients' problems short of litigation.

We take a proactive approach to labor and employment relations by understanding each client's business objectives, identifying risks, and assisting in developing strategies to achieve those objectives. In addition to providing management training and policy development, we advise clients daily on responses to labor and employment issues. This combination of education, guidance and prevention results in significant cost savings, as well as establishing a more productive work place.

We regularly represent clients from coast to coast in various state and federal courts, as well as before administrative bodies-- handling claims of unfair labor practices, discrimination, sexual harassment, employee misclassification and pay disputes, wage and hour disputes, wrongful termination, workers' compensation, denial of benefits, fiduciary liability, and employment contract disputes.

Our attorneys also represent companies in complex employment litigation involving class actions, collective actions, and actions concerning unfair competition, employee non-compete, nonsolicitation, and confidentiality covenants, as well as trade secret, tortious interference, and employee raiding claims.

Because we are part of a full service law firm, our clients also receive the benefit of the experience of attorneys in Moore & Van Allen's Employee Benefits, Immigration, Corporate, and Tax teams when any of these issues arises in an employment matter.

Intellectual Property:
We provide services in intellectual property protection, including patent prosecution and counseling; trademark searching and prosecution; copyright matters, both of a literary and computer software nature; trade secret matters; employee and non-disclosure agreements; research and development agreements; and related litigation.

We negotiate agreements involving strategic alliances, technology transfers and licenses, software use, product sales and distribution, and original equipment manufacturers and value-added retailers.

Our attorneys have technical backgrounds in electrical, computer, mechanical, and chemical engineering, as well as scientific backgrounds in molecular biology, biotechnology, physics, and chemistry.

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