When a dispute can decide the future of a company, it belongs with lawyers who try cases. Russ August & Kabat brings the same trial-first approach that produced our landmark patent verdicts to complex commercial litigation: contract and fraud disputes, trade-secret and unfair-competition claims, antitrust, privacy, and class actions. We prepare every matter to be tried, and that posture shapes how the other side values the case from the outset.
What we handle
- Contract and business-tort disputes — breach, fraud, fiduciary duty, and related commercial claims.
- Trade secrets and unfair competition — misappropriation claims and defense, including competitor and former-employee disputes.
- Antitrust and competition — monopolization, restraint-of-trade, and related claims.
- Privacy and class actions — data-privacy and consumer class litigation, on both sides of the “v.”
- Copyright, trademark, and IP-adjacent business disputes.
- Real-estate and partnership disputes.
Representative matters
- Lead counsel in a class action against LinkedIn.
- Lead counsel in the Shelby copyright case, in which the Ninth Circuit, in a published opinion, clarified the law governing copyright protection for fictional characters.
- Trade-secret, unfair-competition, and other high-stakes commercial matters litigated in state and federal courts and in arbitration nationwide.
Why RAK
Our complex-litigation team is led by trial lawyers recognized by Super Lawyers and other peer-review media as leaders in the field, and backed by the same trial infrastructure that wins our patent cases. We are comfortable with novel theories and difficult records, we litigate efficiently, and we are prepared to take a case to trial.
Facing a high-stakes dispute? Tell us about it.