Commercial Litigation

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The attorneys of DiCello Levitt have won billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients engaged in commercial disputes. We represent consumers and customers affected by commodities traders’ market manipulation and price fixing by corporate executives, corporate ownership disputes, breaches of contract and tortious interference claims, as well as a myriad of litigation stemming from a range of conduct leading to economic damages.

Our Commercial Litigation Practice combines our attorneys’ superior courtroom skills with sharp business acumen and an in-depth knowledge of many industries gained through experience on all sides of litigation across the United States. We focus on bet-the-company and high-stakes litigation, and we are always ready to go to trial where many of our competitors prefer to settle.

Our driving objective is victory for our clients, measured not only by monetary compensation but in the broad context of their overarching business goals. We work with clients to map out a successful strategy based on a multitude of factors, including damages, market positioning, public relations considerations, and long-term profit and loss outlook. Leveraging the same fearless, innovative approach we apply in court, we collaborate with our clients to envision the best possible results for their businesses, then vigorously pursue their goals.

Representative Matters

Ownership Dispute Among the Principals of Ivani LLC

DiCello Levitt represented three of the four owners of a technology company who were denied their contractual ownership and management rights. The key owners are now back in a position to advance the progress of the burgeoning technology company.

Green Plains Trade Group v. Archer Daniels Midland Company

DiCello Levitt represents one of the largest ethanol producers in the world against Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) for illegally scheming to manipulate the U.S. ethanol market as both a seller and a trader of the same commodity. The scheme made it appear as though there was an oversupply of ethanol in the markets, and ADM’s commodities traders allegedly acquired large financial derivative contracts that increased in value as the price of ethanol plummeted. Our client retained us to vindicate their rights and recover their losses stemming from ADM’s conduct.

SitNet LLC v. Meta Platforms Inc.

DiCello Levitt represents a patent holder who brought an action against Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms Inc., alleging that Facebook knowingly infringed the plaintiff’s patents for technology relating to situational networking, a critical component of targeted advertising. The inventive situational network was an unconventional architecture that allowed for increased efficiency and faster response times when interconnecting the parties when compared to conventional network architectures and therefore was an improvement on then-traditional network technology. Situational networks stand in contrast to then-conventional network architectures that were only capable of maintaining static connections of users.

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA v. The Boeing Company

DiCello Levitt represented Norwegian Airlines in prosecuting economic loss and equitable claims exceeding $1 billion against The Boeing Company and Boeing Commercial Services Europe Limited in an action arising from Boeing’s gross negligence, fraud, and breach of contract relating to Boeing’s 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner aircrafts. Our attorneys secured a confidential settlement in this matter.