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Commercial Litigation
Active Solutions, et al. v. Dell, Inc., et al.
On April 20, 2007, the firm filed a suit against numerous entities and individuals on behalf of two local New Orleans technology companies that had devised the first successful citywide wireless video surveillance system in the United States and the world, as recognized by national news outlets, including USA Today and HDNet. One of the [...]
Jebaco, Inc. v. Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc., et al.
In this matter, the Jones, Swanson commercial litigation group represents one of the pioneering Louisiana companies participating in the Louisiana gaming market, in federal and state claims challenging anticompetitive horizontal market allocations between two national gaming corporations. The state court claims tested recently broken ground under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act, concerning the unresolved issues: (1) whether [...]
BCR Safeguard Holding, LLC, et al. v. Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor, Inc., et al.
The Jones, Swanson firm brought this suit on behalf of a Louisiana- and Atlanta-based entrepreneur group that had built a national self-storage company over the course of twenty years, only to be subject to the unfair trade practices and gross conflict of interest by its investment partners, including Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor, resulting in [...]
