Emergency Equitable Relief

When immediate court intervention is required or threatened, BakerHostetler’s Emergency Equitable Relief team, known as our Injunction SWAT team, helps clients seek or oppose temporary restraining orders (TROs), preliminary injunctions (PIs) and other emergency remedies. These proceedings are fast-moving, often contentious and highly sensitive. Many times, if a client can prevail in such an emergency matter, it can achieve an insurmountable advantage in the litigation as a whole. Whether protecting essential business interests, preserving the status quo while a case plays out, preventing irreparable harm or defending against emergency applications that threaten operations, our Injunction SWAT team fights for our clients and does so quickly.

With nearly 430 attorneys in 18 offices across the country, our Litigation Practice Group includes litigators with substantial experience obtaining and defeating emergency relief in high-stakes disputes. We have assisted clients across a broad range of industries – including financial services, healthcare, media, technology, energy, manufacturing and transportation – and regularly appear in state and federal courts throughout the country.

BakerHostetler's Litigation Practice Group works seamlessly with attorneys across the firm's Digital Assets and Data Management, Intellectual Property, Restructuring and Bankruptcy, Labor and Employment and Advertising, Marketing and Digital Media practice groups and teams to provide clients with the specific knowledge their matters demand. Those BakerHostetler attorneys and their depth of experience are also critical to the success of a case in court.

Represented AT&T in a software license dispute involving Broadcom and obtained a TRO and a PI that helped position the matter for successful resolution.
Represented BlueOak Arkansas in defeating an injunction in an International Chamber of Commerce emergency arbitration and helped overturn a related injunction issued by the English High Court, allowing the client to collect and retain $4 million under a performance bond.
Represented a manufacturing company in defeating efforts to obtain injunctive relief that would have blocked its $400 million asset sale to an international company.
Obtained a PI on behalf of a publicly traded national waste disposal company in a federal trade secret dispute, prohibiting a competitor from accessing and using trade secrets and engaging in related false advertising activities.
Obtained a TRO and a permanent injunction on behalf of a global lottery operator to prevent a state agency from disclosing the client’s trade secrets and other confidential information.
Represented Simpli.fi, an advertising company, in obtaining a TRO against a competitor and two former employees related to the confidentiality and noninterference provisions of an employment agreement and a client pitch for work, involving more than $40 million in dispute.
Successfully defended against a TRO application before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in which a New York-based real estate developer sought to disrupt a pending Singapore-seated arbitration of its dispute with an Australian counterparty before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre just days before a final merits hearing.
Represented Aprojects USA, the North American affiliate of an international logistics company, in defending against an action seeking a TRO that would have prevented the client from operating, involving approximately $25 million in dispute.
Defended Salvadori SRL against a TRO seeking to shut down a $2 million machine central to the plaintiff’s business, helping position the client for a favorable resolution through mediation.
Obtained a TRO and a subsequent PI in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of a client seeking judicial intervention to prevent interference with efforts to secure the release of a U.S. citizen detained abroad, involving complex issues of personal jurisdiction and interstate contacts.
Obtained a PI on behalf of Prime Healthcare enforcing a physician’s noncompete and non-solicitation obligations following a two-day evidentiary hearing arising from a competitor’s recruitment of the physician after Prime’s acquisition of St. Mary’s Hospital.
Successfully opposed a TRO sought against B. Riley Wealth Management in a dispute involving more than $4 million in retirement assets and allegations of elder abuse, resulting in the preservation of account restrictions pending further proceedings.
Represented Logistec, a shipping logistics provider and marine terminal operator, in successfully obtaining a TRO against an employee who had absconded with trade secrets to a competitor in a dispute involving low seven figures.
Represented Inception, a nationwide fertility health provider, in successfully enforcing noncompetes through a TRO in a dispute involving mid-seven figures.
Obtained a TRO on behalf of Abraxas after a potential merger partner attempted to poach key executives. Following a change in judges, sought expanded relief before the matter settled prior to the PI hearing.
Obtained a TRO for medical device manufacturer, Avalign, when a sales team launched a competing business while still employed by the client.