Practice Areas

Counsel for consequential business disputes.

Sterling Kane handles disputes that affect ownership, operations, property, competitive position, and executive decision-making.

01

Commercial Litigation

Contract claims, business torts, ownership disputes, and complex civil matters.

  • Breach of contract
  • Fraud and misrepresentation
  • Business torts
  • Vendor and supplier disputes
  • Complex damages claims

Broken agreements, threatened claims, disputed obligations, and business tort allegations that require early control of facts and exposure.

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02

Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Conflicts involving control, fiduciary duties, ownership rights, and business separation.

  • Fiduciary duties
  • Ownership and voting rights
  • Deadlock
  • Minority-owner claims
  • Buyout disputes

Ownership disputes, governance breakdowns, deadlock, buyout pressure, and claims that can destabilize operations.

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03

Real Estate & Construction

Disputes involving developments, commercial property, contractors, and project obligations.

  • Development disputes
  • Commercial leases
  • Construction contracts
  • Payment claims
  • Delay disputes

Project disruption, lease conflict, payment pressure, delay claims, and property disputes where timing changes leverage.

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04

Trade Secrets & Competition

Claims involving confidential information, employee movement, and unfair competitive conduct.

  • Trade secrets
  • Confidential information
  • Employee departures
  • Customer solicitation
  • Restrictive covenants

Departures, solicitation, confidential information concerns, and competitive conduct that may require fast evidence preservation.

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05

Appeals & Injunctions

Emergency court action and appellate strategy when timing and the record control the available options.

  • Temporary restraining orders
  • Temporary injunctions
  • Emergency hearings
  • Interlocutory appeals
  • Final appeals

Urgent harm, disputed trial-court rulings, record preservation, and procedural choices with practical business consequences.

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