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Crosby & Higgins LLP offers its clients the many benefits of a highly focused, small-sized business litigation firm, but with all of the important advantages of top national law firm experience. The result for our clients is intense, sophisticated, high-quality legal representation, provided in a cost-effective manner.
Crosby & Higgins LLP focuses its practice on business disputes and intellectual property matters. The firm's business litigation practice has gained significant experience litigating and arbitrating commercial disputes in a number of contexts, including investment banking and financial services, software and technology, industrial production, professional services, product licensing, and retail distribution, and leverages that wealth of experience to aggressively represent businesses and individuals that have been harmed or are about to be harmed by the wrongful conduct of others. In addition, the firm's intellectual property practice offers a range of commercial litigation and intellectual property services, including applications, licensing, and trademark and copyright infringement actions.
Crosby & Higgins LLP is pleased to offer its clients a flexible fee structure including hourly and contingency fee agreements in select cases.
If you would like to learn more, please feel free to explore the information provided throughout the firm's website, or call 646-452-2300 to speak with one of our attorneys and arrange for a no-cost consultation.
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"The attorneys at Crosby & Higgins LLP are top notch problem solvers and advisors. They provide big-firm quality at very reasonable rates, combined with the more personal touch you might expect from a smaller shop. They quickly get to the heart of the issue...More
"Intelligent advice, fierce advocacy, and intense loyalty--that's what we got from the lawyers at Crosby & Higgins LLP and it made all the difference. Crosby & Higgins had the empathy and drive to fight for us as clients, but without the arrogance and bluster you sometimes...More
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March 24, 2010 – Fraudulent Email Alert Update
Please be advised that a fraudulent e-mail alleging a copyright infringement suit is still being circulated. Although some details may have changed from the earlier version, the e-mail is completely fraudulent and should be deleted immediately. We continue to take all steps possible to investigate and prosecute this matter with the appropriate authorities. Thank you for your continued support and understanding...More
March 16, 2010 -- Fraudulent Email Update
As many of you are probably aware by now, Crosby & Higgins LLP has become the latest victim in what is now an urgent problem in internet security—a “phishing e-mail scam.” Millions of these phishing e-mails are sent every day pretending to come from reputable firms when in fact they have nothing to do with them. Unfortunately, there is no way for any of these firms to prevent fraudulent e-mails from masquerading as communications from legitimate businesses...More
January 4, 2010 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP successfully resolves numerous arbitration claims on behalf of investors, arising out of the sale and marketing of Auction Rate Securities
Crosby & Higgins LLP has, over the past six months, successfully resolved numerous arbitration claims filed against major Wall Street brokerage firms on behalf of investors damaged as a result of the fraudulent marketing and sale of auction rate securities. These firms grossly misled investors by marketing ARS as conservative, liquid investments...More
December 23, 2009 –- Crosby & Higgins LLP triumphs with sweeping victory in AAA arbitration involving claims for breach of fiduciary duty and dissolution of New York based architectural firm Crosby & Higgins LLP has prevailed in a hard-fought partnership dispute between the principal partners of a New York based architectural firm. Following dissolution, numerous disputes arose involving back-payments, transfer of assets, and various claims for breach of the Partnership Agreement and the duties flowing from it...More
November 4, 2009 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Files Fraud and Breach of Contract Action For Damages and an Accounting Arising out of Joint Venture Agreement
Crosby & Higgins LLP has filed an action in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of its client seeking damages and an accounting arising out of the defendants’ alleged fraudulent actions in wrongfully excluding the client, a distinguished scientist, from a joint venture entered into by the parties...More
October 15, 2009 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Resolves Compensatory and Punitive Damages Claims Arising Out of Collapse of Sub-Prime Backed Hedge Funds
After a protracted dispute, Crosby & Higgins LLP has resolved claims on behalf of its client in an action brought in the Commercial Division of New York State Supreme Court. The suit sought to recover at least $25 million dollars in damages arising out of the collapse of two hedge funds heavily invested in collateralized debt obligations backed by mortgage securities...More
September 1, 2009 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Secures Favorable Ruling on Motion to Dismiss Claims for Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit, Unjust Enrichment and Declaratory Relief and Successfully Resolves Dispute arising out of $121 Million Dollar Credit Transaction on Behalf of International Investment Consulting Firm
Crosby & Higgins LLP has successfully resolved claims on behalf of its client, a multi-national consulting firm specializing in international credit transactions and business development in emerging markets, in a fee and non-solicitation dispute brought in Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York...More
March 19, 2009 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP files arbitration claim against Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. arising out of the sale and marketing of Auction Rate Securities
Crosby & Higgins LLP has filed an arbitration claim with the Midwestern Regional Office of the Financial Industry Regulatory Dispute Resolution Corp. (FINRA-DR) against Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. on behalf of a client in connection with a claim arising out of the marketing and sales of auction rate securities...More
March 15, 2009 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Successfully Resolves Copyright Infringement Action on Behalf Of New York Artist
Crosby & Higgins LLP has successfully resolved a copyright infringement claim alleged against a major U.S. publishing company, on behalf of its client, a prominent New York based artist...More
February 10, 2009 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP files arbitration claim against UBS Financial Services, Inc. arising out of the sale and marketing of Auction Rate Securities in the months immediately following the market collapse
Crosby & Higgins LLP has filed an arbitration claim with the New York office of the Financial Industry Regulatory Dispute Resolution Corp. against UBS, a major retail brokerage firm which marketed and sold several million dollars worth of auction rate securities to a New York business owner...More
January 29, 2009 –- Crosby & Higgins LLP files arbitration claim against E*Trade Securities LLC arising out of the sale and marketing of Auction Rate Securities
Crosby & Higgins LLP filed an arbitration claim with the New York office of the Financial Industry Regulatory Dispute Resolution Corp. (FINRA-DR) against E*Trade Securities LLC arising out of the marketing and sales of auction rate securities...More
December 15, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Investigates $50 Billion Fraudulent Investment Ponzi Scheme
Crosby & Higgins LLP is actively investigating numerous possible investor claims related to the $50 billion fraudulent Ponzi scheme run by Bernard L. Madoff. On December 11, 2008 the FBI and the Securities Exchange Commission arrested Mr. Madoff on charges connected with what appears to be the biggest Ponzi scheme in financial history...More
December 1, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP files $65 Million Auction Rate Preferred Securities Arbitration Against Merrill Lynch & Co.
Crosby & Higgins LLP has filed a $65 million dollar arbitration with the Financial Industry Regulatory Dispute Resolution Corp.(FINRA-DR) on behalf of an institutional client against Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. arising out of the purchase of auction rate preferred securities deceptively marketed as safe, cash equivalents...More
November 18, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP files $6.1 Million Arbitration Claim Against Oppenheimer & Co. Arising out of the Sale and Marketing of Auction Rate Securities
Crosby & Higgins LLP has filed an arbitration claim with FINRA-DR against Oppenheimer & Co., in connenction with the purchase of approximately $12 million in auction rate securities on behalf of a client ...More
November 03, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Confirms New York Arbitration Award on Behalf of Japanese Based Company; Registers, Secures and Collects Full Judgment in Florida
Crosby & Higgins LLP is pleased to report that it successfully moved before Judge John E. Sprizzo in the Southern District of New York to confirm a substantial arbitration award obtained by a Japanese financial institution at the American Arbitration Association, and uncover substantial assets belonging to the judgment debtor in New York and Florida...More
November 3, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Investigates Claims Involving Lehman Brothers Principal Protected Notes Crosby & Higgins LLP has begun investigating potential investor claims against the financial institutions that marketed and sold Lehman Brothers Protect Notes. Major financial institutions sold approximately $1 billion of these ‘principal protected notes’ issued by the now defunct Lehman Brothers to individual, corporate, and institutional investors...More
October 20, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Begins Resolving Retail Auction Rate Securities Claims; Continues Fight on Behalf of Institutional Investors
Over the past two months, Crosby & Higgins LLP has helped lead the charge to begin resolving retail and corporate investor claims arising from the collapse of the Auction Rate Securities market even as it continues actively pursuing claims on behalf of institutional investors who have been almost entirely excluded from the global regulatory settlements...More
October 16, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Successfully Resolves Severance and Equity Redemption Claims for Former Chief Executive Officer
Crosby & Higgins LLP has successfully resolved substantial employment claims brought in New York State Supreme Court against a major U.S. corporation on behalf of the company’s former Chief Executive Officer...More
October 13, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Secures TRO and Preliminary Injunction
Crosby & Higgins LLP has filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of its client, a successful foreign businessman alleging numerous contractual, statutory and tort claims arising out of an agreement with a New York company...More
August 14, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Helps Lead Charge For Auction Rate Securities Settlements
Crosby and Higgins LLP has been at the forefront of aggressively pressing claims on behalf of individual and institutional investors arising out of the collapse of the auction rate security market. The firm was one of the first to file arbitration claims with FINRA and has consulted with investors on ARS claims against Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, E*Trade, Bank of America...More
June 6, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Files $2.2 Million Dollar Securities Arbitration Arising out of Fraudulent Sales Practices in Connection with Auction Rate Securities in California
Crosby & Higgins LLP has filed a demand for arbitration with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Los Angeles office on behalf of the heirs of a California estate against a major Wall Street investment firm...More
May 30, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Retained To Prosecute Claims For Breach Of Technology License Agreement And Patent And Trademark Infringement
Crosby & Higgins LLP has been retained on behalf of RevTech, Inc., an industrial technology company serving as global experts for ultra-violet cured materials on glass and ceramic surfaces, to represent it in an action against Voss of Norway...More
April 22, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Files $1.8 Million Dollar Securities Arbitration Arising out of Fraudulent Sales Practices in Connection with Auction Rate Securities
Crosby & Higgins LLP has filed a demand for arbitration with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on behalf of an I.R.S. 1031 Qualified Intermediary against a major Wall Street investment firm...More
January 16, 2008 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Retained To Prosecute Compensatory and Punitive Damages Claims against Tiffany & Co. Arising out of Breach of Alleged Exclusive Distribution Agreement in India
Crosby & Higgins LLP has been retained on behalf of Beautiful Jewellers Private Limited, a high end distributor of jewelry in Mumbai, India, to take over the prosecution of numerous claims against Tiffany & Co. in...More
December 26, 2007 -- Crosby & Higgins LLP Files $4.5 Million Dollar Employment Arbitration in New York Alleging Fraud, Breach of Contract, Bad Faith, Unjust Enrichment, and Title VII Violations
Crosby & Higgins LLP has filed a demand for arbitration in New York City, New York on behalf of its client, a former senior level corporate executive for a major international manufacturing concern, alleging numerous contractual, statutory...More
Crosby & Higgins LLP Helps Legal Team Secure Victory on $3.9 Million Dollar Specific Performance Claim Arising Out of Alabama Gulf Coast Beachfront Development Dispute.
Working together with a leading law firm in Alabama, Crosby & Higgins LLP has helped secure for its client the dismissal of a specific performance claim arising out of a dispute over 7.7 acres of undeveloped beachfront land...More
Crosby & Higgins LLP Files Breach of Contract Action Arising Out of Reported $2.5 million Dollar Sale of Curtis Knight and Jimi Hendrix Master Recordings
Crosby & Higgins LLP has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Kathy Knight-McConnell against PPX International, Inc., in a breach of contract action arising out of the sale of the original EMI master recordings of Jimi Hendrix and Curtis Knight...More
Crosby & Higgins LLP Retained to Prosecute Former Executive's Multi-Million Dollar Claims for Commissions and Equity Ownership Interest in Asset Management Firm Acquired by Piper Jaffray
Crosby & Higgins LLP has been retained to prosecute substantial breach of contract, conversion, unjust enrichment, and equitable claims brought by Jeffrey O. Swope, a senior management executive against his former employer, Fiduciary Asset Management, LLC ("FAMCO"), an investment management...More
Crosby & Higgins LLP Takes Over to Prosecute Breach of Contract, Conversion and Punitive Damages Claims in Excess of $6 Million Arising Out of Alleged Scheme to Steal Corporate Funds
Crosby & Higgins LLP has been retained on behalf of AD Rendon Communications, Inc., a marketing and advertising company located in Alexandria, Virginia, to prosecute breach of contract, conversion and punitive damages claims in AD Rendon Communications v. Lumina Americas, Inc., a case currently...More
Crosby & Higgins LLP Appears as Counsel in Breach of Contract, Negligence and Punitive Damages Action Arising Out of Alleged Wrongful Transfer of Domain Name
Crosby & Higgins LLP has been retained by TEG Enterprises, Inc. to prosecute breach of contract and punitive damages claims against Register.com and eNom, Inc. among other defendants...More
Crosby & Higgins LLP Targets Fraud and Punitive Damages Claims Arising Out of $26 Million Ponzi Scheme
Crosby & Higgins LLP has been retained to prosecute fraud and punitive damages claims on behalf of two of the victims of an alleged ponzi scheme arising out of a "debenture program" run by the business and holiday card company, V.W. Eimicke...More
Crosby & Higgins LLP Wins Jury Verdict in Success Fee M&A Case
Crosby & Higgins LLP recently secured a $1.5 million jury verdict on behalf of its client, the Arundel Group, a French M&A advisory firm, in connection with fraud and quantum meruit claims brought...More
Crosby & Higgins LLP Secures Key Ruling in M&A Fraud Case-November Trial Date Set
Crosby & Higgins, LLP has secured a key summary judgment ruling on behalf of its client, the Arundel Group, in a matter pending before Honorable Jed. S. Rakoff of the United States District Court...More
Crosby & Higgins LLP Wins Summary Judgment and Attorneys' Fees for Food Industry Pioneer Southern Signature Foods, Inc.
Crosby & Higgins LLP recently won summary judgment for its client Southern Signature Foods, Inc. (SSF), a pioneer and award winner in custom research and development in the food industry, for the money owed it for goods sold...More
April 11, 2006--
Crosby & Higgins LLP Takes Aim at $9 Million Dollar Fraud and Breach of Contract Claim
Crosby & Higgins LLP has been retained by the M&A advisory firm AG Limited d/b/a The Arundel Group to prosecute substantial fraud and contract related claims against the real estate investment firm, Liquid Realty Partners LLC...More
February 22, 2006--
Crosby & Higgins LLP Shuts Down Assets to Obtain Substantial Settlement on Behalf of HyperFeed Technologies, Inc.
Crosby & Higgins LLP has resolved a significant collection matter against Money.net, Inc. on highly favorable terms to its client, HyperFeed Technologies, Inc. HyperFeed is an industry leader in high-margin technology services...More
December 12, 2005--
Crosby & Higgins LLP Wins Appellate Victory Affirming Summary Judgment for General Electric Company
Crosby & Higgins LLP has secured an appellate victory on behalf of its client at the New York State Appellate Division, Second Department in NGR, LLC v. General Electric Co., --N.Y.S.2d--, WL 3305098 (App. Div. Second Dep't Dec. 5, 2005)...More
December 08, 2005--
Crosby & Higgins LLP Secures Appellate Victory Affirming Judgment at Trial
Crosby & Higgins LLP has secured an appellate victory on behalf of its client at the New York State Appellate Division, First Department in Manshion Joho Center Co., Ltd v. Manshion Joho Center, Inc., --N.Y.S.2d--, WL 3312624 (App. Div. First Dep't Dec. 8, 2005)...More
October 20, 2005 --
Crosby & Higgins LLP Helps the New York Jets Secure an Important Victory
Crosby & Higgins LLP played a significant role as a member of the New York Jets' litigation team helping the company secure a key ruling in federal district court...More
October 10, 2005--
Crosby & Higgins LLP Successfully Resolves "Battle of the Forms" Contract Dispute
Crosby & Higgins LLP recently settled a breach of contract action brought on behalf of New Jersey based Empire Resources, Inc., a worldwide distributor of aluminum products...More
September 8, 2005--
Crosby & Higgins LLP Settles Second Infringement Suit Against Kohl’s
Crosby & Higgins LLP has successfully settled another trademark infringement and trademark dilution action it recently brought against Kohl's Department Stores...More
June 6, 2005-- Crosby & Higgins LLP Settles Real Estate Website Copyright and Trademark Infringement Suit
Crosby & Higgins LLP recently secured an important and strategic settlement of certain infringement claims brought on behalf of Property Research Partners LLC, the developers of www.propertyshark.com, New YorkMagazine 2005 Editors’...More
April 1, 2005 -- Crosby & Higgins, LLP to handle appeal for GE Healthcare Technologies at New York State Appellate Division (Second Department)
Crosby & Higgins LLP has been retained by GE Healthcare Technologies (formerly GE Medical Systems) to defend an appeal of its trial court victory by summary judgment against a Long Island medical facility....More
March 21, 2005 -- Crosby & Higgins, LLP Assists New York Jets’ Litigation Team in High Profile Antitrust Suit Against Owners of Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall
Crosby & Higgins LLP is pleased to announce that Todd A. Higgins, Esq. is a member of the litigation team led by Marc Kasowitz of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres and Friedman LLP, and David Boise of Boise, Schiller...More
December 27, 2004-- Crosby & Higgins LLP Settles $100 Million Dollar Suit Against Lord & Taylor and The May Department Stores Company
After almost two years of hard fought litigation, Todd A. Higgins, Esq. earlier this year successfully obtained a settlement for House of Dreams, Inc. d/b/a Nicole Miller Men (“Nicole Miller Men”) arising out of a $100 million dollar lawsuit against Lord...More
June 8, 2004-- Crosby & Higgins LLP Secures $2.3 million Judgment at Trial; Pierces “Corporate Veil”
After more than a week of trial in the Commercial Division of New York State Supreme Court, the Higgins Law Firm and the Law Offices of Mark Crosby have pierced the Defendant's “corporate veil” and obtained a judgment of approximately 2.3 million dollars for the plaintiff Manshion Joho Center, Co., Ltd....More |
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Auction Rate Securities Update
Winter 2010 -- The collapse of the ARS market in February 2008 foretold of the catastrophic global financial meltdown that followed. Now, two full years after the market collapse, over $100 billion held by institutional, corporate, high net worth, "downstream," and other investors remains frozen, with little prospect of liquidity anytime soon...More
Auction Rate Securities
Spring 2008 -- During the week of February 11, 2008, the nation’s leading financial institutions abruptly ended their role in supporting the Auction Rate Securities market, causing the market to collapse. As a direct result, investors are now left holding approximately $330 billion in illiquid securities that were marketed and sold to them as “cash equivalents.” Crosby & Higgins LLP has quickly become one of the leading firms in the nation proactively enforcing the rights of investors with respect to the collapse of the Auction Rate Securities market and has filed multiple arbitration claims with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA” formerly NASD) seeking millions in damages, as well as rescission and attorneys’ fees...More
Trade Secrets
Winter 2007 -- Almost every business has some information which may be protected as a trade secret. A trade secret can be a formula, design, process, or almost any other type of any information that gives the owner an advantage over competitors who are not privy to it. A general definition of a trade secret is: any information used in business, which is not generally known, and which the owner derives some value from by keeping it a secret from its competitors....More
No Enforceable Contract: How About Quantum Meruit?
Fall 2007 -- “As much as he has deserved,” that is what the phrase quantum meruit means in Latin and that is what a plaintiff with a successful quantum meruit claim will be awarded by a court. Quantum meruit is a legal concept by which a party may be able to recover the value of work, labor, or services performed based upon a finding of an implied promise by the Defendant to pay the Plaintiff the reasonable value of those services. It is used as a device for the prevention of unjust enrichment of one party at the expense of another in the absence of a valid contract...More |
