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The Corporate Law & Commercial Litigation Legal Guide 2023

Best Lawyers is excited to launch the Corporate Law & Commercial Litigation Legal Guide for 2023, featuring recognized lawyers for many corporate and commercial specialties.

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June 18, 2023 11:07 PM

Best Lawyers has launched the 2023 Corporate Law & Commercial Litigation Legal Guide, a dedicated practice area hub that offers exclusive access to all lawyers recognized Best Lawyers across 72 corporate and commercial adjacent practice areas. This dedicated legal guide offers:

  • A complete grid of lawyers, which can be navigated according to lawyer name, practice area, firm name, metropolitan area and state, including more than 50,000 of the nation’s most elite legal providers. These lawyers have been selected by their peers for recognition in The Best Lawyers in America®, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America and “Lawyer of the Year.” They are here to guide businesses, corporations and clients from across the country through their legal needs.
  • Editorial pieces penned by firms, including advice on some of this year’s most hot-button issues, like AI, ESG, blockchain technology, FDA regulations and more.
  • Profiles for lawyers and firms who have maximized their presence through Best Lawyers, ensuring that they are available and accessible to clients.

The Corporate Law & Commercial Litigation Legal Guide was created to provide consumers and corporate clients with quality information and access to lawyers practicing in several related specialties. The goal of this legal guide is to give consumers, CEOs, C-Suite executives and other such clients the guidance to navigate complex legal matters and find the best attorneys to fit their legal needs. Of the many specialties included in this guide, some of the most advantageous to our clients include:

Below the grid of recognized lawyers are the featured profiles of several recognized lawyers and firms. Some of these firms wrote editorial pieces to better explain their work and their firm’s practices, as well as how they serve their communities, what it is they do and how they serve their community, state and in some cases, country. Additional editorial pieces include:

  • The NFT mania and how blockchain technology is showing great promise in patent management and intellectual property protections.
  • The rise of artificial intelligence and how legislators, regulators and employers can brace for dealing with generative AI as it’s brought into the workplace.
  • ESG—a term used regularly in the business world as of late—seems to be widely misunderstood, but its objects should be better learned as ESG impacts the boardroom.
  • Non-compete agreements, specifically in Hawaii, are still being enforced in the sale of business.

Many firms from across the United States are also featured in this guide. Their practices cover several corporate law and commercial litigation adjacent specialties, and they are situated in Florida, Nevada, Texas, North Carolina and New York to serve nearly every corner of the country. They are:

The Corporate Law & Commercial Litigation Legal Guide is an extensive guide to thousands of lawyers and exclusive content from the nation’s most talented lawyers and law firms.

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