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Bankruptcy Litigation & Investigations
Large corporate bankruptcies and companies in financial distress often spawn a complex web of claims by lenders, trustees, debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, investors, shareholders, and other constituents. Attorneys in Winston & Strawn’s complex commercial litigation group and special situations and restructuring group serve as trusted advisors and resolute advocates to protect clients’ business interests and assets in multifaceted Chapter 11 cases and bankruptcy-related disputes.
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Commercial Litigation & Disputes
Winston represents clients in virtually every type of dispute that could arise from operating a business. While our primary objective is to protect our clients from the need to engage in litigation and enter the courtroom, we take pride in our heavyweight litigation experience and the knowledge that corporate America has repeatedly retained us not just for “bet-the-company” trials, but for “bet-the-industry” cases as well. Our commercial litigators’ track record of success earned the team a national Tier 1 ranking in Best Law Firms® 2025. Our practice is anchored by seasoned litigators, many of whom have been recognized by in-house counsel and their peers as top practitioners in their fields.
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As a firm of choice for many major businesses, we represent employers, fiduciaries, boards of directors, benefit plans, and plan administrators in all aspects of ERISA litigation, including claims relating to fiduciary liability, plan investments, excessive fees, plan qualification, plan termination, reversion of excess assets, retiree medical benefits, severance and employment contract matters, tax liability matters, and retirement and welfare benefit claims.
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Experience
|March 31, 2025
After an eleven-day bench trial in January 2023, the N.D. Ill. delivered a full defense verdict in March 2025 in an ERISA class action brought by participants in Segerdahl Corporation’s ESOP. The court rejected the class claims against Segerdahl, its ESOP trustee GreatBanc Trust Company, and various individual defendants including board members Bob Cronin, Rod Goldstein, and Peter Mason, alleging that Segerdahl could have sold for a significantly higher price, which would have increased post-sale distributions to the ESOP participants. Winston earned an Am Law Litigator of the Week Shout Out for this win.
Experience
|January 31, 2025
Winston Secures Complete Defense Judgment for Alphatec in Prolonged Litigation Battle
In a long-running, bitter dispute between fierce competitors, Winston obtained a complete defense judgment on January 31, 2025, for its client Alphatec Holdings, along with its Chairman and CEO Pat Miles, following a week-long bench trial in the Delaware Chancery Court in early October 2023 over allegations of breach of fiduciary duty and violation of alleged non-competition covenants. Following additional post-trial briefing and oral argument, the court, on January 31, 2025, found in favor of Winston’s clients in all respects. The January 31, 2025, defense judgment marked the third favorable trial outcome obtained by Winston for Alphatec in a series of lawsuits filed by NuVasive—seeking, collectively, damages totaling nearly US$200M—dating back to October 2017.
Experience
|October 1, 2023
Hendrickson Acquisition of Brunner International
Winston & Strawn represented Hendrickson, a leading designer and manufacturer of suspension systems for the medium- and heavy-duty truck and trailer markets, in the acquisition of Brunner International based in Medina, New York, and Brunner Manufacturing and Sales based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Brunner manufactures components for the commercial vehicle, bus and trailer markets.
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Benefits Blast
|October 13, 2025
|3 Min Read
IRS Finalizes Catch-Up Contribution Regulations
401(k) plans may allow employees aged 50 or older to make elective deferrals over the annual limit; these deferrals are known as “catch-up” contributions.
Global Trade & Foreign Policy Insights
|September 30, 2025
|6 Min Read
The BIS 50 Percent Ownership Rule: A Paradigm Shift
Effective September 29, 2025, many thousands of additional non-U.S. entities around the world are now prohibited from receiving U.S. goods, software, and technology under an “affiliates” interim final rule (the IFR) published by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Webinar
|September 18, 2025
U.S.–Brazil Trade Policy and Relations: Sanctions, Bilateral Agreements & 2025 Outlook
Please join us for a timely webinar discussing the evolving landscape of U.S.–Brazil trade relations, featuring experts across the private sector and public authorities in Brazil and the United States.
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Standard import duties are taxes levied on imported goods, paid by the importer of record to its home country’s government. These particular duties apply to imported goods, regardless of origin, based on product characteristics.
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Tax evasion is the failure to pay or the deliberate underpayment of federal income taxes. The U.S. income tax system is based on voluntary compliance, and it is the taxpayer’s responsibility to report all income and to pay all taxes due. Tax evasion is a known violation of a legal duty, and may result in monetary penalties, imprisonment, or both.
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What Is the Copyright Royalty Board?
The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) is a three-judge panel that functions as an independent unit within the Library of Congress. It performs the duties specified in the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act. The Act established statutory licenses that let approved parties utilize certain types of copyrighted works by paying a set royalty, without having to request an individual copyright license from each rights-holder. The CRB sets, and periodically adjusts, the rates and terms of the statutory licenses, and can also make determinations on the distribution of statutory license royalties collected by the U.S. Copyright Office. For example, the judges can determine, for a five-year period, the rates musical performers receive when their works are played via digital services. When licensors and licensees cannot reach rate agreements on their own, the CRB hears testimony from the various parties and then sets the rates. CRB Judges serve six-year terms. The first CRB judges were appointed by the Librarian of Congress in 2006.