Business Litigation Lawyers in Century City

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Business Litigation in Century City: Who We Defend

Century City is one of LA’s densest corporate-office clusters, with an employer mix that runs to entertainment-industry talent agencies (CAA, WME, and the boutique agencies around them), major law firms (Latham, Paul Hastings, Sidley, and others), investment banks and wealth-management firms, family offices, technology-and-creative offices, the Hilton and Fairmont Century Plaza hospitality cluster, Westfield Century City retail and dining, and the Fox Plaza commercial footprint that once anchored Fox’s headquarters. Business disputes in Century City tend to be high-stakes — talent and management contract fights, agency commission disputes, partnership splits at boutique firms, attorney-fee and malpractice claims, wealth-management and fiduciary fights, lease disputes at premium high-rise space, and the kinds of trade-secret and unfair-competition claims that emerge in entertainment and finance. Our Century City business litigation attorneys defend these matters, in arbitration and in the Los Angeles County and federal courts.

Common Commercial Disputes Faced by Century City Businesses

Century City’s entertainment, finance, legal, hospitality, and corporate employers tend to encounter a recurring set of commercial disputes:

• Entertainment-industry contract claims — talent management, agency commission, production, and licensing agreements
• Partnership and shareholder disputes at boutique firms, law-firm partnerships, agency offices, and family offices
• Breach of contract claims — high-value vendor, service, and engagement agreements
• Commercial lease disputes at Century City’s premium high-rise office and retail space, including rent abatement, holdover, build-out, and CAM-charge fights
• Fiduciary-duty, wealth-management, and investment-mismanagement claims
• Insurance coverage disputes, including high-limit business interruption, property, and liability claims
• Business torts — fraud, intentional interference with contract, defamation, and unfair competition
• Trade-secret misappropriation, NDA enforcement, and non-solicitation claims at agencies, firms, and finance employers
• Buy-sell, dissolution, and winding-up disputes between business co-owners

For a Century City talent agency, law firm, wealth manager, or boutique creative firm, any one of these can become a seven- or eight-figure exposure quickly — and confidentiality is often as important as the legal outcome.

Why You Need a Business Litigation Attorney in Century City

Commercial disputes move fast, and the cost of an avoidable misstep — a missed contract deadline, an aggressive counterclaim, an arbitration provision read wrong — can be the entire dispute. Here is what a Century City business litigation attorney does:

• Resolves the dispute on the best available terms — most commercial claims should be settled or arbitrated rather than tried, and the work of identifying which is critical to outcome.
• Protects your operating business and your reputation — litigation should not stop the business from running, and Century City employers usually need confidentiality handled alongside the legal work.
• Defends contract claims — talent, licensing, vendor, lease, and service-agreement disputes are the most common Century City exposure.
• Manages partnership and shareholder disputes — the cleanest path through a co-owner fight is rarely the loudest one, especially at law firms and agencies.
• Pursues and defends business torts — fraud, interference, and unfair-competition claims need precise evidentiary work.
• Handles insurance coverage and bad-faith claims — we read the policy and force the carrier to do its job, including high-limit and professional-liability policies.
• Builds the record that supports a clean exit — settlement, summary judgment, or trial — whichever delivers the best result.

How Our Business Litigation Attorneys in Century City Can Help

At Novian & Novian, we represent Century City businesses in commercial disputes that range from boutique partnership splits to multi-million-dollar entertainment and finance claims. We know California commercial law and how these cases actually play out in LA County trial courts, federal court, and high-profile arbitration.

We Defend Commercial Contract Claims

Breach-of-contract claims drive most Century City business litigation — talent and management agreements, licensing fights, vendor and engagement disputes, and high-value lease disputes. We read the contracts, identify the strongest defenses and counter-positions, and push for the most favorable resolution.

We Handle Partnership and Shareholder Disputes

Many Century City firms — law, accounting, finance, agencies, and creative ventures — are owned by two or more partners, and when a dispute starts, the firm itself becomes the casualty. We handle buy-out negotiations, derivative actions, dissolution proceedings, and the work of getting one partner out cleanly so the firm survives.

We Protect You from Business Torts and Unfair Competition

When a competitor poaches employees, takes customer lists, misuses trade secrets, or runs an interference campaign, we move quickly — preliminary injunctions, expedited discovery, and aggressive damages claims when the conduct warrants it.

We Resolve Real Estate and Lease Disputes

Commercial lease fights are a recurring Century City issue, with premium high-rise space carrying high stakes on holdover, build-out, CAM, and rent-abatement disputes. We handle these from either landlord or tenant side.

We Represent You in Insurance Coverage Disputes

When your insurer denies coverage, reserves rights, or low-balls a claim, we read the policy and push back. Business-interruption, property, general-liability, professional-liability, and bad-faith disputes are part of our regular practice.

Farhad Novian

Farhad Novian has advised, counseled and represented Century City businesses and individuals in a broad range of corporate/business transactions. Learn more about Farhad.

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