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- Hershovitz represents a national manufacturer in a variety of business related litigation matters across the country. Issues addressed in these cases have included distributor issues, tangible and intellectual property rights, and state environmental and business practices regulations.
- When a joint venture disintegrated and the partners went their separate ways, one of the partners started contacting the other's clients, threatening to sue them if they did business with the other partner. That other partner hired Hershovitz, who was able to persuade a court to declare the non-compete and non-solicitation provisions of the joint venture agreement to be illegal. A temporary restraining order was issued initially against the bullying former partner, and a final judgment was obtained in a matter of weeks, allowing Hershovitz's client to continue operations free from threats from its former joint venture partner.
- When a disgruntled home purchaser, who also happened to be an attorney, lashed out at the woman who sold him his home by filing meritless lawsuits (the guy sued Hershovitz’s client more than once), Hershovitz defeated the claims and persuaded the courts to force the misguided, disgruntled home purchaser that filed the meritless lawsuits to pay his victim’s attorney’s fees.
- Hershovitz persuaded the Georgia Supreme Court to overturn a statewide election. This was the first successful statewide election challenge in U.S. history. In a statewide election in which almost 1.1 million votes were cast, a runoff was to take place between the top two vote-getters; Howard Mead was in third place by 382 votes. But 529 absentee ballots distributed to voters in one county listed Howard Mead as “Thomas Mead.” And another candidate's first name was Thomas, further adding to the confusion. Howard Mead hired Hershovitz to challenge the election results. After a contentious trial and appeal, the Georgia Supreme Court invalidated the first election because of the irregular ballots and ordered a new election take place. For a copy of the Supreme Court's decision, see Mead v. Sheffield, 601 S.E.2d 99 (Ga. 2004).
- Someone obtained an Internet domain name that incorporated a well-known television actor and public figure's name and turned the website into a porn site. The actor and public figure hired Hershovitz, who obtained the domain name for his client and removed the pornography, protecting his client's name and reputation.
- A company fired one of its IT employees who then tried to infect the company's computer system with a computer virus. Hershovitz sued the former employee and obtained a judgment against him. This judgment, obtained in 1997, is believed to have been the first of its kind in Georgia.
- When several employees of a company left to start a rival business, stole the company's proprietary client lists, and started trying to steal the company's clients, Hershovitz sued the former employees and obtained a judgment against them and their business, which included a permanent injunction prohibiting them from contacting the company's clients.
- Hershovitz is representing individuals and businesses against telemarketers and junk faxers in actions for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a federal law designed to enhance privacy and prevent businesses from shifting advertising costs to unwilling recipients.
- Hershovitz has secured the dismissal of numerous complaints filed against elected officials relating to campaign finance issues. Hershovitz also advises candidates and elected officials regarding campaign finance and ethics issues to try to avoid complaints being filed in the first place. Some of Hershovitz's political clients have included Georgia Governor Roy Barnes (D), Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin (D), Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox (D), and Georgia State Senator David Shafer (R).
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