Faegre Drinker

Faegre Drinker is a firm designed for clients. With more than 1,200 legal and consulting professionals across the United States, London and Shanghai, we have the strength to solve your most complex transactional, litigation and regulatory challenges — wherever you need us. We partner with clients ranging from emerging startups to multinational corporations, delivering comprehensive and customized advice that advances your most ambitious business objectives.


Our culture is firmly rooted in relentless client focus and mutual trust that empowers collaboration. We listen actively, to understand your priorities and pressure points. We bring you fresh ideas that work. And we deliver excellence — without arrogance. We are committed to our communities and to building a diverse and inclusive firm that reflects those communities and our clients.


Faegre Drinker moves boldly into the future, investing in talent, technology and innovation to continually provide clients with efficient service, collaborative experiences, innovative approaches and value.


With extensive experience in the financial services, food and agribusiness, health and life sciences, insurance and retail industries, we serve clients in legal areas including benefits and executive compensation, corporate, government and regulatory affairs, health care, insurance, intellectual property, investment management, labor and employment, litigation, private client, product liability and mass torts, and real estate and construction.

 

Our Global Reach

From locations in Boulder, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Des Moines, Florham Park, Fort Myers, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Princeton, San Francisco, Shanghai, Washington, D.C. and Wilmington, we serve clients in every U.S. state and more than 100 countries.​

Recent Firm News & Legal Updates

Legal Updates USA - Illinois
July 24, 2024

In ATS Tree Services v. Federal Trade Commission, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found that even if the plaintiff employer could show irreparable harm, injunctive relief would still be inappropriate because the plaintiff was unlikely to prevail on its argument that the FTC did not have authority to promulgate the Noncompete Rule.
Legal Updates USA - Illinois
July 17, 2024

Under Motorola, a trade secret plaintiff can bring its claim against a foreign defendant in the United States even when most of the wrongful conduct occurs outside the USA, so long as there is some act in furtherance of the misappropriation in the United States. In such cases, the trade secret plaintiff can recover damages on all of the...
Legal Updates USA - Illinois
July 15, 2024

Previously, the SEC could elect to litigate fraud cases before its administrative law judges, where it had “home court” advantage, and who often have considerable subject-matter expertise, but now it must bring such cases in a U.S. federal court.
Legal Updates USA - Minnesota
July 12, 2024

Minnesota Statute § 181.9881 — Restrictive Employment Covenants; Void in Service Contracts — prohibits on a go-forward basis service providers from restricting “in any way a customer from directly or indirectly soliciting or hiring an employee of a service provider.”
Legal Updates USA - Illinois
July 10, 2024

On Monday, July 8, 2024, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released additional FAQs specifying that reporting companies created or registered on or after January 1, 2024, that are subsequently dissolved or cease to exist, are required to make a CTA filing even if such reporting companies cease to...

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