Lynn Rowe Larsen

Lynn is firmwide co-chair of Taft’s Commercial Litigation practice and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. She is experienced in a wide variety of business litigation matters.  She represents media clients and global companies in a variety of business disputes, including First Amendment litigation, business competition and trade secret disputes, breach of contract, UCC commercial claims, licensing and sales commission claims, and shareholder disputes in closely held companies.

Lynn’s First Amendment work includes defending defamation actions, initiating anti-SLAPP motions, and commencing mandamus actions for public records or for access to court proceedings.  She also represents multiple sports clients in a variety of litigation matters including disputes related to athletic sponsorship, licensing, endorsement, and representation agreements.

Lynn also has extensive experience representing companies in bankruptcy and creditors’ rights actions and appears in bankruptcy courts across the country in connection with these cases. She advises businesses on a wide range of creditors’ rights issues, including preference and avoidance actions, bankruptcy’s effect on executory contracts, reclamation claims, and negotiations related to Section 363 sales.

Press Mentions

• The Akron Beacon Journal: Names of cops involved in Jayland Walker shooting can be kept secret, Supreme Court says, Dec. 6, 2024.
  • Similar press in The Plain Dealer, The Canton Repository, The Columbus Dispatch, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ashland Times Gazette, Mansfield News Journal, Fremont News-Messenger, Zanesville Times Recorder.
• Law360: 7th Circuit Upholds Press Cos. Win in Police Group’s Libel Case, Sept. 1, 2023.
• Bloomberg Law: Gannett, AP Shed Police Association’s Suit Over Online Stories, Sept. 1, 2023.