Your desire to see a return on your investments may have driven you to buy shares in a specific business. On the other hand, you may have an interest in the company's operations. As a shareholder, you should have some influence over the organization and stand to...
Business Litigation
What factors influence whether litigation or ADR is right for your business dispute?
Business disputes are bound to happen. Like most business professionals, you want to find ways to resolve them as efficiently as possible – without being a pushover. Absent a provision in your contract that obliges you to resolve your disputes in a specific way, you...
What is commercial disparagement?
The tort of commercial disparagement occurs when someone makes derogatory statements about a competitor or another business with the intent of dissuading others from dealing with the disparaged company. The accusation may come from a disgruntled customer or another...
Did someone breach your contract?
Breach of contract is one of the most common legal disputes businesses face. It can involve a company, vendor, employee, or customer who does not honor the terms of the agreement. Ideally, the two sides can sit down and find a solution that resolves the issue using...
Litigation may be the best option for settling a dispute
Business owners or managers entangled in disputes are often told that arbitration or mediation is the best method for resolving the matter. The reasons listed include the supposed high cost of litigating, waiting for a court date, and dealing with the distraction of...
What are fiduciary duties?
Business partners, key employees and shareholders all have certain obligations and requirements they owe to one another, and to a business. Basically, all of these individuals commit to making decisions that first and foremost benefit the company, without regard to...
Three things you can do to protect your family business
There are many family businesses across Florida that claim long-lasting legacies in a particular field. When you are the company that manages not only to succeed, grow and persevere for decades, you want to make sure that you are doing everything possible to keep the...
Is your business prepared to withstand a dispute between owners?
Disagreements often arise during the life of a business. You and your partners may not always see eye to eye on every single issue. When there are concerns, a sound plan of attack can help make a complicated situation much more simple, but only if the mechanisms to...
4 issues that may complicate business dissolution
Business partnerships fall apart all the time for countless reasons. At some point, it just becomes clear that it's best to move on. As the owners take steps toward dissolving the business, it’s wise to take a strategic approach to minimize disputes and avoid legal...
The necessary steps when a company selects an outside counsel
There are times when in-house counsel understands its limitations and knows that its team does not have the knowledge or skills to tackle a certain task such as litigation. This is the time that a company needs to turn to an outside law firm. Once corporate counsel...