Recent Blog Posts
Should Business Owners get Errors and Omissions Insurance?
There are a lot of positions in the business world that require us to make subjective and tactical decisions. That may be because we’re a professional, like an architect or a consultant or an engineer, or it may be because we own a company and have a duty to shareholders and others in our… Read More »
Starting a Home Based Business? Here are Some Considerations
It’s easy to forget if you have a home based business, that even though you’re physically in your home, you still ate a legal business, and still have all the legal obligations that any business has. But while being in a home based business in many ways can make your life easier, there are… Read More »
Leasing Commercial Property? Don’t Forget These Issues
So you bought or you own commercial property. All you have to do now is find a tenant (or a few of them), get a lease, and collect the rent, right? Well, it’s a bit more complex than that, and if you don’t account for every contingency, you could end up with legal problems… Read More »
Why You May Want to Consider Joint Venture Opportunities
Your business may be doing well, but at some point, you may want to expand your horizons and you may want to do that through what is known as a joint venture. Joint ventures can be a great chance to expand your business, make money, and make your business more known in the public… Read More »
Offers to Settle: You Could End Up Owing Attorneys Fees
As a general rule, you cannot get your attorneys fees repaid to you in a case, even if you win, unless you have a contract that says that you do, or unless there is a law that provides for attorneys fees to the victorious party. But there is actually another way to get attorneys… Read More »
What is Specific Performance and When Can it Be Used?
When we think of suing for breach of a contract, we often think about monetary damages; what have we lost, in money, as a result of the breach. But what about performance? Can a court, instead of, or in addition to, monetary damages, order a person or business to do something that it was… Read More »
Here’s How Courts Will Handle Contradictions and Ambiguities in Contracts
When there is a contract dispute, there are certain rules that courts look at, to determine who is correct and who is not. These rules most often come into play when there are disputes about the meaning of contractual language—for example, if words contradict each other, or if there are phrases that are vague… Read More »
Proving Intent in Fraud Cases
The main difference between a breach of contract case, and fraud, is intent—the subjective mental state of mind that shows that someone actually meant to do harm or to deceive someone else. But as with any case involving intent, this brings up difficult legal issues—specifically proving that which only exists in someone’s mind: intentions…. Read More »
Are You Running a Competition? Or a Lottery? It Makes a Difference
You may know, inherently, that running a lottery carries with it many legal regulations that must be followed. It is gambling, and while more and more, various forms of gambling are becoming more and more accepted and legal, it still remains illegal for a business to simply hold a lottery. Many people use the… Read More »
What Can You Do About Squatters on Your Property?
When we think of squatters, we think of people who are trespassing, living on your property without consent or permission or perhaps even your knowledge. As such, we may assume that they have no rights. That’s not exactly true, and as a property owner, if you’re not careful, you could end up losing valuable… Read More »
