Tag Archives: West Palm Beach Business Litigation Lawyers
How Attorney-Client Privilege Works for Companies
Honesty between attorneys and clients is of paramount importance. If clients cannot tell the absolute truth to their attorneys, then they risk their lawyer having to deal with nasty surprises at trial. One way the law facilitates candid discussions between attorneys and their clients is with the attorney-client privilege. This privilege creates a veil… Read More »
Understanding Florida’s New Data Breach Law
As more and more commerce starts to move online, companies are continuing to store ever greater amounts of customer and employee information in digital form. While this setup is often more convenient for everyone involved, it also creates a new potential liability for businesses who store this sort of information: data breaches. The possibility… Read More »
Understanding Statutory Damages
While some people sue for the principle of having their day in court, many do so because they have been harmed in some way and deserve compensation for that harm. That compensation is known as the damages. Ordinarily, judges or juries award damages based on the actual, quantifiable harms that someone has suffered. However,… Read More »
Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements
Employees are an important part of any business, and they are necessary to the company’s smooth operation. Businesses want to attract the best and the brightest, knowing that they will reap the rewards of employing competent people. However, this presents them with a problem. How should a company handle an employee who wants to… Read More »
Cybersquatting and Generic Top-Level Domains
A company’s web presence has become increasingly important over the past decade, and that trend shows no sign of letting up. In order to help businesses advertise their services more effectively online, the organization that controls internet traffic, ICANN, is beginning to release new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). gTLDs are the end portion of… Read More »
Stopping Bad Behavior during the Case: Preliminary Injunctions
Lawsuits are a versatile tool in the business world. Although many lawsuits are focused on the past, trying to recover damages for some harm that has already occurred, they do not have to be. Sometimes, parties can bring a lawsuit seeking to stop someone from taking an action. This is known as seeking an… Read More »
Interrogating a Company
Discovery can often be the longest and most expensive portion of a lawsuit, especially when dealing with commercial litigation. The idea behind discovery is that it allows attorneys to get information from the other side to help build their cases. One of the most powerful discovery tools that a lawyer has is the deposition,… Read More »
Federal Regulations and False Advertising
Organizations within the federal government do not always communicate well with each other. This can be a problem for companies trying to operate under a web of federal regulations because approval in one place does not necessarily mean approval across the board. One recent example of this was the Supreme Court case Pom Wonderful… Read More »
Who Just Hired the Lawyer?
Lawyers often refer to corporations as “legal fictions.” This means that from a legal standpoint a corporation is a real entity. It can sue people, be sued by people, and enter into contracts just like a real person can, but the corporation is not a real person. A corporation cannot hold conversations with people… Read More »
Shareholder Lawsuits: Direct versus Derivative
One of the most common types of commercial litigation is the shareholder lawsuit. In shareholder lawsuits a shareholder sues either based on a harm that they suffered themselves or based on a harm suffered by the corporation itself, which indirectly hurts them by lowering their investment’s value. The type of harm is important because… Read More »
Legal Malpractice Claim by Bank Against Attorney After Fraudulent Wire Fraud
A lawyer in Illinois has been sued by a bank after he was allegedly fraudulently duped by a fake client. He was tricked into wiring half-a-million dollars without sufficient proof that the client was authentic. Attorneys and law firms have become a major target for online scams. The “Nigerian prince” scams of years past… Read More »
