Business and Contract Litigation Business & Contract Litigation

A competitive business climate creates many incentives not to play fair. Some businesses and business people breach contracts that they should honor. Others encourage companies to breach good contracts, employ deception in their business practices, or take unprincipled actions to disrupt existing business relationships. Still others compete unfairly, over aggressively, and in disregard to the… Read More

Real Estate Litigation Real Estate Litigation

Disputes frequently arise in the transfer, use, or construction of any real-property interest. Landlords and tenants disagree about the use of the leasehold estate, or about each other’s obligations under the lease. Vendors and purchasers of land frequently clash over hidden, unknown, or undiscovered conditions on the land that become important after the land is… Read More

Partnership Disputes and Shareholder Oppression Partnership Disputes & Shareholder Oppression

Partners owe high duties of loyalty to each other and to their partnership businesses. Officers and directors in small corporations, likewise, owe high duties of loyalty to their corporations and to their shareholders, particularly to their minority shareholders. Sadly many partners, officers and directors disregard their duties of loyalty and seek benefits for themselves –… Read More