Category Archives: Commercial Litigation
FACTA: Don’t Get Sued For What’s On Your Receipts
When you conduct a transaction with a customer or client, you probably give them a receipt, as you should. But can the simple act of giving a receipt get you into business trouble? Potentially, it can, under what is known as FACTS, or the Fair and Accurate Transactions Act. What is FACTA? FACTA has… Read More »
Copyright Infringement, Parody And The 1st Amendment
On one hand, we all know how important it is to respect others’ intellectual property. We know we can’t just use another company’s name, brand or login as our own, unless we want to get sued for copyright infringement. But the first amendment does protect our freedom of speech and we also know that… Read More »
Buy Now Pay Later Loans Could Be A Cause For Concern
Traditionally, when consumers or businesses needed credit, they were left to have to get credit through loans, credit cards, and other large lenders. But a new trend has emerged, in what is known as buy now pay later (BNPL). These hybrid types of loans can be tempting when your business needs a quick infusion… Read More »
Clawback Suits: Getting Sued In Bankruptcy When You’re Not In Bankruptcy
Neither you nor your business is filing for bankruptcy. You don’t offhand know anybody who is filing for bankruptcy. So how is it that you or your business has just been served with a lawsuit from a bankruptcy trustee? How did you get involved in a bankruptcy lawsuit without seemingly doing anything wrong? Clawback… Read More »
How Juries Are Picked In Business Law Cases
If you have a business law case that goes to a trial, your trial may involve a jury, which will decide whether you are right or wrong, and how much money you will have to pay or not pay. However, to many people, picking a jury is a mystery. It may help you in… Read More »
What Is Included In A Typical Shareholders’ Agreement?
When someone buys shares in, say Microsoft, or Amazon, or Costco, or any number of larger companies, shareholder agreements aren’t really vital—after all, you’re probably buying the shares largely to make money, and your involvement in the company will be limited to choosing how long you keep the stock you purchased. But in a… Read More »
Is A Contract Enforceable If Only One Side Signs It?
Let’s say that you have a small business fixing computers. A company hires you. They send you a contract, but you miss it or get busy, and you don’t sign it. You do show up and do the work. The company later doesn’t pay you, or pays you less than agreed, based on the… Read More »
Doing Business With The Government Can Threaten Your Trade Secrets
When you sign up to do a government contract, or any service for the government, you may be forgetting one thing: Government information is public, both under federal and state law. That means that anybody can ask for it, and receive it. But you may have information in your bid, or correspondence with the… Read More »
Social Media Companies Go To Battle With Texas
If you have a business, it’s likely you have a website. If your website has opinions or viewpoints on it, you may feel that you are safe under the First Amendment to say or write what you want. But a Texas law aimed at social media companies is poised to try to change that…. Read More »
LLCs, LLPs, And LLLPs…What’s The Difference?
If you are looking to start a business, there are a lot of options. Many people know about an LLC, which can provide some benefits that a traditional corporation cannot do. You can be a single-member LLC, there are tax benefits, and you have flexibility over who has what decision making for the business…. Read More »
