Business Law
Got the Eminent Domain Blues? We Can Help.
Eminent domain refers to the power possessed by the state over all property within the state, specifically its power to appropriate property for a public use. If you have ever encountered the exercise of eminent domain against your business property, you understand just how difficult life can become when the government decides to acquire private [...]
Avoid a Wrongful Termination Lawsuit: Legally Terminate Employees
Feeling the heat of the economic climate? If your business has resorted to layoffs or may soon scale back operations, you may be at an increased risk for wrongful termination lawsuits. Hundreds of employment lawsuits are filed each week, and with employees winning two-thirds of all cases, small businesses are on the losing side. The [...]
Crafting Remedies for Breach of Contract
Nobody wants to enter a relationship expecting it to fail. It’s easier to believe both parties will perform in good faith, as expected and with integrity. At the exciting start of a relationship, the last thing on anyone’s mind is what would happen if someone failed to live up to their part of the bargain. [...]
Bank of America Executives Battle Fraud Allegations
Joe Price, Bank of America’s consumer banking chief and Kenneth Lewis, BofA’s former chief executive, are being sued by the Attorney General of New York, Andrew Cuomo. The Attorney General is alleging Mr. Price and Mr. Lewis hid substantial losses from shareholders while preparing for a 2008 vote on the bank’s takeover of rival investment [...]
5 Tips to Finding the Perfect Small Business Attorney
By Neetal Parekh Whether you are at the early stages of launching a small business, are facing a legal dilemma, or have decided to throw in the towel and close shop, there usually comes a time in every entrepreneur’s tenure when he or she commits to hiring an attorney. If that day is today for [...]
