business litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation – Part I: Defending Creations of the Mind
Do you know your legal rights in Intellectual Property (IP) disputes? Trademarks, copyrights and patents all differ. A copyright protects an original artistic or literary work. A patent protects an invention. A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source [...]
Misappropriation of Trade Secrets — Fighting What’s Unfair
On April 06, 2011, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. filed a lawsuit against USA Performance Technology Inc. and two individuals for allegedly misappropriating trade secrets and proprietary information related to the company’s titanium technologies business. The diversified manufacturing and science group, which is the largest manufacturer of titanium dioxide, filed the suit in U.S. [...]
Credit Card Processing — Entrepreneurs take Legal Action
The credit card is the beating heart of the “payment card” industry (PCI), which denotes credit, debit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM and POS cards, along with associated businesses. And it’s a really big heart. Total U.S. revolving debt (98 percent of which is made up of credit card debt) amounted to $793.1 billion, as of May 2011 [...]
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. [...]
Progressive Policies and Trade Agreements Facilitate Cross-Border Litigation in China
Although trade between China and the United States has been steadily increasing and western business practices are becoming more prevalent in the east, especially in Hong Kong and Beijing; there are still huge cultural differences that continue to complicate their business relationships. Since the US has the world’s largest economy and China is ranked second, [...]
BP Counts on Public’s Short Term Memory to Continue Deep-Water Drilling
Oil giant BP is counting on the public having short term memory when recalling the biggest oil disaster in history. Whereas environmentalists are counting on BP having to answer for the damage it has caused to serve as a deterrent from putting our oceans and the livelihoods of the habitants of the coastal regions of [...]
Our Firm Has Developed A Reputation For Excellent Results In The Practice “Cross-Border Litigation”
Hornberger & Brewer, LLP – Premier Trial Lawyers of California, Experts in Handling Cross-Border Litigation – Cross border commercial and business ligitation; pre or non-litigation legal advisory services: We focus our practice on disputes of any type including cross-border commercial claims, breach of contract, fraud, interference with contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, quasi-criminal and all [...]
Lawsuit Alleges Yelp Extorting Money from Business Owners
The website Yelp has been accused of trying to extort money from companies. The company is a customer review website and the class action lawsuit filed in court states that Yelp is extorting companies through high pressure sales tactics. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles federal court, alleges unfair business practices. The lawsuit states that [...]
Hornberger & Brewer – Business Litigation
Business Litigation For the Business Client, Our Commercial Litigation Experience is a Valuable Asset Disputes naturally arise in business relationships, often with significant consequences to core issues such as revenue, competitive position, or client relationships. As California trial lawyers, we have litigated all manner of business disputes in our decades of practice. We thoroughly understand [...]
