Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Commercial Litigation in Florida



Commercial litigation covers a wide variety of business, corporate, and commercial litigation issues that may have an impact on business in a broad range of circumstances. This is a very broad term, which essentially includes any legal issue that aims at resolving a business-related issue through the courts. The issue can come from disputes involving a business and its customers, vendors, competitors, and other business entities.

 The Basics of Commercial Litigation

There are different areas in which commercial litigation can arise including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Disputes arising from breach of contract, misinterpretation of contract provisos and contract negotiation
  • Contract interference and interference that involve business relationships
  • Disputes arising from the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
  • Shareholder and partnership disputes
  • Cases involving breach of fiduciary duty
  • Disputes involving non-compete agreements
  • Franchise disputes and franchise creations
  • Business dissolutions and business creations
  • Disputes arising from corporate management and control
  • Disputes arising from employer-employee relationships
  • Actions involving antitrust, commodities, stocks and trades
  • Cases involving consumer fraud and consumer protection
  • Debt collection actions

Avoiding Business Disputes

If you are a business owner, it is important that you use thorough and well-documented filing systems. It is important to keep each important document related to your business whether it is electronic or hard-copy.
It is important to understand that honesty in business is the best policy This means that your business and its employees should be transparent, honest, and ethical at all times.

If Disputes Arise

There are times that disputes are unavoidable.  Your business should be prepared for any kind of commercial dispute. Do not wait until it is too late. You should have commercial litigation attorney on retainer for your business before litigation.