In order to get things accomplished, business people in Florida often must form mutually beneficial partnerships. Unfortunately, if serious business disputes arise, then partners can become adversaries. Although an acrimonious business relationship may be...
One key factor in staying ahead in business is keeping your important trade secrets out of the hands of your competition. After all, if you have put in the work and investment capital to develop a product or a process that will give your company power in the...
When conducting business in Florida, there are state and federal statutes that offer protections against illegal practices. But what if you find yourself competing for opportunities with companies in other countries? Needless to say, if you are doing business on an...
There is a saying about business that goes, "competition brings out the best in products and the worst in man." These words read as humorous, but they ring as true. Competition has been a motivating factor behind many of our greatest product innovations. An example of...
There are many obvious potential threats to the health of a business. Fires and floods can serve to shutter doors, perhaps permanently. Severe financial loss due to malfeasance may also cause insurmountable setbacks. But what about words? Words that are used to...
Anyone who decides to invest in a company should do so with their eyes wide open. All investments, regardless of how good they may seem, carry with them the inherent risk of not yielding a return. However, there are times when investors place their trust and their...
Ideally, when a contract is crafted, it will be honored by the parties who sign on. However, at some point you find yourself in a situation where someone does not feel obliged to hold up their end of the bargain. In such a case, you may have to enter business...
During boom periods in Florida’s real estate market, there is ample opportunity for investors to turn a tidy profit by putting up money for development projects. When an investor partners with a developer, both sides expect that the other will act in accordance with...
Many business owners in Florida would agree: competitors don’t always play fair. As a business owner, you’d like to think that the playing field is always level and that your competition will always act responsibly, but when money is at stake, sometimes companies...
Over the past year, there has been a massive amount of news and airtime devoted to the matter of personal privacy. Between Edward Snowden, the NSA and the constant wiretapping and cell phone tracking stories that have come out, it seems the idea of "privacy" -- at...
