As a landlord, you know that evictions are sometimes necessary to reclaim your property from an uncooperative tenant. But what happens when your tenant claims that you violated the law by performing an illegal "constructive" eviction? Landlords can be accused of...
Fraud is a major problem in many industries. However, it often hurts small and medium-sized businesses the most. Fraud can not only hurt you financially, but it can also damage the relationship and trust that you've built with your clients, suppliers and other...
Retaliatory evictions occur when a landlord aims to evict a tenant because the landlord is angry over something the tenant was within his or her rights to do. Retaliatory evictions are illegal -- but that doesn't necessarily mean that your landlord won't try it anyhow...
Business disputes happen. You and a contractor may disagree on who is responsible for a project's failure. You may have to sue a client or distributor over a broken contract. But what about times when the lawsuit simply seems to come out of nowhere -- when the lawsuit...
It generally isn't illegal for an employee or former employee to criticize a business, but defamation by a disgruntled employee is another story. Defamation happens when someone makes a statement of fact that is knowingly false and that statement injures the other...
Contract negotiations and disputes can take up a great deal of energy and time when you run a business, but you ultimately hope that everyone will eventually come to an agreement that they can live with (if they can't find one they actually like). However, your...
How bad can it be if you don't get a permit for a building on your own property before you start construction? You might not want to ask that question around the city of Holmes Beach. A dispute over the construction of a treehouse has spawned a series of lawsuits over...
Where pacifiers are concerned, every parent seems to have a strong opinion. Some parents consider pacifiers to be a godsend when a cranky baby needs soothing and think they're fine to use for a while when babies are small. Other parents hate them with a passion and...
Contracts are the lifeblood of the business world, but you don't ever want to sign an important contract without reviewing it closely. But do you know what you should be trying to spot? There a lot of potential contract problems, from ambiguous wording to...
Investing in commercial real estate can help you diversify your holdings and build your fortune. However, you need to understand the basics in order to get started. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about where to start. What is commercial real...
