If you have a contract with someone, you expect them to fulfill it. If they don't, you have several different options. You can choose to let the other party out of the contract, renegotiate for a new contract that you can both live with or demand a legal solution. One...
Are you about to sign your first commercial lease? Take your time to review the contract carefully. Something you overlook now could become very important if something goes wrong in the future. Here are six questions you need to consider when reviewing a lease: 1. Is...
Florida businesses are suffering from an epidemic of lawsuits -- but they finally have access to a way to inoculate themselves. Now, someone just needs to spread the message so that more business owners know what to do. Drive-by lawsuits are costing companies...
If you call a document a "letter of intent," is it enforceable as a contract? Maybe. One thing is certain, however: Letters of intent open the doorway for some serious contract disputes. The argument over whether or not the parties involved actually have a legally...
There are places that you probably don't really want to inhabit and there are places that are legally uninhabitable. What's the difference? Under Florida law, a property that a landlord has let fallen into disrepair can be declared "uninhabitable," which can allow a...
There's a phrase or two that's commonly seen in contracts called a governing law provision or conflict of laws provision. Many people read over this part of the contracts that they sign without fully understanding its meaning. That could be a mistake that could haunt...
Moving into the international market is the dream of many businesses -- particularly those that know they have something highly unique to offer a foreign market. Before you start down that road (or across those waters), take to heart the following pieces of advice....
Did you just get your first professional job offer? As excited as you may be, reign in your enthusiasm so that it doesn't override your common sense. Tell your prospective employer that you need a couple of days to go over the offer. The company has invested a lot of...
Construction disputes can come from all directions. In the latest twist on a planned development by Walmart, a Miami judge ordered construction to stop -- saving an endangered pine rockland forest from being bulldozed and protecting several species of animals that...
While a sour, grumbling, resentful and endlessly aggrieved employee is often played for laughs in television and movies, they're real problems in the actual business world. Disgruntled employees make their co-workers think about looking for different jobs, slow down...
