Civil Litigation

When a client contracts you for work, you may not have sufficient staff, time or knowledge to carry out every single part of the job. You may, therefore, bring in subcontractors to help you. What then if something goes wrong? Can you just blame it on the subcontractor...

Mediation is often a beneficial approach when the owner or management of a commercial operation hopes to resolve a dispute amicably. Perhaps they want to keep the details of a challenging situation out of the press or they hope to preserve a valuable working...

Deceptive trade practices involve dishonest and misleading activities by businesses or individuals to deceive consumers and gain personal benefits.  Here, you can find several examples of deceptive trade practices and the importance of consumer protection laws in...

You may be in a contractual dispute with any party you work with, including employees. When drafting your employment contract, you may have been clear and welcomed questions to avoid misunderstandings. Nonetheless, you may still find yourself in a conflict. Below are...

In an ideal world, you’ll provide your customers with a great service or product and they will gladly pay you in full and on time. Thankfully, this is what happens with most transactions. Unfortunately, not every transaction goes as smoothly as this, and payments can...

When someone doesn't want to pay a debt, it can be a real headache to try to hold them accountable for it. Businesses sometimes have to hire specialists, called skip tracers, to track down those attempting to avoid responsibility for their debts. Some people will...

Construction professionals don’t need to work in the industry very long before they learn, from experience, just how easy it is for legal challenges to arise in the regular course of business. Many contractors even approach construction-related legal disputes as...

If you own a rental property, whether it’s a single-family home or an apartment complex, you have an obligation under both federal and state laws to provide accessibility to renters with disabilities. These laws include the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the...

On a large, lengthy construction project, the cost of materials can change significantly between the time you contract to do a job and the time you actually purchase the materials. Everything from fuel prices to supply chain issues to natural disasters and more can...

There are exceptions, but it is often good for a contract to include a deadline on which those goods or services have to be rendered. A deadline or defined schedule should also be used in the case of a contract that purchases a recurring service or a delivery of...