For small businesses, just as for individuals, bankruptcy should dispose of all disputes with their creditors. A discharge under Chapter 7 or confirmation of a payment […]
… but a massive, enormous, extravagant Christmas lights display on what used to be a quiet residential corner. In an era when enterprising people organize paying […]
Limited liability is the cornerstone of modern, corporate free enterprise. It means the entrepreneur puts no more of their personal fortune at risk than they invest […]
The purpose of non-compete agreements, paradoxically, is to allow competition (there is a right to work and compete), all while preventing unfair competition by protecting employers’ Legitimate Business […]
In the wake of the events in Charlottesville, a question came up in the business community. Can you fire someone for being a white supremacist? The […]
The ADA is a noble law, and not just for bleeding-heart types of reasons. Certainly, it is primarily motivated by the emotional desire to see those […]
Do you know the difference between general and special damages? One “actually and necessarily” flows from the alleged wrong; the other “might result” from it but […]
For businesses, the first quarter of each year brings a number of fiscal and legal obligations. A business must, for instance, file its Annual Report with […]
The Florida Supreme Court decides remarkably few civil decisions, and even fewer commercial ones. Its docket is dominated by review of death-penalty decisions and updating rules […]
Overprotective parents insisting that their offspring have a constitutional (if not divine) right to enjoy every aspect of school life can lead to some of the […]
Police officers coming upon a poorly maintained house entered it without a warrant. They claimed they believed it to be abandoned. The Court had none of […]
Happy Holidays to all, whatever your Holiday of choice, be it Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, Festivus, or something else meaningful to you. In the spirit of the […]
… we regret to inform you that one court, in 1993, clearly held that newspapers are not “of such indisputable accuracy as would justify judicial reliance.” Sorry.
I quote, without adornment, the fine people from law.com: “The Nebraska Supreme Court has just banned smoking in cigar bars. Yes, for real.” ‘nough said.