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General Commercial Litigation Lawyers in Orlando
The DeWitt Law Firm represents clients in general civil commercial litigation in state and federal courts. Commercial litigation encompasses all types of legal issues related to business disputes. If you find yourself with questions regarding any commercial litigation issues, feel free to contact DeWitt Law Firm for further information and assistance.
All other disputes involving businesses or their members, employees, vendors, clients, or independent contractors. Litigation is not the only way to resolve commercial disputes. Alternative dispute resolution methods such as arbitration or mediation can often help accomplish a more effective and efficient resolution to a business dispute.
Breach of Contract
Actions for breach of contract can be against vendors, clients, employees, former employees, employers, real estate or business partners, or any other entity where a contract exists between a business and another person or entity or between participants in a business.
Business Dissolutions
Disputes between or among members of a business can result in the dissolution or termination of the business enterprise. Often, buy-sell or shareholder agreements, the fair market value of the business, and how debt and assets are handled are issues addressed in this type of litigation.
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Persons in positions of trust who abuse or misuse that trust may have violated their fiduciary obligation. For examples, majority shareholders may owe a fiduciary obligation to minority shareholders, officers and directors of a corporation to their shareholders, or trustees to the beneficiaries of a trust.
Shareholder or Partnership Disputes
Disagreements between shareholders or partners need not result in the dissolution of the business. However, these disagreements may nonetheless need to be litigated and resolved by the courts. Such disputes may involve, for instance, the relative rights and responsibilities of the business owners, salaries or distributions made to the owners and other issues involving the day to day running of the business.
Employment Disputes
Disputes often arise between employers and employees over issues such as overtime, holiday pay, and work responsibilities.
Debt Collections
Collecting past due amounts for businesses from clients and other businesses or individuals.
Agreements Limiting Competition
Agreements limiting competition include non-compete, non-disclosure, and non-solicitation agreements. Pre-trial injunctions and restraining orders are common in these types of cases.
Tortuous Interference with Contractual or Business Relations
These disputes arise when one person or entity has a contract or a business relationship with another and someone else wrongfully interferes with that contract or relationship.
Misuse of Intellectual Property
Disagreements between shareholders or partners need not result in the dissolution of the business. However, these disagreements may nonetheless need to be litigated and resolved by the courts. Such disputes may involve, for instance, the relative rights and responsibilities of the business owners, salaries or distributions made to the owners and other issues involving the day to day running of the business.
Fraud and Deceptive Trade Practices
Fraud, misrepresentation, or deception in business can take many different forms. Examples include misrepresentations in product quality, financials of businesses bought or sold, or square footage or other qualities of real estate purchased or sold.
Purchase and Sale Contracts
Purchase and sale contracts can involve the purchase and sale of land, businesses, buildings, or product or the transfer or assignment of leases.
Commercial Litigation: Contracts
Contract litigation often involves breach of contract claims as well as other claims that might arise out of or be related to a contract. Such claims may include, for example, an action for goods sold and delivered, or for services rendered. By law, people and entities damaged as a result of a breach of contract are entitled to damages. The measure of these damages will be determined by a court of law based on the evidence presented by the parties. If no damages can be proved, then none will be awarded. If you are involved in a contract dispute, or a dispute that has arisen from a contract, a lawyer will be able to explain your rights and help protect your interests.
Specific performance of a contract also may be an available remedy under certain circumstances. This means that instead of damages, a plaintiff seeks to require performance of the contract.
There are many phases of Contract disputes; pre-suit negotiations and demands, mediation, arbitration, discovery and trial. The DeWitt Law Firm represents both Plaintiffs and Defendants in all phases of contract litigation and breach of contract claims.
Many individuals and businesses have trusted our Firm to effectively resolve their contract disputes.
Types of Contract Claims
- Purchase and Sale Agreement
- Real Estate Contracts
- Business Sale Agreements
- Joint Venture Agreements
- Non-Compete Agreements
- Partnership Agreements
- Lease Agreements
- Trade Secret Disputes
- Vendor Agreements
Copyright & Trademark
The DeWitt Law Firm counsels individuals and businesses on how best to protect their intellectual property rights. Sherri DeWitt helped formulate the argument in a case presented to the United States Supreme Court. This case involved the constitutionality of a Florida statute based on the federal preemption of copyright law.