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In business litigation disputes, the testimony of the witnesses is frequently not the most important evidence offered at trial. What is? The parties' documents. The documents usually tell the tale - and they do it in a way that is generally more credible than a...

For licensed professionals in the midst of disciplinary actions, it is important to analyze the effect an adverse disciplinary action may potentially have on your affiliations with third parties. Of course, the termination of your license in a disciplinary action will...

We are getting 6-10 inches of snow dumped on us this weekend. And if you are like me, your thoughts turn to two things: shoveling and contract law. Contracts can be classified as bilateral or unilateral. A bilateral contract arises when both sides to the contract...

Licensed professionals, like everyone else, sometimes make mistakes. When they do, from time to time, those mistakes lead to administrative disciplinary actions in which the professional is subject to license revocation, suspension, reprimand, or other types of...

I am a huge tennis fan. I am also a huge law fan. This week I spent a lot of time following the legal goings on in Australian regarding Novak Djokovic. The final decision won't be rendered until later today, at the earliest. I am not predicting a result and I have no...

At trial, relevant evidence is admissible and irrelevant evidence is not. Something is relevant if it is tends to make a fact at issue in the trial more or less likely. This is not complicated. Information that would be useful in deciding the truth of the facts in...

2022 will mark my 31st year as an attorney, and my 22nd year practicing solo. As I continue to grow as a person and a practitioner, it’s a good idea to take stock of where I’ve come from, where I am now, and where I’d like to go. To that end, here are my 2022 New...

Wishing my clients, colleagues, and everyone else that makes my law practice possible, a very Merry Christmas. It is important to give back to the community. One of the ways that I try to do that is in counseling people about how to get help for their legal problems....

Evaluating whether to bring a business litigation claim necessarily entails considering whether a potential defendant will be able to pay the eventual judgment obtained, or pay a fair settlement of the claim. Not every potential defendant has deep pockets. There can...

Business torts are the legal causes of action that are commonly used by litigators to assert claims arising from business disputes. A tort is a civil wrong. Tort claims are distinguished from breach of contract claims. There are numerous potential advantages to...