Commercial Litigation

-Breach
-Commerical Collections
-Defamation (slander or libel- online or offline- privacy rights, harassment)

 

It can be preferable to settle a collection of money or breach of contract before litigation is necessary. This can be beneficial for both sides. We do our best to find points of compromise or legal defenses to a claim of breach to settle a dispute. If it can’t be resolved, we can prepare complaints for causes of action to collect monies owed or to obtain damages for breach. 

Contact us if you are owed money or if a party is in breach of an obligation owed to you, including a payment obligation.

Defamation occurs when a person makes a harmful, unproveable false statement, either in writing (libel), by speaking (slander), or in a digital format online (could be both, but normally libel). This is a growing area of problems. The defamatory content can be against a person or a company. We can file defamation lawsuits designed to obtain judgments or extract settlements, depending on the facts.

The burden of proof is on the defendant (or his or her attorney) to prove truth of statements, or else they will be liable. Damages is a separate aspect of a case once liability is established. If it’s online defamation, privacy rights and harassment laws (civil and criminal) may also apply to the facts and to your case.

If someone is following you with a camera without your consent and makes you feel threatened or uncomfortable, that could be considered harassment.

Contact us to learn more if someone has spoken, writtten, or posted information about you or your company that is false or can not be proved to be true, or if you feel that you have or are being harassed or followed, or that your privacy has been violated as part of any defamatory act.