Category Archives: Business Law

Business Law – Law Student Cannot Enforce Attorney’s Million-Dollar Challenge

For the last post of the year, we go to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, where that court recently ruled that law student Dustin Kolodziej cannot enforce attorney James Mason’s million-dollar challenge that his criminal defense client could not … Continue reading

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Business Law – Yelp does not commit extortion, rules court

Online reviews are becoming more important and can directly affect a business’ bottom line.  Yelp.com is the most influential review website at this time but their practices in soliciting ads have been criticized.  Some businesses have said Yelp made negative … Continue reading

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Trademark Law, Business Law – Will Chris Bosh’s tougher matchup be Carlos Boozer or Basketball Wives?

As Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat prepares to take on the Chicago Bulls and we find out which underachieving star power forward (Bosh or the Bulls’ Carlos Boozer) can break through to the NBA Finals, we find that Bosh … Continue reading

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Business Law – Facebook settlement with Winklevoss twins still stands

As more cases settle before trial with the assistance of a mediator, two things are important to remember.  One is that once the parties sign a written agreement settling the case, it is probably enforceable, even if the agreement is … Continue reading

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Business Law – Tips on lawsuits against Chinese companies

The China Law Blog recently presented an informative 4 part series on suing Chinese companies in US courts (links to all 4 parts are contained in the linked blog post).  Although the moral of the series seemed to be that … Continue reading

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Real Estate Law – Business Law – McCourt trial shows value of discovery

In our business and real estate cases, it is not uncommon to hear that certain documents have been forged or altered or are incomplete.  When this happens it is important in pretrial discovery to inspect the original of such documents, … Continue reading

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Business Law – LT Pacific News – LT Pacific client wins judgment

On August 19, 2010, judgment was entered in favor of a LT Pacific Law Group client.  The client hired a company to export vehicles to Dubai.  The deal fell apart when a car broker failed to purchase the vehicles after … Continue reading

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