Pendergraft & Simon, L.L.P. Legal Blog

Can your business sue another for unfair competition?

Unfair competition is a situation that involves deceptive or unethical business practices designed to harm other businesses. The federal and state laws regarding unfair competition aim to protect intellectual, economic or creative interests. They do so by preventing companies from misappropriating another’s work and representing it as their own. You might have a right to…

Protecting your business from staff claims while reorganizing

When your business encounters a financial hardship, sometimes drastic action is necessary to save the business. Choosing to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy to reorganize your business and address its debts could help keep the company itself operational despite its current financial issues. Business bankruptcy filings often come with an obligation to liquidate certain assets and reduce business…

Addressing redundancy can be dangerous during a merger

Merging two existing businesses or two offices or departments of an existing company can make your operations more efficient and reduce your business’s expenses. However, a big part of reducing those costs usually stems from eliminating redundant positions and either changing people’s work responsibilities or eliminating the excess positions. Needing to eliminate a number of…

What can you seek as part of a breach of contract lawsuit?

Contracts sometimes get described as the lifeblood of businesses, in part because contracts manage everything from the relationship between a company and its employees to the transactions that occur between individual businesses. You uphold your side of a contract, and you have the reasonable expectation that other parties will do the same. Unfortunately, it’s possible…

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