I am a commercial litigator and occasionally I’m asked, what does commercial litigation mean? In its simplest form: disputes over contracts. Here’s a case we handled recently at Maselli Warren, P.C....
What is Commercial Litigation?
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Business Litigation and Legal Malpractice
When a Lawyer Does Not Do What a Lawyer is Supposed To Do
Lawsuits for legal malpractice are all about what the lawyer was supposed to do. For a client to successfully sue his or her former attorney for legal malpractice, the client must first...
Does the Lawyer Represent You?
Usually attorneys know their clients and their clients know their attorneys. But not always. In a recent New Jersey appellate court decision (Greening v. Levine), the appellate court grappled with...
Legal Malpractice – Suing Your Ex-Lawyer
Even though your case did not turn out the way you hoped, most of the time, it is not your lawyer’s fault. But sometimes it is. In New Jersey, an attorney will be liable to a former client if...
Is it Time for Another Lawyer? How to Avoid Being the Victim of Legal Malpractice
Imagine that you or your business runs into a legal problem. You don't think you understand enough about the issue to tackle it on your own, so you make the prudent decision to enlist...
New Jersey Looks to Restructure its Courts to Better Serve the Business Community
In April 2014 the Working Group on Business Litigation, formed in the fall of 2013 by New Jersey Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, issued its report and recommendations on the needs of business...
Is Detroit’s Bankruptcy Making Progress?
We've written about Detroit's bankruptcy on our blog in the past. Back in December of 2013, Judge Steven Rhodes catapulted the Motor City into national headlines when he announced he would allow...
Big Business Battles
Major lawsuits are always popular news fodder, and when big businesses lock horns, the media frenzy escalates to an even higher degree of intensity. When a large and well-known company finds itself...
How Not to Sell Your Business
Planted firmly at the corner of 10th and Federal St. in the Bella Vista neighborhood of South Philadelphia, Chickie's has been loading up hoagies for peckish customers since 1993. Now, after nearly...
NJ Woman Suing Former Attorney’s Estate Following Malpractice and Suicide
It sounds like something that could have come out of Hollywood. After years of legal maneuvering, a prominent, accomplished attorney promises a client a whopping six-figure settlement. Facing...
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