When you, as a landlord, ink a lease with a commercial tenant, you obviously hope the tenant’s business succeeds. Sometimes, though, that doesn’t happen. Failure happened a lot during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic...
April 28, 2023
When You Do (and Don’t) Have the Required ‘Meeting of the Minds’ Needed to Make an Agreement Binding Under Georgia Law
When dealing with commercial contracts and negotiations regarding commercial contracts, there are pieces of information that can be crucial. Perhaps the most fundamental is “Do we or don’t we have a binding agreement...
While not occurring here in Georgia, a recent federal court ruling dismissing a shareholder derivative action in California is a prime example of the extreme importance of the procedural demands placed on the plaintiffs in
A recent RICO claim in federal court, tossed following a motion to dismiss, contains some useful lessons for both plaintiffs and defendants. For potential plaintiffs, it is important to understand that not every wrong that...
March 17, 2023
The Importance of Clearly Identifying a Violated Contract Term to Support Your Breach of Contract Claim in Georgia
Contract relationships can be like couples relationships: some are satisfying and mutually beneficial, some start out strong but eventually go off course, and others seemingly are beset with problems almost from the start. If
