Transforming Business Litigation In Florida

Are you experiencing partnership dispute where one of your partners became part of your business and now you have discovered they were a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

Immediately understanding your rights and the legal landscape will empower you and, together with our legal team, we can develop and execute a legal strategy so you can get through the partnership dispute and on with building your business.

The freedom to contract is one of America’s greatest freedoms. However, disputes arises as to the context, meaning and performance of contracts in which the two parties have a vastly different opinion of their rights and obligation. This is never as simple as it seems and likely requires litigation and alternative dispute resolutions.

This is a broad category of litigation involving business, sales, intellectual property, breach of contract and some types of fraud. We have experience in general commercial litigation and have supported our clients in a wide variety of legal issues and litigation.

Our firm supports with the recovery of financial losses due to a wide range of illegal activities that involve the deception of investors or the manipulation of financial markets.

Are you a shareholder or unit owner of a Limited Liability Corporation and suspect foul play as to the value of the company or your shares? No matter how big the corporation may be, ultimately, some people believe they can make money by breaching trust and providing knowingly false information regarding the value of stock or other securities. In some cases, fraudsters start companies with the intent to “pump and dump” private or public stock. This scheme involves opening a business, issuing the sale stock or securities and, thereafter, creating a buzz about the offering through targeted “press releases.” This buzz temporarily drives up the price of private or publicly trade stock and then, the majority shareholders sell their shares at the inflated value driving the price down and making themselves rich in the process.

Another example is where individuals running a privately held company develop a scheme to artificially inflate the value of their shares over time by falsifying company metrics to an “independent” valuation company. They issue shares out of thin air and offer the private securities to employees as a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to share in the “growth” of the company. The scheme works overtime by new shareholders being invited to purchase the shares of those retiring or those who have left the company. There can never be a “run on the stock” because employees are prohibited from liquidating their shares and, instead, any cash out requires a new buyer to come in to purchase at the inflated price. This type of scenario is considered a Ponzi or Pyramid scheme and it can be hard to detect until it is too late because it appears that a shareholder can technically sell back their stock for a timed cash payout for an increased share value.

Have you developed an idea, a design, a concept for an emerging technology and a partner, business or third-party has taken and used it without your permission? Or has your business invested in the development of software or a patent only to have the same stolen by a former partner, family member or business?

The key to protecting your intellectual property or defending unlawful use is TIMING. You could lose your rights if you are aware that a business, partner or bad actor is using your IP if you don’t act and we know that’s not always as simple as writing a letter to someone who defrauded you.

There are specific federal and state laws that protect copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and patents – even if they are not necessarily registered. The theft of IP has nothing to do with business, it is very personal and together we can empower you with a legal strategy to reclaim what is rightfully yours and prevent the unlawful use of your IP.

The creation of a contract involves two or more parties agreeing to be bound to the terms of a written or oral agreement and sufficient consideration being given by both upon the meeting of the minds. In a perfect world, each party gets the benefit of the bargain. What happens when all doesn’t go as planned and one party fails to uphold their promise without reasonable or justifiable excuse? There is nothing magical that automatically makes the non-breaching party whole again. In fact, millions of contracts are breached every day where no one speaks up or complains.

A breach of contract is essentially a breach of trust and the law provides a specific cause of action where there was, in fact, an agreement, a deviation from that agreement by a party and where some type of damages result from the failure to comply with the contract. Breaches of contract may take many forms and, in some instances, it is not clear whether an actual breach occurred or whether non-performance was justified.
In each changing circumstance, it is imperative to think outside the proverbial box and use unorthodox thinking especially for small business survival. Farrow Law has been pioneering a law practice focused on urgency and results in all of its practice areas. “Tried and true” methods of filing a lawsuit for breach of contract, while still a powerful tool, can provide answers which are “too little, too late” for many small business owners who have had contracts breached, cancelled or terminated. Now is the time for action for small businesses and individuals who are seeking real answers and solutions when the other side doesn’t live up to their end of the bargain.

It can be difficult to determine the right corporate structure to suit your business idea. Different kinds of business entities feature various legal protections and advantages.
Most new business ventures are realized through the formation of a limited liability company (LLC). An LLC can be the least complicated of the available business structures, because of the detail it provides in running the organization.

LLCs integrate the advantages of a number of other incorporation options. An LLC offers some of the same benefits as sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations.
If you need legal guidance about forming a Florida limited liability company, contact the accomplished team at Farrow Law Firm. We proudly serve clients in the Palm Beach, Broward, Miami and New York City areas.

Our attorneys have a passion for justice and extensive business law expertise. We can help you to develop your new business venture into a legally recognized entity.

Are you entitled to special damages under circumstances where your partners, business associates, independent contractors, employers, marketing companies, app design companies or the individuals running them commit actual crimes like wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering or cooking the books?

The short answer is, yes, it is possible under what is referred to as Civil Racketeering or Civil RICO. In the 1970s, the federal government wrote laws geared towards successfully prosecuting organized crime, better known as the “mafia”. The laws essentially said that where individuals worked together with a systematic linkage for the common purpose of enriching themselves through a pattern of criminal activity, they could be prosecuted for “Racketeering”. This allowed criminal prosecutors to have the tools to take down organized crime.

At the same time this revolutionary Racketeering law was being written, it included a civil remedy for similar conduct, presumably because racketeering conduct wasn’t exclusive to typical gangsters – any group of individuals could work together in such a way to be liable for racketeering activity in civil litigation and in civil court.

And if your case has the components to raise the claim of Civil Racketeering, the same may provide for three times damages plus the recovery of your attorney’s fees.