May 5, 2016 | Business Litigation
A contract signed without legal review may place you at risk. Among trial lawyers, it is called a “bet the company” case, which simply means if you lose the case you are out of business and bankrupt. Chuck Johnson and Mary LeVine recently went to trial on a true “bet...
Oct 1, 2011 | Real Estate Law
Many lenders and buyers/sellers believe that by purchasing title insurance they can skimp on lawyers or even skip lawyers altogether. The current environment is exposing the fallacy in those beliefs. Unlike most types of insurance, title insurance is not required to...
Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Fourth Quarter , 2010 Conventional wisdom among construction lenders holds that a first mortgage is bulletproof to claims by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers. The belief, generally, stems from the fact that lien claimants are subordinate to the construction...
Sep 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Third Quarter, 2010 A guaranty agreement is generally enforceable and, in practice, a guaranty agreement is enforced the overwhelming majority of the time. However, lenders tend to discuss a guaranty agreement with the same certainty that the sun will rise the next...
Aug 12, 2009 | Business Litigation
In 1987, the Florida Legislature enacted a statutory scheme called an Assignment for Benefit of Creditors (ABC) more commonly known as an ABC. The ABC process was relatively unknown and seldom utilized until recently. In the last two (2) years, many companies facing...
