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03/24/2023 - What Happens if You Want to Amend the Complaint After a Default Judgment
03/22/2023 - Another Contractor Horror Story
01/25/2023 - The Only Time to Move for Summary Judgment Early
01/11/2023 - When to Amend the Complaint
12/20/2022 - The Easiest Way to Defeat a Motion to Dismiss
12/14/2022 - I Successfully Defended a Motion to Dismiss
10/07/2022 - I Won a Motion to Quash
09/27/2022 - The Best Way to Protect Your Properties from Litigation
09/23/2022 - Make Sure You Have A Cause of Action
06/22/2022 - Default Judgment Gone Wrong
06/09/2022 - Why Damages are Important
04/29/2022 - I Won 2 Motions for Summary Judgment
02/15/2022 - I was Sued Part 1
01/19/2022 - What Happens When A Motion to Quash is Served?
01/06/2022 - Covid and the Statute of Limitations
12/28/2021 - Forgot to Mention Statute of Limitations?
12/15/2021 - Governing Law vs. Jurisdiction in Contracts
12/10/2021 - How I Won a Motion by Losing it
12/03/2021 - What if I don't Answer the Complaint in Time
12/01/2021 - Why You Need Patience in Judgments
11/02/2021 - What to Do When Insurance Isn't Covering You
10/20/2021 - Motion to Quash Explained
09/28/2021 - Why You Can't Hide From Being Sued
09/24/2021 - Don't loan money to friends and family without a contract!
08/24/2021 - Why Home Contractors Need to be Licensed
08/10/2021 - Lessons From My Trial Win
08/03/2021 - Why Business Members are Bound by their Tax Returns
07/28/2021 - Why Your Business needs the Proper Corporate Form
07/27/2021 - Top 4 Reasons Your Business got Sued
07/21/2021 - Successful Motion to Disqualify
07/13/2021 - Improper Objection to a Notice to Admit
07/08/2021 - Concurrent Jurisdiction
07/07/2021 - Trial Mistakes
07/01/2021 - What is Your Remedy When Your Contract has Been Breached
06/15/2021 - How Not to Pay off a Loan
06/09/2021 - Who has the Burden of Proof?
05/28/2021 - No Performance = No Breach of Contract
05/26/2021 - Notice to Admit Explained
05/24/2021 - The Biggest Mistake You Can Make When Paying Off a Judgment
05/04/2021 - What is the Doctrine of Unclean Hands?
04/23/2021 - How to Amend the Complaint
04/13/2021 - What is an Order to Show Cause?
04/07/2021 - You Have to Litigate Every Part of Your Case
03/31/2021 - You Lost Your Case Because of Your Contract
03/25/2021 - Is My Contract Void?
03/19/2021 - Why Contractors are Sued
03/16/2021 - Example of a Bad Attorney
03/12/2021 - 3 Types of Common Lawsuits against Commercial Landlords
03/10/2021 - Introduction to Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits
03/03/2021 - The Number 1 Thing you need to do Before You Sue for Breach of Contact
02/26/2021 - Declaratory Judgment in Practice
02/23/2021 - What is Privity?
02/19/2021 - My Elevator Speech
02/18/2021 - What are Statute of Limitations
02/12/2021 - How I Draft My Complaints
02/09/2021 - When Can a Judge Make a Decision?
02/03/2021 - Who Gets Deposed First?
01/29/2021 - What is Conversion?
01/26/2021 - What is a Question of Fact?
01/21/2021 - What to do if you are sued and not responsible?
01/19/2021 - What is a CrossClaim?
01/14/2021 - Understanding Venue, Choice of Law and Jurisdiction Provisions
01/08/2021 - What Happens If the Defendant Declares Bankruptcy?
01/06/2021 - The truth about Motions to Compel
12/30/2020 - 5 Ways to Start the New Year Right for Your Business
12/28/2020 - Why Strategy Matters
12/23/2020 - Be Careful What You Add to A Contract!
12/18/2020 - What is Specific Performance
12/15/2020 - Commercial Lease Snow Removal
12/11/2020 - 3 Mistakes in Litigation
12/10/2020 - PSA-Businesses: Make Sure You Have the Proper Insurance
12/03/2020 - FAQ-What is Forum Shopping
12/01/2020 - Why You Need an Attorney to Negotiate Your Lease
11/24/2020 - COVID does not defeat contracts with insurance companies
11/20/2020 - What is the Doctrine of Unclean Hands?
11/18/2020 - 7 Updates on COVID-19
11/13/2020 - What Happens if Your LLC Doesn’t Have an Operating Agreement?
11/10/2020 - Why You Need to Paper Everything
11/05/2020 - When Can You Sue for Attorney's Fees?
11/03/2020 - The Most Important Element when suing for a Breach of Contract
10/29/2020 - Top 3 Contract Clauses that help prevent Litigation
10/27/2020 - Covid-19 Update on Commercial Property
10/22/2020 - The Best Time to Hire an Attorney
10/20/2020 - Get the Name (Corporate) Right
10/14/2020 - Types of Declaratory Judgment
10/08/2020 - Top 3 Reasons Contractors lose their Lawsuit in NY
10/06/2020 - A successful Motion to Vacate a Default Judgment
09/24/2020 - Can I represent my business in litigation?
08/21/2020 - What is the Best Defense to a claim of Fraudulent Inducement to sign a Contract?
04/08/2020 - What is Anticipatory Repudiation?
04/03/2020 - What is a Deposition?
04/01/2020 - Find Out How To Win A Civil Fraud Case
03/24/2020 - How Long Should I Wait to Sue For Breach of Contract?
03/20/2020 - What is a declaratory judgment action
03/16/2020 - What is a Lis Pendens
03/13/2020 - What to do if your business declines due to the Coronavirus
03/12/2020 - How Do I Answer a Summons and Complaint
03/09/2020 - Why You Should Never Do A "Napkin" Deal
03/06/2020 - What Do You Do After You Won Your Case?
03/05/2020 - What is a Motion to Consolidate?
02/28/2020 - What is the Good News if Your Commercial Tenant Breaks the Lease
02/25/2020 - PSA-You Did Not Win a Contest You Did Not Enter
02/19/2020 - Do I Need to Document Everything for My Lawsuit?
02/13/2020 - What are the Chances I Win My Lawsuit
02/12/2020 - Do I Need to Be Represented By An Attorney
02/07/2020 - Can I Sue for Future Damages
02/05/2020 - Do This One Thing Before Loaning Money to Friends or Family
02/04/2020 - In Which State Should I Bring My Lawsuit
01/31/2020 - Why You Need a Contract
01/29/2020 - Why You Need to Incorporate Your Business
01/27/2020 - Why Damages are important to your lawsuit
01/24/2020 - What is Tortious Interference with a Contract?
01/17/2020 - Where to Bring your Lawsuit
01/16/2020 - FAQ-How Long Will My Case Take?
01/13/2020 - Why You Need to Be Careful When Signing a Document
01/03/2020 - Be Careful Who You Choose as a Business Partner
12/30/2019 - Why the Plaintiff must Prove its Case
12/27/2019 - FAQ-What happens when the Defendant fails to answer the Complaint
12/19/2019 - Why Your Business Needs Proper Insurance
12/16/2019 - Why Timing Matters in Litigation
12/13/2019 - How to force your opposition into making a decision that can lead to settlement
12/11/2019 - FAQ-Can I recover my attorney's fees if I win my case?
12/09/2019 - Why your personal guarantee might be worthless
12/06/2019 - The Mechanics of a Lawsuit
12/02/2019 - Why you need Leverage before you settle a case
11/26/2019 - Know when to take a loss
11/25/2019 - Be Timely
11/22/2019 - Why you need an attorney to negotiate on your behalf
11/20/2019 - Successful Motion for Summary Judgment
11/18/2019 - Get it in Writing Every Time!
11/15/2019 - Are you really damaged?
11/13/2019 - Do You Have to Go To Trial
11/12/2019 - Settlement Protection
11/08/2019 - Don't Work Without A Written Agreement
11/07/2019 - Is it Worth Litigating?
11/05/2019 - Why Litigation Strategy Matters
10/30/2019 - You Need Ripeness to Litigate
10/22/2019 - It is Hard to Be Prosecuted for being Malicious
10/15/2019 - Freelance Workers are Protected
10/08/2019 - Areas Where an Attorney is Helpful
10/01/2019 - Never Take an Oral Contract
09/25/2019 - Be On Your Best (Deposition) Behavior
09/17/2019 - Try, Try Again
09/10/2019 - Don't Let the Evidence Spoil
09/03/2019 - Sorry Can't Compete
08/27/2019 - You are Free to Contract
08/20/2019 - Fraud in the Moment
08/13/2019 - An Example of Why You Need an Attorney to Draft Your Contract
06/21/2019 - Attention Shoppers...Forums on Aisle 1
06/12/2019 - Fraud Alert!
06/07/2019 - You Can't Jump to the End
05/30/2019 - Common Business Needs Part 3
05/24/2019 - Common Business Needs Part 2
05/15/2019 - Common Business Needs Part 1
05/08/2019 - Get a Receipt
05/01/2019 - Methods for Resolving A contract Dispute
04/25/2019 - What to Do When Your LLC Needs a Divorce
04/19/2019 - Contract Interference on the Defendant. 15 Yard Penalty!
04/02/2019 - Are You Prejudiced?
03/27/2019 - What TV Gets Wrong About the Law
03/22/2019 - What Do You Do When You Are Served?
03/11/2019 - Questions You Need to Be Prepared to Answer
03/06/2019 - Top 4 Times When Not to Contact An Attorney First
02/26/2019 - Top 5 Things to Never Say to Your Attorney and Why
02/19/2019 - 5 Easy Ways to Protect Your Business From Lawsuits
02/12/2019 - 5 Avoidable Reasons that Businesses are Sued
02/05/2019 - The Top Reason You Lost Your Case
01/29/2019 - When To Anticipate a Lawsuit
01/22/2019 - Top 5 Reasons You Lost Your Case and Your Money
01/18/2019 - What's In a Provision?
01/15/2019 - Start at the Beginning
01/03/2019 - Where to Begin?
12/20/2018 - The Law is Latin
12/11/2018 - Do You Know Your Rights?
12/04/2018 - Practicality and the Law Do Not Always Mix
11/28/2018 - Eureka! What is Discovery?
11/14/2018 - How Do You Know What You Know?
11/06/2018 - Time Is On My Side
10/29/2018 - Wow Are You Ripe!
10/23/2018 - Is It Worth It?
10/16/2018 - Attorney Ethics
10/09/2018 - Plaintiff Has A Duty To Always Prove the Case
10/02/2018 - Someone Lied About You, So What
09/25/2018 - Answering the FAQ of What Happens if they Fail to Answer the Complaint
09/18/2018 - Why You Need to Be Damaged
09/11/2018 - The Law is Standing Room Only
09/04/2018 - Justice Is Blind In Civil Court
08/27/2018 - The Statute of Limitations are the Final Say
08/24/2018 - Why Consideration is One of the Most Important Elements of A Contract
08/22/2018 - Can I Get A Witness?
08/20/2018 - Answering the FAQ of "Can I get attorney's fees if I win"
08/17/2018 - Breach of Contract Simplified
08/15/2018 - Why Something is Better than Nothing and Why Bankruptcy Can be Good
08/13/2018 - Why having a Lying Attorney is a Bad Strategy
08/10/2018 - What are Contract Ambiguities and How to Avoid Them
08/08/2018 - Collecting On A Judgment takes time
08/06/2018 - Protect your business, always get the deal in writing, and never chase something that sounds too good to be true
08/03/2018 - Lawyers Need A Good Reputation
08/01/2018 - Why in Litigation Your Attorney Needs to Stop and Think it Through
07/30/2018 - How to Avoid A Worthless Personal Guarantee
07/27/2018 - Just Because You Have A Corporate Form Does Not Mean You Are Protected
07/25/2018 - Why You Should Get It In Writing or The Deal Doesn't Exist
07/23/2018 - Why You Should Get Every Deal in Writing
07/19/2018 - In New York City A Business Cannot Represent Itself
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