A lease guarantee is a promise by somebody to pay the obligations under the lease, separate from the signatory to the lease. This typically will happen where a business owner will lease premises in a shopping center. The business will sign a lease and the landlord of the shopping center will demand that the business…
Continue reading ›A non-compete clause is a provision in a contract where one party promises not to compete against another party in certain circumstances. For example, a party agrees not to open a competing business within a certain geographic limit, or possibly a non-solicitation provision is a part of the non-compete provision, not to hire certain employees…
Continue reading ›A nonsolicitation agreement basically requires that the person signing it agree not to contact or solicit or obtain clients of another business or sometimes employees of that business. Typically, nonsolicitation agreements will occur either in the sale of a business, where the buyer of the business wants to ensure that it retains the clientele and…
Continue reading ›A protected class is a category the law has created to protect certain people. For example, whistle blowers would be a protected class, a person who has objected to or refused to participate in what is an unlawful practice of a business makes an objection or refuses to participate in something. The employer cannot then…
Continue reading ›A shareholder derivative lawsuit is a lawsuit that a shareholder will bring to recover money that is owed to the corporation where that shareholder is an investor in. For example, if one of the officers of the corporation is stealing from the corporation a shareholder may recognize that and then bring a lawsuit on behalf…
Continue reading ›The fictitious business name is typically how you do business under. It’s not necessarily your legal corporate name. For example, a corporation may have a Do Business As McDonald’s, or it may Do Business As the Chicken Place, but its corporate name is something different. It may have an actual legal corporate name as ABC…
Continue reading ›If state and federal laws both regulate a claim of discrimination, the employee can bring claims under both laws. For example, an employee may have a claim for sexual harassment both under the Federal Civil Rights Act, which is Title VII, as well as under the Florida Civil Rights Act. Both laws can protect the…
Continue reading ›If an employer discriminates against an employee by retaliation, the employee can bring a lawsuit against the employer for that retaliation. Not every accusation of the employee is going to be considered retaliation. Sometimes the employees are doing work that is really not appropriate or not doing the right thing in the workplace after they’ve…
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