You Only Pay When You Win
No business wants litigation. It is time consuming, aggravating and unpredictable. But most importantly, it is expensive. Still, most businesses have to pay an attorney because there is no other solution. Until now.
At Rader Law Group, our experienced litigators believe that you should only pay for results, which is why we handle these cases on a contingency basis. This means, we only get paid if we win. Our goals are not to bill as much time as we can, but rather get the best results for our client. Put another way, we only win when our clients win.
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Types of Business Litigation Cases
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Employment Disputes
Business Litigation For Employment Disputes
Lose out on a commission through the wrongful act of your employer? Have you seen a non-compete violated or had a former employee disparage the business you have worked so hard to build? Not looking to throw good money after bad and pay an attorney thousands of dollars just to get your case off the ground? Let the experienced and aggressive business attorneys of Rader Law Group get to work for you today. We handle many cases on a contingency basis, meaning our clients only pay for results. Sometimes we can even get the other side to pay our fees, leaving even more of the recovery for you!
A Familiar Breach of an Employment Contract
You spent nine months working on the biggest deal of your career and the commission was sorely needed. All that was left was that one final meeting where your boss and your client, the one you have been cultivating, the one you have been wining and dining, whose every email you have answered, would be putting pen to paper. You and your wife have already talked about how to spend that big commission check once it comes in.
Your boss tells you not to worry, he’ll handle the meeting. He knows how tired you are and suggests that you take the day off. You take him at his word and knock off for the day.
The following day, instead of the commission check, you find a pink slip on your desk. The deal went through, maybe with an inconsequential change or two, but you had been squeezed out. Your boss went around you, took over the deal, and now you are out in the cold with nothing.
That commission would have made your year. You know you have to take legal action, but every attorney in town wants a $10,000.00 retainer and $500.00 an hour, which you do not have. What can you do?
The contingent business litigation attorneys at Rader Law Group have successfully handled employment contract disputes for our clients throughout South Florida. We work on a contingency basis, meaning no fee unless and until we make a recovery for you. Our philosophy is that you lost once already, you should only pay after you win now. Pay for results and nothing more.
Employment contract disputes come in a variety of forms and may include a number of different theories. These cases may involve:
- Unpaid wages
- Unpaid bonuses
- Unpaid commissions
- Breach of contract
- Noncompete agreements
- Confidentiality agreements
- Tortious Interference with a Business Relationship
- Conversion or Civil Theft
- Fraud
- Defamation
The attorneys of Rader Law Group handle all forms of employment contract disputes. We offer free consultations. Our business attorneys frequently work on a contingency basis, because we feel that you should only pay us when we successfully get you the results you deserve. To discuss your potential employment tort claim, contact us today.
When you have Rader Law Group, LLC on your side, you know you’re getting outstanding representation. Call today at 954-913-CASE (2273). Justice Served!
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Business Torts
Business Litigation Tort Cases
Defrauded? Suffering from another’s bad faith in a business deal gone bad? Squeezed out of a commission you earned? Otherwise abused in a business relationship? Tired of paying an attorney hundreds of dollars an hour and seeing no results? Let the contingent fee business litigation lawyers at Rader Law Group get to work for you today. Our aggressive and experienced attorneys only get paid when you do, after your case has been successfully resolved! Call us today!
No Stone Left Unturned
Many people think that the only legal remedy for a business deal gone bad is a lawsuit for breach of contract. In many instances, breach of contract lawsuits can involve several other potential theories of liability. Additionally, there are some wrongs suffered by businesses and business owners that do not necessarily arise out of contract. What then?
The business litigation attorneys at Rader Law Group are well-versed in the handling of cases involving business torts. Our attorneys diligently explore all potential causes of action and avenues of recovery. In Florida, businesses and individuals that have been wronged in a commercial context have many different potential causes of action that only an experienced business attorney can properly discuss and advise upon. These business torts include:
- Fraud
- Tortious Interference with a Business Relationship
- Negligent Misrepresentation
- Unfair Trade Practices
- Conspiracy
- Conversion and Civil Theft
- Breach of Fiduciary Duties
Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims
When one person acts for the benefit of another, that person owes the other a fiduciary duty. They have an obligation to act in the best interest of the person they represent or work for. These people are held to a high standard and must be honest, forthright and operate with full disclosure to their clients. Fiduciary relationships have been found to exist in the following contexts: broker-client, agent-principal, managing member-members, corporate officer-shareholder, trustee-beneficiary, executor-heir, and attorney-client.
Unfortunately, many times trust is betrayed and a fiduciary duty ignored to satisfy one’s own self-interests. Our business litigation attorneys know what it takes to successfully handle a breach of fiduciary duty claim, which is all too common in Florida.
There are three main fiduciary duties in Florida. The duty of loyalty means a fiduciary must put his beneficiary’s interest ahead of his own. He must disclose any conflicts of interest and timely remove himself from those conflicts. A fiduciary owes a general duty of reasonable care, to act as a reasonable person would in the same circumstances, as if he were handling his own affairs. Finally, a fiduciary must fulfill his duties in good faith.
If any of these duties is breached, both legal damages and equitable relief may be available. Legal damages include both monetary compensatory damages as well as punitive damages, which are meant to penalize the breaching party and prevent him or others from acting in this way again in the future. Equitable remedies can include anything from injunctive relief, forcing the fiduciary to act a certain way or preventing him from doing something, to the disgorgement of profits or commissions.
It is important that your business attorney not leave any stones unturned. Your business attorney must explore all potential avenues of recovery and fully investigate the facts of your loss to truly maximize your recovery. Let the business litigation attorneys of Rader Law Group go to work for you today.
We work on a contingency-fee basis, meaning that we receive a fee, a portion of the recovery we obtain for you, only if we are successful. Handling breach of contract cases on a contingency basis, we are motivated to maximize your results in the most efficient manner possible. What’s more, many contracts allow for attorney’s fees for the prevailing party, so we may be able to have the other side pay for our legal fees, leaving even more of the recovery for you! We do not get paid until you do!
When you have Rader Law Group, LLC on your side, you know you’re getting outstanding representation. Call today. 954-913-CASE (2273).
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Breach of Contract
Breach Of Contract Claims Cases
If you have incurred damages as the result of a breach of contract, why add insult to injury by paying an attorney thousands of dollars just to get involved in the case? You would not even pay to have your hair cut before it’s done! Let the contingent fee business lawyers at Rader Law Group go to work for you today. We only make money if you do!
One of the most common business disputes comes from the breach of contract. The contract is the legal document that governs the relationship of the parties. If well-written, it also governs what happens in the event of a dispute or, phrased another way, what happens when a party fails to live up to their end of the bargain. That is where we come in.
The South Florida business litigation attorneys of Rader Law Group, LLC, have been privileged to represent both businesses and individuals in contract lawsuits. We have successfully recovered money for our commercial clients in cases involving a wide variety of breach of contract and business tort claims. Our skilled trial attorneys handle complex cases involving the recovery of debt, commercial leases, sales contracts, partnership disputes, employment contracts and many more types of agreements.
Most commercial litigation attorneys charge initial retainer fees and then an hourly rate on top of that. Often, this adds insult to injury. Why pay thousands of dollars to an attorney just to get involved in a case when you are already out thousands of dollars from the wrongful breach of contract? The business attorneys at Rader Law Group are different. In many cases, we are able to work on a contingency-fee basis, meaning that we only receive a fee if we are successful in obtaining a recovery for you. In those instances, you only pay for results, not every time we pick up the phone or send an email.
Many contracts allow for attorney’s fees for the prevailing party, so we may be able to have the other side pay for our legal fees, leaving even more of the recovery for you! On contingency cases we do not get paid until you do! To learn if your breach of contract case may fit our contingency model, or to learn more about your rights following a breach of contract, contact us today for a free consultation at 954-913-2273.
What Legal Remedies Are Available in a Florida Breach of Contract Lawsuit?
When you are the victim of a contractual breach, meaning someone you do business with did not fulfill their obligations under an agreement, there are several potential remedies you must consider. Do you wish to seek money damages under the contract? Would you rather compel the offending party to perform their contractual duties? Is it smart business to continue doing business with this person or entity in the future?
Florida law offers several potential avenues of recovery in a breach of contract context. First is of course money damages, which can be broken down into two main categories:
Monetary Damages
Compensatory Damages: The overall goal of compensatory damages in a breach of contract case is to put the party victimized by the breach back where they would have been had the contract been fulfilled. Compensatory damages are intended to “make the plaintiff whole.” This may include direct damages, the actual loss felt by your business as a result of the breach, and consequential damages, which are intended to provide compensation for any indirect damages caused by the breach of contract. For example, if, as a result of the breach of contract, you were forced to make alternate arrangements and incur additional expenses, those may be recoverable.
Liquidated Damages: Where it will be difficult to determine the amount of damages in the event of a breach, some contract will incorporate a liquidated damages clause. Essentially, the contract explicitly spells out the amount of money that a court can award to the aggrieved party if the contract has been breached. However, where the amount it deemed to be excessive, Courts may invalidate these provisions entirely.
Equitable Remedies
Sometimes, after a breach of contract, the aggrieved party may not want money. For a host of reasons, it may be more beneficial for a business or individual to look at the relationship of the parties and come up with a different solution to the problem. In these cases, the business trial attorneys at Rader Law Group may seek equitable relief from a court. Equitable relied is a way to seek for the courts to compel or force a person or company to act or refrain from acting in a specific manner.
A few of the more common forms of equitable remedies in a breach of contract action as:
Specific Performance: Here, the breaching party is required to honor its obligations under the terms of the contract. Specific performance is typically sought in cases where money damages simply cannot make the party victimized by the breach whole. The court will look at all the factors and may issue an order requiring the breaching party to perform under the terms of the contract. This can happen in instances where the breaching party has some sort of uniqueness to it, like where it is the only company to produce a certain part that your company requires to fulfill an order made by another customer.
Rescission: Rescission cancels the contract entirely. When a Florida judge grants rescission, both sides may be excused from any further performance or obligations under the contract. Any money or goods transferred between the parties may be sent back. The goal is to put the parties back where they stood at the beginning of their dealings together, as if the contract never existed.
Injunctions: In some cases, your company may wish to seek an injunction. This is an order of the court designed to prevent another from acting a certain way or forcing another to act in a certain way. In the case of a business breach of contract, this may include preventing a company from selling certain goods or services, stopping a company from disbursing proceeds of a sale or temporarily halting a business relationship between the breaching party and a third party.
If you believe you may have a claim for breach of contract and would like to learn more about your rights under Florida law, the business litigation attorneys at Rader Law Group today to review your case and discuss the damages that may be available to you. We offer free consultations and offer a no recovery, no fee guarantee in many instances.
When you have Rader Law Group, LLC on your side, you know you’re getting outstanding representation. Call today. 954-913-CASE (2273).
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Business Interruption Claims
Business Interruption Claims Cases
As governments have forced the closure of small businesses throughout the state during the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic impact upon these businesses has been catastrophic. Restaurants, retail stores, and companies of every kind are sadly folding every day. Business owners hoping to remain open have turned to their insurance carriers for these unexpected losses, only to see these claims quickly denied.
Many business insurance policies include coverage for lost earnings due to disasters and related government shutdowns. This coverage, known as “Business Interruption” or “Civil Authority” coverage, is meant to help your business recover from these losses and keep its doors open. But today, facing the threat of paying out millions on legitimate claims after the government shut down businesses across the board, the insurance companies are refusing to pay what is owed to the owners of these businesses.
Don’t let the insurance companies escape their obligation to pay you for your losses. They took your premiums. Your business incurred a huge loss. The insurance carrier should pay you what is owed. NOW.
If you have a business interruption insurance policy and your insurance company is denying, delaying, or underpaying your claim, call Rader Law Group today. Our trial litigation attorneys will gladly review your policy and discuss your potential claim, for free.
Your Justice Starts Here
Rader Law Group is a plaintiff’s trial litigation firm committed to justice. Whether handling personal injury cases, business litigation or insurance recovery claims, our attorneys offer more than 75 years of combined experience getting our clients the compensation and justice they deserve.
As we all go through this pandemic and recovery together, we offer our clients the benefit of handling these cases on contingency, and often we can have the insurance company itself pay for much or all of the legal fees. You have lost enough. We will evaluate your claim for free, and we only make money we you do.
Do I have a case?
The only way to know this for sure is to have a qualified attorney read your insurance policy. Claims for business interruption are based on the insurance policy which is a contract. Every policy is different and must be carefully read. Often, insurance companies attempt to fit a square peg into a round hole, denying your claim by playing games with the words it wrote into its own policy to benefit its own financial interests, not yours. These policies, and your claims, must be carefully reviewed and analyzed.
We have never faced a situation quite like this pandemic before. Courts are overwhelmed with litigation concerning these business interruption claims and new law is being created. Many of these policies and the cases filed hang on whether or not there was a physical loss to the business. In some cases, business interruption coverage for the coronavirus will not be triggered unless you can prove that the virus actually contaminated your business and resulted in lost business. Other courts have recently ruled that the shutdown is a direct loss, and these claims may proceed.
In addition to business interruption coverage, many business insurance policies also contain coverage for what is called “civil authority” losses, which can help the recovery of lost business income when the government orders your business to close. This is a completely different policy provision and does not require that direct physical loss.
The toll that the coronavirus and the government shutdown have on our businesses will last for years. As your business struggles to remain open and thrive again, insurance companies should be held accountable and not be allowed to avoid covering these losses. Your business should be given the protection and benefits that it paid for. Nothing short of full justice is acceptable.
Let the business interruption litigation attorneys at Rader Law Group get to work for you today. If your business sustained losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic and you have questions about your rights or coverage under your policy, call us today. Your justice starts here.
When you have Rader Law Group, LLC on your side, you know you’re getting outstanding representation. Call today. 954-913-CASE (2273).