A severance agreement is normally part of an employment agreement. However, it can also be a stand-alone document an employer wants a departing employee to sign.If certain elements are missing, the document will not stand up in court. The drafting of an enforceable...
Year: 2019
Steps to take before litigation for contract/business disputes
When it comes to contract disputes and resolutions in California, many entrepreneurs are not aware that there are measures they can take to resolve them outside the courtroom. Though going to court is often best reserved as the last tactic, sometimes, taking things to...
Proving Undue Influence in Trust Disputes and Similar Lawsuits
Buffington Law Firm's trust and elder law litigation team has decades of experience dealing with cases in which undue influence is alleged. The fact patterns for these cases are depressingly similar in many instances. Typically a younger friend, relative, or adult...
California trade secrets law helps stop unfair competition
Businesses have various kinds of trade secrets. The company information you must protect need not be a world-famous recipe like Kentucky Fried Chicken.The California Uniform Trade Secrets Act offers protection against the misappropriation of vital company information...
Co-Owning Bank Accounts — A Source of Frequent Legal Jeopardy
Buffington Law Firm's elder law and trust litigation attorneys have frequently dealt with situations where two persons (not spouses) are co-owners of bank accounts. This often occurs, for example, when a relative is placed on an elderly person's bank account as...
Poorly-Drafted Contracts in Breach of Contract Litigation
Buffington Law Firm's breach of contract attorneys have taken many breach of contract cases to trial, and have helped their clients enter into settlements of many others. In their purest form breach of contract cases can be simple: two (or more) parties entered into a...
Financial Elder Abuse — A Serious Problem in California
Financial Elder Abuse is a serious problem in California. Elderly folk sometimes lack mental vigor and sharpness, and this can sometimes cause them to be excessively trusting, particularly of relatives and their own offspring. California law provides that any...
How to prepare for a business lawsuit
Business lawsuits are prevalent. When opening a business, it almost goes without saying the company will have to deal with a lawsuit sooner or later. One study found that in any given year, between 36% and 53% of small businesses are in some form of litigation....
Most common examples of unfair competition
Unfair competition damages the work done by numerous companies, small or large, every year. No company is immune from these charges, including Google. The EU recently fined Google for unfair competition due to the company taking advantage of its dominance in the...
Sibling disputes and the inheritance of the family home
Of all the assets a parent leaves to his or her heirs, few spark more disputes among the children of the deceased than real property, especially the family home.Family arguments may start because bequests are not defined clearly or because the estate is more...