When a breach of contact occurs between two parties doing business together, the non-breaching party may seek remedies from the breaching party. The types of remedies awarded will depend greatly on the specifics of the contract the parties signed as well as the goods...
Contract Disputes
The wide variety of potential contract disputes
Companies in Louisiana can encounter a wide variety of issues in the course of day-to-day business. Commercial contracts may be called into question by one or more parties, lease agreements between commercial landlords and tenants could be subject to breaches...
Breaching a real estate contract
Many businesses in Louisiana will reach a point where real estate either needs to be bought or sold. For some, buying real estate is part of potential plans to expand. For others, selling real estate may be a way to generate revenue quickly. There are many...
What are the important parts of a business contract in Louisiana?
Signing contracts is a very common part of doing business in Louisiana. Companies large and small enter into business contracts that include obligations to perform certain tasks or provide certain goods. However, as common as this practice is, some of our...
In Contract Disputes, is Negligence a Defense to a Breach of Contract?
This past week, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued an opinion in Lamar Contractors, Inc. v. Kacco, Inc., No. 2015-C-1430 (La. 05/03/2016), 2016 WL 2337957, -- So.3d --, which bears on the issue of the extent to which a party liable for breach of contract may cite the...
Being aggressive — but also practical — in a contract dispute
Business leaders in Louisiana know that much of the hard work that is involved in running a company is in maintaining and developing relationships, both with individuals and with other companies. In fact, most companies rely on the services or goods that other...
What is ‘breach of contract’ in business litigation?
Most businesspeople in Louisiana are good at what they do -- that is what makes them successful. However, that doesn't necessarily mean that they are experts in every aspect of owning and operating a business. Business owners may run into issues where they need...
What makes for an enforceable noncompete contract?
Not every business has proprietary elements that make their operation stand apart from others. One McDonald's in Louisiana is going to be pretty much the same as the next whether it is owned and operated by the corporation or by a franchisee. It could be, however,...
In business, it’s not paranoia. Someone may be out to get you
The concept of fair play hopefully is something we all have learned in school or at home. But when it comes to business, the dominant concept is competition. In the free market world we have in Louisiana and the rest of the U.S., nearly any practice might be deemed to...
Classification of ride sharing drivers remains a question
The issue of job classification is one that has blossomed into something significant in the past year or so. There may be all sorts of reasons why that is but certainly one of them has to be the arrival on the scene of the various on-demand rideshare services that we...