Business Law
Business law, also known as commercial law, regulates corporate contracts, hiring practices, and the manufacture and sale of consumer goods. Business law can encompass safety laws, the regulation of goods, contracts, and other business-related practice areas such as consumer fraud. It provides the regulation necessary to ensure fair business practices.
When conflict occurs, such as when a contract between two parties is not honored, a safety law is not enforced and an employee is hurt, or a job is not obtained due to discriminatory hiring practices, personal injury may have occured. If any transaction between a business and another party results in personal loss due to negligence on the part of the business, the injured party may be able to seek compensation for their losses.
If you or a loved one has suffered an injury or needs representation in a business-related conflict, call VanDerGinst Law at 1-866-843-7367 or click here for a FREE online case evaluation. Your initial consultation is guaranteed free of charge. During that visit, we will be able to tell you up front what we may be able to do for you, as well as what the attorney fees would be for your case. Our fees are always competitive, so don't hesitate to contact us and learn how we can help.
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| Sunday 21st of March 2010 06:44:15 AM Consumer Credit Case Appeals Grow A wave of Fair Credit Reporting Act lawsuits concerning whether lenders unlawfully accessed consumer credit reports before mailing preapproved credit offers is jamming appeals courts. The cases, which claim that the lenders are not making a "firm offer of credit" after accessing the credit reports without consumers' consent, have also generated conflicting district court decisions. Lawyers say a 7th Circuit ruling opened the floodgates, but defense lawyers believe they have found a safe harbor. Click here to read this Business Law news article. |
| Sunday 21st of March 2010 06:44:15 AM Former Wal-Mart Executive Attended Gala While on House Arrest Former top Wal-Mart executive Tom Coughlin, who is serving 27 months of house arrest for embezzling, recently attended a fundraising party and to two earlier organizing meetings near his home. The gala's host said Coughlin attended as part of his court-ordered community service. U.S. Attorney Robert Balfe said he was "stunned," since defense lawyers successfully argued that Coughlin's health was too fragile for time in prison. The government is now weighing a renewed appeal of Coughlin's sentence. Click here to read this Business Law news article. |
| Sunday 21st of March 2010 06:44:15 AM Court Rejects Bid to Oust Lawyers' Counsel in Legal Malpractice Suit It took Texas' 3rd Court of Appeals about a week to deny a petition for writ of mandamus sought by a physician-owned partnership to disqualify law firm McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore from defending firm Brown McCarroll, which the partnership has sued for legal malpractice. The court rejected claims that the doctrines of joint defense or subagency barred the representation. The 3rd Court's rapid response is somewhat surprising, given recent statistics on its backlog. Click here to read this Business Law news article. |
| Sunday 21st of March 2010 06:44:15 AM Pa. Judge Rules Paxil Labeling Suit Not Pre-empted A Philadelphia judge ruled this week that federal law can't pre-empt a state product liability claim centering around the alleged failure of the makers of Paxil to warn about increased risk of suicide. The judge denied a defense motion for summary judgment Tuesday, ruling that the doctrine of federal pre-emption does not preclude the plaintiffs from arguing that GlaxoSmithKline failed to fulfill its duty to warn users of Paxil of an alleged association between the use of the drug and suicidality. Click here to read this Business Law news article. |
| Sunday 21st of March 2010 06:44:15 AM Class Certification Rescinded in Securities Suit Over Analyst Reports Citing a 2nd Circuit clarification of standards for class certification, a federal judge has decertified the class in a securities action against Credit Suisse First Boston over allegedly deceptive analyst reports. Southern District of New York Judge Loretta A. Preska ruled that there was no evidence that the analyst opinions had, in fact, affected the price of the company stock at issue in a way that would justify application of the fraud-on-the-market presumption of reliance. Click here to read this Business Law news article. |
| Sunday 21st of March 2010 06:44:15 AM New Whistleblower Liability for International Employers Until recently, courts have interpreted SOX's anti-retaliation provisions as not applicable to employees working overseas. But attorney Philip M. Berkowitz writes that a federal district court in New York recently expanded SOX protection in an unprecedented manner to a non-U.S. citizen, working in France, for a French company. Berkowitz says the case starkly illustrates the increasingly international reach of U.S. anti-bias and anti-retaliation laws and the ever increasing risk to employers. Click here to read this Business Law news article. |
