Contracts are an essential part of both our professional and personal lives. As humans, we deal with contracts almost daily, often without even realizing it. Whether a company wants to come and provide a service to our home or we are in the process of closing a business deal we review, negotiate, and sign contracts …
Contracts are an essential part of both our professional and personal lives. As civil contract lawyers, we deal with contracts almost daily, often without even realizing it. Whether a company wants to come and provide a service to our home or we are in the process of closing a business deal, we review, negotiate, and …
As a Chicago small business attorney, negotiating skills are paramount to my practice. If you listen to or read work by negotiation thought leaders, you will find, like in any field, differences of opinion. Two of the most well-known books about negotiation are Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In and The Mind and …
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By Ronnie Farhat, Esq. In a perfect world, all contracts we enter into would go accordingly to plan. Unfortunately, the world isn’t perfect and breaches happen. Whether you are dealing with a contract issue as an individual or as a business, it is important to have a basic understanding of what tends to happen when …
It’s a total contract myth that there are ‘standard’ contracts or contract terms. I’ve even heard other attorneys improperly stating that parties can not agree to terms because it’s not ‘standard.’ The truth is that contracts are living, breathing documents that can be changed to suit people’s needs and as long as the courts or …
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By Ronnie Farhat, Esq. The vast majority of lawsuits in the United States do not go to trial. Litigation is an extremely draining process, both financially and emotionally, for all parties involved. As a result, the vast majority of lawsuits that are filed are ultimately resolved through settlement. Assuming you are already involved in a …
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A common scenario I see: Two or more friends have a grand business idea and file their Articles of Organization for their LLC. They start taking clients and all goes well… for awhile. They start making money and are excited for growth. Then the honeymoon phase is over. The business partners realize one of their …
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A few weeks ago, a nice woman scheduled a consultation with me and said, surprised, ‘I had no idea I could get all of this out of just a consultation!’ (She came to me, of course, after knowing how to properly look for a lawyer). ? In my many years of practicing law, it’s becoming …
I don’t practice criminal law but I can’t help but to dabble in some current news. Since I also live near Chicago, this has become sort of local news to me as well. The Curious Case of Jussie Smollett On March 14, 2019, “Empire” act Jussie Smollett pleaded “not guilty” on charges that he staged …
I get a lot of calls for consultations asking me if the employee can sue their employer for firing them. The employee will cite that it was ‘unfair’, that the employer ‘is mean’ or just likes other employees more. However, employers can usually fire employees as they see fit. It does not have to be …