Business Litigation Attorney

As the name implies a New York Business Litigation Attorney focuses on all of the aspects of business litigation. This falls under the category of civil law, but involves disputes between business or between individuals and businesses. The individuals involved in lawsuits of this kind may be clients, consumers or employees.

A common form of business litigation is a wrongful dismissal suit, where a former employee chooses to take action against a company after being fired. If the employee feels that the reasons for his or her dismissal were unjust, one of our business litigation attorneys can be retained to argue their case. Any forms of discrimination within the workplace can also be at the root of a business litigation case, although these case overlap with civil rights litigations.

A specialised form of business litigation is what is known as a class action business litigation. In this situation there are two or more complainants, who are jointly suing the organisation. Lawsuits of this type can be seen in cases where companies are sued following an accident, for example when airlines are sued by victim’s families due to health and safety negligence which resulted in an air disaster.

One of the most common forms of business litigation is the contract dispute. Almost all formal business agreements are finalised by a contract, which is agreed upon by both parties. However breach of contract claims can subsequently arise, which may result in court action. In situations such as these the business litigation attorneys on both sides must attempt to interpret the contract in such a way as to lend credence to their respective client’s claims.

When dealing with a contract dispute, our New York business litigation attorneys will go through the wording of the contract in detail, and then work to demonstrate to the court how the terms of the contract were broken or upheld, depending on the stance of his client. For this reason it is also important that skilled attorneys of this kind be employed when contracts are being drawn up, in order to ensure that that legal language is precise and cannot be subsequently misinterpreted.