Introduction
Commercial Litigation refers to disputes between commercial businesses involving a broad range of matters as contractual obligations, unfair competition claims, franchise disputes, secured transactions, and intellectual property.
Distinct fields that may concern a business include labor and employment (governing relations with its own employees) and business transactions, non-adversarial legal work to accomplish such tasks as starting, buying or selling a business.
Recent Georgia Supreme Court Decisions:
- Holmes et al. V. Grubman et al. (Ga. 2010) (authorizing fraud action under Georgia law for broker misleading investor not to sell WorldCom stocks) More Information & Full Text
- Meadow Springs, LLC v. Ih Riverdale, LLC et al. (Ga. 2010) More Information & Full Text
- Southstar Energy Services, LLC v. Ellison et al. (Ga. 2010) (voluntary payments doctrine does not extinguish class action to recover payments in excess of natural gas act) More Information & Full Text
- Anthony et al. v. American General Finance Services, Inc., F/K/A American General Finance, Inc. et al. (Ga. 2010) More Information & Full Text
- Schorr et al. v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (Ga. 2010) (only class representatives must satisfy statutory requirements for seeking damages for uncancelled security deeds) More Information & Full Text
- Atlanta Bread Company International, Inc v. Lupton-Smith Et al. (Ga. 2009) (trade restraints in a franchise agreement) More Information & Full Text
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Individuals may represent themselves in legal matters. Self-help should be considered when possible adverse consequences are relatively modest.
ADR Options for Commercial Litigation:
- Mediation: Mediation is a recommended approach to resolving legal disputes before resorting to adversarial litigation. Mediation FAQ
- Arbitration: Arbitration is generally less expensive and time consuming than traditional litigation. Georgia law authorizes arbitration of a wide range of disputes. Arbitration FAQ
- Hybrid Mediation-Arbitration: Hybrid mediation-arbitration provides parties an opportunity to reach a voluntary settlement of some or all issues in dispute followed by arbitration of issues that the parties are unable to settle voluntarily.
- Case Evaluation: Case evaluation is an alternative dispute resolution method that is useful in the early stages of litigation.
- Discovery Audits or Masters: Discovery auditing service is available for litigated cases to help resolve complex discovery issues effectively.
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