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Attorney Brendan A. Sweeney Of Sweeney Law, P.A. Featured In The July/August 2024 Edition Of The Broward County Bar Barrister – The Distinction Between Civil and Criminal Usury in Florida
Aristotle stated “[t]he most hated sort, and with the greatest reason, is usury, which makes a gain out of money itself, and not from the natural object of it. For money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest. And this term interest, which means the birth of money… Read More »
Differentiated Case Management: How Does it Affect You?
If there’s one thing that people who have lawsuits complain about, it’s that the cases move too slow. It seemingly takes forever for a case to get to trial, or at least, to a point where the case is ready for mediation or some kind of serious settlement conference. Well, at least in Broward… Read More »
Handling Subpoenas for Documents and Records
If your company is not in any lawsuit, not suing anybody, and not getting sued, you’d expect to not be involved much with any court action. But then it happens: you get a subpoena—an official court document asking for you to appear and provide a stack of documents and records. What is this all… Read More »
Noncompete Agreements are Gone But You Can Still Protect Your Business
As you may have heard, the federal government, through the Department of Labor, recently passed a rule essentially outlawing the use of noncompete agreements. The rule even goes so far as to invalidate already existing noncompete agreements. And while the rule may or may not stick around, depending on the result of numerous court… Read More »
Is it Worth Suing a Debtor With No Assets to Satisfy a Judgment?
Let’s say that you have a contract or a debt, and you threaten to sue the other side to collect on the money that you feel is owed to you. The response from the debtor is something along the lines of: “Go ahead and sue me, I have nothing anyway, you’ll never get anything.”… Read More »
Will Investors Sign Your NDA? Maybe Not
Will Investors Sign Your NDA? Maybe Not Let’s say that you are starting a new business, and that business needs investors. You want to go out and give your pitch to investors, and show them why your idea and your business is a great place to put their money. But there’s one problem: In… Read More »
What Happens to Business Entities When Owners or Partners Pass Away?
When you build a business, you don’t just build it for you. You also build it for your family, or your legacy. You hope that after you are gone, that your business will continue to support your family, and perhaps, carry on your name. But will it? What happens to your business when you… Read More »
Attorney Brendan A. Sweeney Of Sweeney Law, P.A. Featured In The June 2024 Edition Of The Broward County Bar Barrister – THE HONORABLE KEVIN TYNAN
Judge Tynan was raised in south Florida and attended Barry University for his undergraduate degree and Nova Southeastern University – Shephard Broad College of Law graduating in 1987 and becoming a member of the Florida bar in the fall of 1987. Judge Tynan practiced as an associate attorney with some of Broward County’s most… Read More »
The Economic Loss Rule: What Is It, and Why Should You Care?
Let’s say that you have a contract and you feel that the contract has been breached. Certainly you could sue for breach of contract. But could you also sue for, say, negligence? For example, alleging that the other party was negligent in performance of the contract, thus causing a breach? That would be good—negligence,… Read More »
Don’t Lose Your Trade Secrets When You Have Government Contracts
There are a lot of great things about doing business with the government or being awarded government contracts. Government contracts can pay a lot of money, and they can be for large projects. Barring any kind of dispute, you know the government is paying—they won’t be going out of business, or telling you they… Read More »
