Business / Commercial Contract
Representative Cases
- Franchisee sued franchisor for failure to comply with renewal of franchise requirements and for tortious interference with other business contracts.
- Tech company sued an influencer platform for failure to pay invoices.
- A real estate consultant sued the companies that he performed due diligence services for when they allegedly breached an oral agreement regarding compensation.
- Car washing and detailing service company sued an insurance auction company that sold vehicles when the auction company allegedly wrongfully terminated a 5-year service contract with it.
- Plaintiff sued defendant for breach of a royalty and licensing agreement related to green sustainability in the travel industry.
- Storage unit holder sued the storage facility and the door manufacturer/installer when a safe filled with millions of dollars of memorabilia and sentimental items was stolen from his storage unit.
- Plaintiff bought a truck from defendant and immediately the truck failed to work, prompting plaintiff to seek to rescind the purchase agreement.
- Shareholder dispute about ownership interests and job responsibilities in a startup canned food company.
- Partner dispute regarding ownership interest, compensation, and use of the company logo in restaurant ventures in numerous locations.
- Metal company sued an account manager/sales representative for secretively operating a competing business, stealing trade secrets and siphoning business away from the company.
- Towing company sued the City and County for allegedly unconstitutional behavior in their failures to award a towing contract.
- Owner of a subdivision of a company sued other related entities and individuals regarding his percentage of interest in the company and his entitled payment for services provided.
- Hospital sued several companies and individuals when they allegedly fraudulent invoiced for fire protection services and chemical supplies over the course of eight years.
- A shipping company sued a distribution center for failure to alert the company that the shipment was received so that it could collect payment from the sender prior to the distribution center’s release of the container.
- Wealthy business man sued the woman he had an affair with to recover assets he held in the woman’s name, including, money in 5 banks accounts in China and the US, their house, gold bars, and corporate shares in some of his companies.
- An Asian gay doctor felt discriminated against and harassed by his medical partners due to his identity and sued to have his partners purchase his ownership interests.
- Purchaser of automotive parts business sued seller for violating the non-compete clause that was part of the purchase agreement and for selling parts with purchaser’s trademark.
- Owner of a license to celebrity photographs sued a website for keeping the photographs on its website for years, claiming copyright infringement. There were also issues involved related to the statute of limitations and standing.
- Bank sued an individual for failing to pay a personal guarantee on a loan modification. Individual countersued the bank, notary and his business partner for declaratory relief, alleging that his notarized signature on the loan modification was forged.
- Septic tank contractor sued landowner and recorded a mechanic’s lien for failure to pay for phase 1 of the contract. Landowner countersued for failure to complete the project for the amount agreed to in the contract.
- Cabinet manufacturer sued its purchaser for its alleged failure to pay for the delivered cabinets as indicated by invoices, purchase orders and sales orders.
- Claim for breach of contract related to the transfer of intellectual property and ownership interest in a high-tech automobile company.
- Foreign fruit distributor sued a US fruit distribution company related to payments for non-conforming fruit.
- European bike distributorship sued US bike distributor and manufacturer for breach of a 3-year distribution contract.
- Four California Cities sued the County for allegedly improper calculations regarding contract costs for law enforcement services provided by the County.
- Customer sued the restorer of his Alfa Romeo for damages associated with an alleged faulty restoration.
- A talent booker sued a music festival for breach of contract.
- A racecar driver sued his support team for conversion, breach of contract and various claims related to the maintenance and support services for his racecars.
- Purchaser of a hospice business sued the Seller for CAP overpayment incurred prior to the execution of the Stock Purchase Agreement.
- Restaurant owners sued an employee friend for failure to repay promissory notes while the employee countersued for discrimination and retaliation.
- A car enthusiast sued the company who restored his Alfa Romeo claiming fraud and breach of contract.
- The purchaser of a pharmacy (that included real property and the business) sued seller for misrepresenting the square footage of the building, FDA compliance, and expiration of various inventory.
- Business dispute involving a television station and the its television broadcasting network. Case was resolved by entering into a new favorable contract for both parties that involved advertising time, revenue sharing, and crawlers.
- Class action lawsuit in which the class sued for wrongful collection letters due to the discharge of debt from an earlier settlement agreement.
- Students sued their now defunct vocational school, as well as the owner, for fraudulent representations during recruitment as to job placement as well as predatory collection practices.
- The seller of a pharmacy sued to rescind a purchase agreement that sold the pharmacy for $20 million in a secured note, due to the failure of the purchaser to pay money on the note. The purchaser of the pharmacy sued for fraud, alleging that the purchase price was obtained by seller’s fraudulent representation of revenue in the reporting of PPO compounding versus workers’ compensation claims. Additionally, the son of the seller cross-complained against the purchaser for breach of an oral agreement for the purchaser to reimburse him for out-of-pocket marketing expenses.
- Dispute in which an investor sued a start up company for unfair dilution of interest resulting from subsequent rounds of financing.
- Gas company sued the company who installed it’s tanks for negligence when the tank started leaking 15 years after installation.
- Breach of contract case in which billing service provider for doctors alleged that client doctor breached the terms of their contract for services when he failed to timely and fully pay 5.5% fee on amounts collected from insurance providers and Medicare/Medical, and when he then discontinued his use of billing services for the year remaining on the contract.
- Dispute in which a janitorial service company sued an apartment building owner for breach of a 3 year contract when the apartment owner terminated the contract and use of janitorial staff after 2 months of work.
- A private lender alleged that a downtown LA jewelry company owed him $1 million to repay money lent to the company.
- An entertainment company alleged embezzlement and fraud when one of its partners wrongfully took property and money from the company. Resolution consisted of the partner selling her interest in the company (value determined by agreed upon appraisers), returning stolen inventory, and returning access to social media platforms.
- Dispute arose after partners divided a construction company into two separate entities. One of the former partners alleged that the partnership’s accountant and former partner breached their fiduciary duty when they failed to accurately account for assets and liabilities prior to the partnership division.
- Technology company owner sued the purchaser of his technology for fraud.
- An elderly woman sued brokers, lenders, title company, escrow company and notary for fraudulent deeds taken on her property without her knowledge. She settled for cancellation of the deeds and monetary compensation.
- Designer sued distributor and manufacturer of hotel mirrors for design defect because of its failure to meet specifications with regard to illumination.
- Company sued a former employee for stealing money and accounts during the course of his employment.
- Plaintiff sued defendant for breach of contract for default related to the sale of an automobile loan.
- Business dispute involving cross claims related to a services contract between an engineering firm and a large biofuel company.
- Several class action lawsuits involving allegations that defendant violated the TCPA. Cases also involved potential issues with class certification.
- Plaintiff sued defendant bank for allegedly placing an inquiry on plaintiff’s credit report without authorization and then refusing to remove it.
- Numerous lemon law cases in which a car owner sued the manufacturer for numerous problems with his/her luxury cars.
- Lemon law dispute involving 15 repair orders for transmission and seat belt system issues in a luxury car that had less than 60,000 miles.
- A usury case in which multiple parties invested money with their friend for various business opportunities over the course of many years. The friends argued that the payments involved usurious loans at a rate of 15% interest.
- Breach of contract dispute relating to the distribution and sale of solar energy.
- Multi-million dollar dispute involving the alleged breach of contract between an e-gaming company and its distribution platform.
- Dispute involving the alleged failure to compensate a health insurance agent for continual enrollments after termination of his association with the agency. Many accounting issues were involved in the dispute.
- Dispute involving a forged deed of trust and failure to pay on a large personal loan.
- Breach of contract dispute involving a textile manufacturer and distributor who would purchase the materials overseas and deliver them to the United States manufacturer.
- Dispute involving job duties and compensation for a family-run advertising partnership.
- Numerous disputes involving the division of assets following the separation of partners under partnership agreements.
- Married couple sued their credit card company for failing to reimburse the couple for money paid to wedding venue due to guests suffering from food poisoning.
- Workers Compensation Insurance case in which worker classification codes were allegedly erroneous in order to get lower workers compensation premiums from a PEO.
- Dispute for promissory fraud in which plaintiff alleged that defendants promised him a regional distributorship in the solar energy industry.
- Commercial landlord sued his tenant, a martial arts studio, for breach of contract when the studio failed to make timely and complete lease payments due to a loss of funding from an investor.
- Dispute involving a photographer who sued a storage property owner for conversion when the storage facility allegedly removed and lost millions of dollars in photographs from the photographer’s leased storage unit 3 days after the expiration of her storage lease.
- Fraud dispute in which the buyer of a multi-million dollar bank note sued the seller of the note for fraudulent representations regarding the price that the seller had initially paid for the note.
- Breach of contract dispute involving an oral agreement in which plaintiff gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to defendant to invest in his businesses, including the production of a movie. Plaintiff alleged that defendant inappropriately gained large returns on the investment and managerial fees, while plaintiff lost his entire investment.
- Woman sued her friend for conversion when her friend took her money from her bank account while the woman was incarcerated.
- Contract dispute in which plaintiff alleged that he loaned several hundred thousand dollars to defendant friend and that, pursuant to an oral contract, the defendant promised to pay back a certain amount monthly plus interest. When the payments stopped, which happened relatively quickly, plaintiff sued defendant for the remaining amount.
- Breach of contract case involving a contract in which defendant agreed to restore plaintiff’s vintage car. Plaintiff alleged that defendant breached the contract by taking an unreasonable amount of time to restore the vehicle and then returning the vehicle in a state of disrepair. Defendant cross-complained for breach of contract, arguing that he incurred additional expense in trying to restore the vehicle, was not given enough time to finish the vehicle, and was required to return the vehicle without receiving full payment.
- Dispute involving a breach of contract between a vending machine company and a gymnastics studio. The vending machine company alleged that the gymnastics studio breached the contract by failing to cancel the automatic year renewal provision in the written contract, and by putting the vending machines into an off-site storage facility.
- Fraud and breach of contract dispute in which a celebrity sued his friend for a million dollars in fraud, alleging that his friend defrauded him when he colluded with the celebrity’s girlfriend to take his money. The celebrity alleged that his friend encouraged him to write company checks to cash, so that the friend could then give the cash to the celebrity’s girlfriend. The celebrity also alleged that his friend wrongfully took some of that money for his own personal use. The friend counterclaimed for breach of an oral employment contract, alleging that he provided employment services for which he was never compensated. The celebrity claimed that defendant’s compensation solely included the perks of being part of his entourage.
- Dispute in which a company, who provided nurses for in-home care to a medical provider who needed additional assistance, sued for breach of contract when the medical provider allegedly failed to make full payment pursuant to the terms of the contract.
- Lemon Law Case in which plaintiff sued car company for failure to adequately repair the car despite numerous attempts.
- Breach of contract dispute arising when a production company failed to return an investment into the production of a movie.
- Dispute in which a landowner sued a mortgage company for damages resulting when the mortgage company used an allegedly adhesive and unfair contract for the extension of the mortgage.
- Dispute in which a senior care company sued family members of an elderly woman staying at the facility to collect on money owed for senior care emergency services while living at an assisted living facility. The family argued that they owed no money because they never consented to the emergency services and the billing constituted financial elder abuse.
- Dispute in which a homeowner sued a home entertainment and alarm system installation company for negligence and breach of contract. The homeowner alleged that the company failed to install a properly functioning system and, despite numerous attempts to make repairs, it was unable to repair the system. The homeowner sued for millions of dollars, alleging that the improperly functioning upscale entertainment system decreased his enjoyment of his property and caused him to lose several hundred thousand of dollars when he sold his house. The company counter-claimed for failure to pay the full amount due under the contract.
- Purchaser of a violin for $100,000 sued the seller of the violin and his alleged agent after receiving an appraisal more than 10 years later that valued the violin at a nominal amount.
