By Philippe Lieberman On Friday, downtown cleared out by lunchtime as employees fled in anticipation of Miami’s annual Ultra Music Festival.  Co-founder Alex Omes sued his partners last week, claiming that he was fraudulently forced out of the company that produces the event during a secret shareholder meeting.

By Philippe Lieberman Over the last two or three years, I have encountered scenarios where the traditional rule – that a relationship between a lender and borrower is an arm’s length transaction – is called into question and creates potential lender liability. 1) As real estate development in Florida has …

By Philippe Lieberman Two weeks ago, I blogged about the importance of a written agreement to mitigate future litigation when a business partnership goes south. (Previous post can be found here) But what happens if you entered into the agreement on a handshake deal, without a written agreement?   What if the partnership breaks …

By Philippe Lieberman Recently, I have handled several cases involving disputes between business partners where the terms of the relationship were agreed to with a handshake, without a formal agreement.  Now, months or years later, the relationships have soured and the parties are in litigation.  The best advice I can give to …

By Philippe Lieberman As banks today struggle to stay afloat, many are increasing their offerings to customers.  The tension arises when the duty owed to the customer by one department of the bank may be different than that owed by another department of the same bank.  For example, some services, …