Business Litigation

W. Cory Reiss

Jun 21, 20223 min read

Casino Real: Minor earnest money bet raises stakes of real estate misdeals.

Going first is gambling. That’s why a legal question can linger in plain sight for years before someone decides to test it. The...

W. Cory Reiss

Nov 29, 20212 min read

A plea against the fee: When your best argument is for ‘mercy,’ it may be too late.

A jury had hit three defendants with $65,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, and now their lawyer was asking a judge not to award...

W. Cory Reiss

Nov 3, 20202 min read

For sale: three bedrooms, two baths, and the builder's wiggle room.

Third-party home buyer “warranties” for new homes may induce buyers to give up stronger legal rights to correct construction defects.

W. Cory Reiss

Aug 3, 20202 min read

The “L” word your building contractor can’t resist has a catch.

The risk is that a homeowner fights at the peril of paying both the contractor’s fees and her own. But the threat may be double-edged.

W. Cory Reiss

Apr 21, 20203 min read

Nursing home case may defuse some contract landmines.

Arbitration agreements require parties to avoid court and take their dispute before a private panel or single arbitrator.

W. Cory Reiss

Apr 2, 20202 min read

Real estate agents, your mission should you choose to accept it, may be impossible

The issue is whether an agent did everything reasonable to meet the standard of care generally exercised by other agents.

W. Cory Reiss

Feb 9, 20201 min read

Those fossils in your employment files are from Non-Competosaurus

A non-compete should be tailor-made for your business, the types of employees subject to them, and the goals they are expected to achieve.