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Law Offices of Alan Dagen, P.A., Practice AreasA contract is a legally binding promise or set of promises made by one party to another party. To be enforceable, a contract typically must involve an offer, an acceptance of that offer, consideration (such as money) and a legal purpose. Breach of contract, then, is a violation or breaking of the promise made in the contract. A breach can involve a single event or be continuing. The remedy for someone who has been the victim of a breach of contract is to file a civil action to enforce the contract. The party filing the suit may be able to obtain specific performance (in which the court orders the other party to fulfill his or her obligation under the contract), money damages (representing what was lost by the breach) or both. If you find yourself in this situation, contact Fort Lauderdale contract lawyer Alan Dagen, P.A. Fraud is the intentional deception of one person by another. In legal terms, it typically consists of some misrepresentation by one party, knowledge of the misrepresentation by the party making the misrepresentation, intent to defraud the other person, reliance by the party defrauded that is reasonable and damages that result from the fraud. Thus, if one person misrepresents something to another while believing that the representation is true (in other words, he doesn't know that it is a misrepresentation), no fraud exists. Likewise, even if the misrepresenter's intent is completely fraudulent, with the worst intentions, no fraud exists if the one to whom the misrepresentation was made isn't harmed by the misrepresentation. The remedy for someone who has been the victim of a fraud is to file a civil action to recover damages. The party filing the suit typically seeks money damages, which may include not just the actual damages suffered at the hands of the defrauder but also punitive damages that are designed to punish the defrauder and discourage him or her from further frauds. If you find yourself in this situation, contact Fort Lauderdale, Florida fraud lawyer Alan Dagen, P.A. When special relationships exist, so that one party is dependent on a second party's position, knowledge or integrity, the law provides that the second party has what is called a fiduciary duty to the first party. When a fiduciary duty exists, the second party must act in the first party's best interests. Some examples of situations where fiduciary duties exist are a trustee-beneficiary relationship, a doctor-patient relationship, a lawyer-client relationship and a corporate officer-stockholder relationship. When that fiduciary duty is violated, the first party is entitled to file suit to collect damages. Generally, the first party must prove the existence of the fiduciary duty, breach of the duty and damages resulting from the breach. The damages sought typically include both compensatory, which are designed to recover what the first party lost as a result of the breach, and punitive, which are designed to punish the second party for breaching the fiduciary duty. If you find yourself the victim of what you believe may be a breach of a fiduciary duty, contact Fort Lauderdale fiduciary duty lawyer Alan Dagen, P.A. In the area of business litigation, Fort Lauderdale business litigation lawyer Alan Dagen, P.A., is committed to handling all of your litigation needs in a prompt and efficient manner. Attorney Dagen handles all forms of dispute resolution including mediation, arbitration and administrative hearings. His business litigation cases range from employment disputes, errors and omissions concerns to unfair competition cases and sales and purchases of businesses. Regardless of your litigation needs, you can be assured that Florida commercial litigation Attorney Alan Dagen, P.A., is committed to serve you in an aggressive, professional manner that sets him apart from other lawyers. Employment law is the body of laws, administrative rulings and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on, workers and their organizations. Employment law mediates many aspects of the relationship between labor unions, employers and employees. Florida employment lawyer Alan Dagen, P.A., believes that all employees are entitled to perform their duties in an environment free of harassment and hostility. While no workplace is flawless, many employees don't know their rights have been violated until it is too late for them to seek legal recourse. Whether you want to draft an employment agreement or you believe your legal rights have been violated because of your age, race, sex, gender, disability or breach of employment contract, the Law Offices of Alan Dagen, P.A., is prepared to handle your unique situation and give your case the personal attention it deserves. A form of personal injury that does no physical harm but can be extremely harmful to a person's reputation or character is called defamation. Defamation is false and unprivileged spoken words or written publication which exposes any living person to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or which causes him/her to be shunned or avoided, or which has a tendency to injure him/her in his/her trade or occupation. For additional information related to Defamation, contact Florida defamation Attorney Alan Dagen, P.A. If you or someone you know in Fort Lauderdale, or within the surrounding cities and counties of South Florida needs the assistance or legal counsel of an experienced business litigation lawyer, contact the Law Offices of Alan Dagen, P.A., today at 866-639-2798, or complete the contact form provided on this site to begin your free consultation with a Fort Lauderdale business litigation attorney. |