When you sign a contract, do you read it to determine where a dispute under the contract must or may be litigated? Or mediated, if mediation is required? Or arbitrated, if arbitration is required? Many contracts contain two clauses about the locality of disputes- What law governs, and Where are disputes resolved (a “Forum Selection […]
Are Covenants Not to Compete Enforceable in Indiana?
On a regular basis, certainly several times yearly, the lawyers at GRIFFITH XIDIAS LAW GROUP are asked by a client something like this- “I signed this employment agreement but want to join a competitor (or start my own company). Can my employer enforce this covenant not to compete against me?” And the answer is usually, […]
Can a Commercial Landlord Force a Tenant to Stay Open? A Primer on Mandatory Injunctions
Can a Commercial Landlord Force a Tenant to Stay Open? In a word, yes. In a recent case (issued November 25, 2020), the Indiana Court of Appeals case had to determine whether it was appropriate for a trial court to issue an order compelling Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. (Abercrombie) to keep its store open, […]
Buy-Sell Agreements for Business Partners
Every business or professional relationship you have today or will ever have will eventually end. Businesses fail. Partners move on to other interests. A business partner might become ill or even pass away. Other businesses are sold or merge into bigger companies. It is inevitable that business partnerships end. Thus, it only makes sense to […]
Should I Form an S-Corp or LLC for My Business?
Launching a new business venture can be a time-consuming and nerve-racking experience. Whether you are a solopreneur, have a business partner or are part of a group forming a start-up, you are going to have many choices and decisions to make. One of the first business decisions you will confront, once you have committed to […]
The Series LLC for Real Estate Deals
This is the second article we have authored about the Indiana Series LLC, which remains a relatively new business structure, having just become available on January 1, 2017. While the rules, regulations, processes and law on this new business model are incomplete and not yet fully decided, the law governing the Series LLC is developing […]
Our Virtual Law Office
Sometimes, you just need an Indiana legal form, without a lawyer’s help. IndianaVirtualLaw is the website name for the virtual law offices of Griffith Law Group LLC, an Indiana law firm. Through our Virtual Law Office, our law firm provides cost-effective and efficient, limited legal services pertaining to Indiana, Immigration, and federal Trademark Law. Limited […]
Is Indiana the Best State in Which to Form my Business?
A couple times each month, we are asked by a client whether it is better to form a Delaware corporation, or a Nevada LLC, rather than an Indiana entity. Here is a common Q & A we experience when helping a client chose a state in which to form a new business entity. CLIENT: I […]
Good Fences & Bad Neighbors – A Primer on Property Line Disputes
While most land purchasers almost instinctively think of acquiring title insurance as part of closing on the purchase of land, most purchasers do not instinctively think of getting a survey. But without a survey, the purchaser does not know for certain the boundaries of his land purchase. The legal description on a deed often does […]
Sue For Blood, Settle For Money
Cost Effective Legal Representation The GRIFFITH LAW GROUP LLC recently rejected a client representation, because we could not deliver a cost-effective result for the potential client. The potential client (We will call him John in this article.) had a dispute with a neighbor over a very small strip of land, three inches to be precise. […]