Is Non Binding Arbitration for Florida Business Disputes for You? March 11, 2015 commercial litigation appeal

If you are a business person in Florida, or a partner to a business partnership, then you may want to read a recent Florida appeals opinion issued just days ago.  Involved in commercial litigationPalm Beach?   You should understand how arbitration Palm Beach may be right for you, suggest some commercial litigators.

Should Palm Beach Business disputes have an arbitration clause?

• If you are a shareholder, executive or member of a Palm Beach partnership, Limited Liability Company, or business, chances are you are signing a bunch of contracts.
• Contract disputes are common in Palm Beach, say commercial litigators.
• If you have a business dispute or high dollar commercial matter, then you probably have an arbitration clause in those contracts.

Is an arbitration clause good for business disputes in Boca Raton?

• Whether or not you have an arbitration clause in your Jupiter, Florida partnership agreement or Florida LLC operating agreement, or contract, is up to you and your business lawyer Palm Beach Gardens who advises you and your business on the “day to day” or “in house” legal issues.
• But ask a commercial litigator Palm Beach County about arbitration clauses and you may get a mixed answer.
• Have you considered non binding arbitration to resolve or end business disputes Florida?
• Notice, that I did not mention “settle”.
• Arbitration, often referred to as “private judging” in Florida, can be an efficient or fast (quicker?) way to resolve commercial disputes than trying a case in Palm Beach County courts.  Trial with a public court room? Or private arbitration?
• If non binding arbitration makes sense for you, consider reading the March 11, 2015 opinion of Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal in the case of Harold v. Kenneth L. Sanders MD, 40 Fla. L. Weekly D 619.
• If you don’t like the non binding arbitration “ruling”, when can you seek to get a trial on the case in court?
• Remember: mediation  for business disputes Florida is different than arbitration, is different than binding or non-binding arbitration.
• Have your corporate counsel consider speaking to a commercial litigator Palm Beach before agreeing to such alternative dispute resolution techniques.