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What do I need to know about Florida business disputes for a contract with a non-resident? March 11, 2015 Florida contract case and personal jurisdiction

Uncategorized Mar 24, 2015
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Are you involved in a Florida contract dispute with someone outside of Florida? What do you do if you have a contract disagreement and you need to resolve the disputeWhere do you end your contract dispute? Where do you file the contract lawsuit Palm Beach?  You may want to read a very recent Florida appeals case on commercial litigation and contract disagreements, issued just days ago: a must read on personal jurisdiction, contract cases Boca Raton, andcommercial litigation.

What Palm Beach business owners need to know about forum selection clauses.

  • Are you a business owner Palm Beach, or were you dragged into a Palm Beach commercial lawsuit over a contract, employment matter or commercial relationship?
  • WHERE  you can sue or be sued may be spelled out in your contract which you are fighting over.
  • What court or state or county will hear all  your contract disagreements?
  • Palm Beach County?  Broward County, Florida?
  • Where do you go to get relief if partners to a partnership don’t agree?
  • Need an accounting for the Florida LLC, limited liability company?
  • Think your partner or a shareholder or investor or CEO of a closely held Boca Raton business is not spending money properly?
  • Is a Jupiter, Florida managing member hiding profits?
  • If you have a commercial lawsuit or contract dispute, consider which court should hear the disagreement and whether the court has jurisdiction over the person you want to file a commercial lawsuit against…….or
  • Does this Palm Beach court have personal jurisdiction over you or your business?

Does Recent Florida Contract Case on Personal Jurisdiction Help Business Litigation Attorneys?

  • Can you sue a French citizen who lives in Dubai in Palm Beach?
  • Florida?
  • What does the contract for real estate sales say?
  • Did you have a forum selection clause?
  • Do you know the difference between a forum selection clause and the governing law clause in a commercial contract?
  • Business litigators West Palm Beach know the difference.

Where do I sue my partner or the person who signed my contract?

  • Do you, as a business owner, or someone in a business dispute, understand the difference between subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction?
  • What Florida court can hear or rule on your contract disagreement?
  • Where do you get your trial for the commercial dispute?
  • Versus:   who can the Florida court “haul in there” and command to appear and defend a business lawsuit?
  • A person to a contract may personally submit to a Florida court’s jurisdiction : by consent, by agreement, such as in a Palm Beach contract or an operating agreementfor members of Florida limited liability companies.
  • Consider reading a recent Florida appeals case on contract law and personal jurisdictionGilles Rollet v. de Bizemont, March 11, 2015, Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal
  • 40 Florida Law Weekly D 627
  • This commercial dispute, Florida contract dispute which involves personal jurisdiction, discusses the VERY IMPORTANT personal jurisdiction cases of Borden v. East-European Ins. Co and Venetian Salami Co. v. Parthenais.