Legal issues in business matters can be transactional or litigation. Transactional matters include contracts, forming corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships. Choosing the right business entity can be critical for the success of your business. A competent legal review of your contract, either before its signed or after a problem arises, is the smart choice so that you’ll know your options and potential consequences.

Business lawsuits can involve collecting money owed, unfair competition, employment matters, breach of contract, business or trade secrets. Business lawsuits require competent analysis of the chances for success for trial, the costs of the lawsuit and end result for the smart choice.

California has extensive laws that favor consumers. Consumer or customer lawsuits are expensive to defend even there are no good grounds. A smart strategy can save a business from a disastrous result.