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The BYRD CAMPBELL, P.A. business law firm is proud to announce its commitment to be a Hall of Fame Sponsor for the next four years to the Winter Park Babe Ruth League. With this contribution, BYRD CAMPBELL hopes to enrich the lives of the young athletes in our community,…
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Lawsuits come in an almost endless variety of subjects, shapes, sizes, and flavors, but whether you are suing or being sued, my 36 years of trial experience have revealed certain immutable truths that apply to any lawsuit. Call them the “Five Things Never to Do in a Lawsuit."
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Byrd Campbell, P.A. proudly represents the Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) in a recent lawsuit filed in Orange County against BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC, d/b/a AT&T SOUTHEAST asserting claims for violations of the FCC’s E-rate Program, a program designed to support low-cost telecommunications to schools, libraries, health-care providers, and others.
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The booming market does not mean all that glitters is gold. According to the SEC anyway, one such trap for the unwary may have been the real estate investment empire created by Robert Shapiro and the Woodbridge Group of Companies. In a recent lawsuit [SEC Complaint]…
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[fusion_text] Perhaps no industry experienced the ravages of litigation more than the financial brokerage industry did, at least until 2004, as firms regularly sued one another over “breakaway brokers” who left their firms to join a competitor or “brokerage raids” for having hired away talent. Litigation became a…
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by: Field Sutton, WFTV Web Staff Updated: Aug 1, 2017 – 6:40 PM MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A local Marion County couple, who Eyewitness News chose not to identify, filed a lawsuit against CenterState Bank of Florida for allegedly allowing hackers to steal $53,000 in a house down payment. The couple ended up victims of what…
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Few domestic divorces match the emotional firepower of a meltdown between founding partners, a corporate coup, or the “changing of the guard” orchestrated in a family-owned business. If you find yourself “locked out,” what can you do? The answer is plenty. Here are eight (8) things to do, and four (4) not to do.
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By Stephen D. Milbrath When you a buy an item that embodies a patented invention, say a patented tool or a computer with a patented chip set, can the patent owner impose a post-sale restriction on its use? And if so, can it even restrict your use or resale…
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Worrying about a deposition doesn't have to happen, particularly if you remember a few simple rules — which we have codified in the Byrd Campbell 10 Commandments For Giving a Deposition — to provide you a stress-free approach to preparing for and giving a deposition.
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Any business person who has been involved in a lawsuit has probably wondered, "Why do lawsuits take so long?" In a typical commercial dispute, the parties usually know the issues, facts, and stakes, and in the commercial world where getting to the "bottom line" is paramount, the plodding pace of a lawsuit can be maddening, all leading to the question: Why do lawsuits take so long? Having toiled on the courtroom battlefield for 36 years, let me share my thoughts on some of the reasons.
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