The price of a trademark varies from law firm to law firm so you should call around to a few intellectual property law firms to see what they are charging. My law firm charges a minimum of $250.00. Many times a trademark does not have the scope that the client believes it should have so make sure... View More

Depending on the method utilized to "drum up business" there may or may not be any liability. There are a number of causes of action that most lawyers would be able to think of depending on what was said and sometimes even how something was said. Damages would be difficult to prove and... View More

Whether or not you need to give the earnest money back would be wholly dependent on the terms of the REPC. Most purchase contracts would allow the seller to keep the earnest money if the buyer backed out two days before the closing was supposed to occur, but you would want a real estate lawyer to... View More

There are a number of ways that an easement can be created but many times the exact rights associated with a non-contractually created easement are hard to nail down. You would be well served to hire a local real estate lawyer to go over the specifics of your situation. Any real estate lawyer will... View More

It seems like you have been caught in a scheme of some sort. If you were never paid then most likely you won't have any liability to the purchaser. If your friends took the money and never delivered it to you then you might have liability if the generator is then taken from the purchaser... View More

The answer to your question is a lot more complicated than you might assume. The type of ownership is important, any agreements associated with ownership might have an impact, and the potential liability associated with re-taking the property should be analyzed. You probably want to schedule a free... View More

This is truly a fascinating question and one that many law students would spend hours and hours pondering and researching. I think that the method by which the agreement was memorialized is important, witnesses, if any, are always helpful, and the state of mind of the parties and their intent to... View More

Every party to a contract has an obligation to abide by the contract and if they fail to do so then there are damages that can be sued for or other remedies that may exist. Many contracts with contractors provide the contractor with significant opportunity to remedy the situation before a monetary... View More

Generally, you can sue anyone for just about anything; however, oftentimes the cost of the lawsuit is prohibitive. In this scenario evidence would be difficult to obtain unless everyone was filing a police report, and your lawyer would have to do a full negligence analysis to see if there is any... View More

Generally this sort of situation is governed by what is generally known as a "due on sale" clause. Most loan documents have a provision that restricts the transfer of property and when you transfer the property (assuming the lender discovers such transfer) then the lender may call the... View More

This is a wonderful question! A series LLC is a new type of entity that allows for essentially an internal umbrella setup without the need to form multiple companies and still allows for limitation of liability and obligations on a sub-LLC level. In other words, you get your LLC cake and get to eat... View More

A local attorney would require a bit of additional information, but generally you will have rights against anyone who utilizes protected intellectual property such as you business' name. I would highly recommend that you obtain a free consultation from a local lawyer who deals in intellectual... View More

To appropriately answer this question a lawyer would require a lot of additional information, but generally, justifiable cause is a very funny thing and rarely do two people agree on what it means without established case law that is on point. You will want to have a business lawyer take a look at... View More

There are a number of things that can cause a document to not become an enforceable contract, but generally a writing signed by two parties that contains terms and has some sort of consideration (exchanged value)is going to be a binding contract. In this day and age there are a shocking number of... View More

To answer this question in a meaningful way you will want to sit down with a local contract lawyer who can review the contracts. You would be quite surprised at what is legal and enforceable in a contract and you may have agreed to something that is not at all in your favor. Notwithstanding what... View More

Oral contracts are enforceable to some degree but generally such cases are very difficult to prove and can become very expensive. As you might assume, as a business attorney I see a lot of cases where potential clients want to enforce an oral contract. Generally these scenarios are associated with... View More

It is not likely that you can revoke a deed unless the deed specifically says that it is revocable. Allowing the revocation of deeds would really be against public policy because who wants to worry about having the seller of a piece of property 50 years ago coming back and revoking the deed,... View More

The problem with most contracts is that little errors rarely invalidate them. Without spending a number of pages discussing why this is, I can generally recommend that if you are seeking to invalidate a contract, or ensure that one is valid, that you should seek the counsel of a local lawyer who... View More

As I am sure any Texas lawyer will agree, you should put all agreements in writing so that in the future you don't have problems arise that are extremely expensive to litigate. Generally neighbors don't have problems until one or the other sells the property. The buyer relies on what... View More

The situation that you are describing is unfortunately very common. I would recommend that you reach out to a local business law attorney to have your operating agreement reviewed. That being said, LLCs are governed by statutes and agreements so if an agreement is silent then you must look to the... View More