There are a variety of colloquial ways to describe business practices that attempt to unfairly take advantage of business partners or customers, such as “sharp dealing” or fraud, but the term that the law applies to them collectively is “deceptive...
Recently we have been covering the topic of misrepresentation -- in both its intentional and negligent forms -- as part of the broader subject of business torts under Ohio law. In this post we continue with our coverage by examining what constitutes justifiable...
In an earlier post we introduced the business tort of misrepresentation, and in particular the tort of intentional misrepresentation. This post continues on the subject of misrepresentation with an examination of the tort of negligent misrepresentation....
In an earlier post we raised the subject of business torts, which reflect the possibility that like an individual, a legal entity such as a business can engage in wrongful conduct that is actionable in court in Ohio. We began our examination of business torts with...
The state of Ohio has written out in explicit detail the rights of corporations in the Ohio Revised Code, Title XVII. While many of the regulations are rather obvious and straightforward, such as trademarks and patents, there are nuances that can become quite complex....
In the individual context, a tort occurs when one person cause harm to another that is the result of a breach of ordinary or reasonable care owed to that other person. Being artificial persons, businesses can be liable for torts as well: either for wrongs done against...
If your company does business with international partners, and especially if these transactions involve buying and selling goods, you may discover that to many foreign business people the American penchant for detailed contracts that seek to anticipate and address as...
The Cleveland Clinic, which holds the lease for a 100-year-old hospital in Lakewood, Ohio, announced that it wanted to close the facility in 2016, 10 years before the end of its lease in 2026. The city and several council members have signed on as plaintiffs in a...
One of the advantages that commercial transactions have at the outset is the convergence of interests between the business partners: everybody is interested in making money. But sometimes after the ink is dry on the contract what began as a case of great expectations...
Several interrelated companies have been accused of violating Ohio's consumer protection laws. According to a lawsuit that was filed by the state's Attorney General, the group of companies used deceptive business practices when they sold travel club memberships to...