Business Litigation Attorneys
Representing businesses and business owners in contract, ownership, fraud, and collection disputes in Florida, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, and New York.
Business litigation is the practice of resolving disputes between companies, their owners, and the people they do business with, in court and in arbitration. Industria Business Lawyers represents businesses and business owners in those disputes as plaintiff and as defendant: in Florida from its Miami office, and in Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, and New York through attorneys admitted in those jurisdictions.
Two features distinguish business litigation from other civil work. The parties are usually sophisticated, so the documents matter more than the testimony. And the relationship often continues in some form after the dispute, so how a matter is resolved can matter as much as whether it is won. IBL litigates with the client’s operations in mind: a case that wins in court and loses a key customer, a lender, or a co-founder along the way has not served the client.
This page explains the disputes IBL handles, how a business case is assessed, what the process looks like, the remedies available, and what to do first if your company is in a dispute. Every statute cited was read at its source on 16 September 2026.
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Business Disputes We Handle
A business dispute is any disagreement over money, control, or obligations between commercial parties that the parties cannot resolve themselves. These are the forms it usually takes.
Breach of Contract
Supply and service agreements, licences, leases, purchase and sale agreements, financing documents, and the agreements that were only partly written down. IBL reads the contract first, then the performance record, then the correspondence, because the answer is usually in the order of those three things.
Partnership, LLC Member, and Shareholder Disputes
Disputes over control, capital accounts, distributions, access to books and records, deadlock, buyouts, and the enforcement of operating and shareholder agreements. These matters often involve claims for breach of fiduciary duty and, where a business cannot continue, judicial dissolution. IBL represents majority and minority owners.
Business Fraud and Misrepresentation
Claims that a transaction was induced by a false statement or a material omission, including claims for rescission and for damages, and the defence of such claims.
Commercial Collection
Unpaid invoices, promissory notes, personal guaranties, and the enforcement of judgments once they are obtained, through post-judgment discovery, garnishment, and liens.
Tortious Interference, Non-Compete, and Trade Secret Disputes
Interference with contracts and business relationships, disputes over restrictive covenants when an employee or a partner leaves, and misuse of confidential information, including requests for injunctions that stop the conduct while the case is decided.
Digital Asset and Cryptocurrency Disputes
Disputes arising from token transactions, exchange and custody relationships, and blockchain ventures, an area in which IBL also advises on the transactional side. Investor claims against brokerage firms and financial advisers are heard in FINRA arbitration, a national forum, and are covered on IBL’s FINRA arbitration and investment loss recovery pages.
How IBL Assesses a Business Dispute, and Where It Litigates
Every matter starts with the same questions, answered from the documents rather than from assumptions.
What does the governing document say? The contract, operating agreement, or shareholder agreement usually decides the forum, the governing law, the remedies, and sometimes whether attorney fees shift to the losing party.
What is the deadline? Limitation periods differ by claim and by state. In Florida, section 95.11, Florida Statutes, allows five years for a claim on a written contract and four years for fraud, oral contracts, rescission, and most other business claims. Other states set their own periods. A claim close to a deadline is handled first.
What is at stake, and can it be collected? The amount in dispute decides the court and shapes the strategy. Whether the other side can pay a judgment decides whether a lawsuit is worth bringing at all.
What does the client actually want? Payment, an exit from a partnership, an injunction that stops conduct, or a business relationship preserved on new terms. The remedy sought determines the path. Money damages, specific performance, rescission, injunctions, accountings, dissolution, and court-ordered buyouts are each available in the right case, and attorney fees shift to the winning party where a contract or a statute provides for it. Some disputes are better resolved than litigated. When that is IBL’s view, the client hears it at the outset.
Where IBL litigates. Business litigation is jurisdiction-specific: a lawyer must be admitted where the case is heard, or admitted for that case by the court with local counsel attached. IBL litigates in Florida from the Miami office at 701 Brickell Avenue (see Miami business litigation attorneys for how a case moves through Miami-Dade’s courts); in Washington, D.C., from the office at 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.; in Massachusetts, through attorneys admitted in the Commonwealth; and in New York, from the office at 1216 Broadway, through attorneys admitted in the state. Disputes governed by an arbitration clause are heard wherever the clause provides, and IBL represents parties in commercial arbitration under AAA, JAMS, and other rules.
Related pages: commercial litigation, breach of contract, partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, LLC member disputes, business fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, commercial collection, non-compete and trade secrets.
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How a Business Case Moves from Start to Finish
Written Assessment +
At the start, a written assessment that sets out the claims, the defences, the forum, the likely timeline, and the decision points ahead, with a budget for each phase that is revisited when the facts change.
Demand +
A written statement of the claim and the amount, with a deadline. Some contracts require notice and a cure period before suit. Many disputes end here.
Filing and Response +
The complaint is filed and served; the defendant answers or moves to dismiss, often with a counterclaim. When IBL is defending, the response is filed inside the deadline, because a missed response date can lead to a default judgment.
Discovery +
Each side produces documents and answers questions under the rules: contracts, correspondence, accounting records, and depositions of decision-makers. This is where most of the cost and most of the leverage in a business case sits.
Mediation and Offers of Judgment +
Florida courts must refer a civil action for damages to mediation on a party’s request under section 44.102, Florida Statutes, and in practice order it before trial in nearly every business case. Section 768.79 allows either side to serve a formal offer of judgment; a party that rejects it and then does worse at trial by the statutory margin can be made to pay the other side’s fees and costs from the date of the offer.
Trial +
Cases that do not settle are tried to a judge or a jury. Section 57.105, Florida Statutes, allows a court to award fees against a party and its lawyer for a claim or defence with no support in fact or law.
Judgment, Collection, and Appeal +
A judgment is enforced through post-judgment discovery, garnishment, and liens, or reviewed on appeal. A client deciding whether to sue should know at the start whether the other side has assets to collect from.
FAQ
01 • Litigation Can IBL represent my company if the dispute is in a state where it has no office?
In Florida, D.C., Massachusetts, and New York, yes, through attorneys admitted there. Elsewhere, a court may admit an IBL attorney for a specific case with local counsel, and IBL will say at the first call whether that is practical for the matter.
02 • Litigation Does my dispute have to go to court?
No. Many business disputes resolve by demand letter, negotiation, or mediation. If the contract requires arbitration, the case goes there instead of court.
03 • Litigation What is the deadline to bring a business claim?
It depends on the claim and the state. In Florida, section 95.11, Florida Statutes, sets five years for a written contract and four years for fraud, oral contracts, rescission, and most other business claims. When the period starts is often the real question, so bring the dates to the first call.
04 • Litigation What does business litigation cost?
Court fees are public and set by the clerk. How an engagement with IBL is structured depends on the matter. Contact the firm to discuss your situation.
05 • Litigation What should a business do first?
Preserve everything: emails, messages, accounting records, drafts. Find the governing document and every amendment. Write a one-page timeline while the facts are fresh. Note every deadline. Stop communicating with the other side about the dispute until counsel has read the file, because statements made in anger become exhibits. Then call.
Talk to a Business Litigation Attorney
Offices in Miami, Washington, D.C., and New York. Call (202) 860-1210 or send the governing document and a short description of the dispute through the form. Every matter is reviewed on its own facts.
This page provides general information about business litigation and does not constitute legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Last reviewed 16 September 2026. Florida statutes cited: sections 44.102, 57.105, 95.11, and 768.79, Florida Statutes (2025).