Litigation

We represent Florida businesses as plaintiffs and defendants in the full range of commercial disputes. Business litigation arises across every area of commercial law, and the businesses that get the best outcomes are the ones with counsel that understands both the legal arguments and the practical cost of prolonged litigation.

Every dispute starts with a realistic assessment of the position. We identify the strongest arguments, the risks on both sides, and the most efficient path to resolution before committing to a litigation strategy that may take years to complete.

• Commercial Contract Disputes representing businesses in breach of contract claims, payment disputes, noncompete enforcement, and disputes over what an agreement actually required.
• Business Torts representing businesses in fraud, misrepresentation, tortious interference, unfair business practices, and conversion claims.
• Partnership and Shareholder Disputes representing business owners in breach of fiduciary duty claims, oppression claims, dissolution proceedings, and buyout disputes.
• Employment Litigation defending Florida businesses in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour claims, and noncompete enforcement.
• Collections and Debt Recovery pursuing collection of commercial debts through demand, litigation, judgment enforcement, and post-judgment collection.
• Injunctive Relief pursuing and defending emergency injunctive relief in situations where the ordinary pace of litigation would cause irreparable harm before a final judgment.

Contract and payment disputes are the most common form of business litigation. Clients who refuse to pay, vendors who fail to perform, partners who dispute what was agreed, and counterparties using litigation as leverage are all situations that require a clear legal strategy and a realistic assessment of what each side can actually prove.

We represent businesses in contract and payment disputes, identifying the strongest arguments and pursuing the most efficient resolution whether that is a negotiated settlement, a judgment, or a trial.

• Breach of contract claims and defenses: assessing the position on both sides before committing to a litigation path.
• Payment disputes and accounts receivable collection: pursuing what the business is owed through demand, litigation, and judgment enforcement.
• Scope of work and deliverable disputes: resolving disagreements about what was promised and what was actually delivered.
• Contract interpretation and ambiguity litigation: arguing the correct meaning of disputed contract language in court when the parties cannot agree.

When a key employee leaves with confidential information, customer lists, or business relationships and immediately competes, the business needs to act fast. Injunctive relief in noncompete and trade secret cases moves on an emergency timeline, and the strength of the underlying agreement determines the range of remedies available.

We pursue and defend noncompete, nonsolicitation, and trade secret litigation, including emergency injunctive relief to stop ongoing violations and damages claims for harm already caused.

• Emergency TRO and preliminary injunction for noncompete violations: moving on an emergency basis to stop ongoing competitive harm.
• Trade secret misappropriation claims under the Florida Uniform Trade Secrets Act and the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act.
• Nonsolicitation enforcement and defense: pursuing or defending claims involving solicitation of customers or employees.
• Damages recovery for restrictive covenant violations: pursuing the full measure of compensatory damages caused by the violation.

Partnership and shareholder disputes are among the most damaging forms of business litigation because they attack the business from the inside while it is still trying to operate. Breach of fiduciary duty, minority oppression, unauthorized distributions, and deadlocked management decisions all require legal intervention that understands both the law and the business dynamics involved.

We represent business owners in disputes with partners, co-owners, and shareholders, protecting ownership interests when a business relationship breaks down and pursuing or defending dissolution proceedings when the relationship cannot be repaired.

• Breach of fiduciary duty claims and defenses: holding owners and managers accountable for actions that harm the business or its other owners.
• Minority shareholder and member oppression: protecting minority owners from majority conduct designed to freeze them out or deprive them of their rights.
• Judicial dissolution proceedings: pursuing or defending forced dissolution when the business relationship has irreparably broken down.
• Buyout valuation disputes: litigating the fair value of an ownership interest when the parties cannot agree on price.

Commercial fraud and business torts cause real financial harm that contract claims alone often cannot fully compensate. Fraud, misrepresentation, tortious interference, and unfair trade practices claims allow businesses to pursue the full measure of damages, including punitive damages in appropriate cases, when the other party's conduct goes beyond a simple breach of contract.

We represent businesses in commercial tort claims, pursuing the full measure of compensatory and punitive damages available under Florida law when the conduct warrants it.

• Fraud and misrepresentation claims: pursuing damages when a party induced the business to act based on false statements of material fact.
• Tortious interference with contracts and business relationships: holding third parties accountable when they intentionally disrupt existing or prospective business relationships.
• Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act claims: pursuing statutory damages and attorney fees for unfair or deceptive commercial conduct.
• Conversion and civil theft claims: recovering the value of property wrongfully taken or retained by another party.

Litigation counsel that understands business operations approaches disputes differently from counsel that only knows courtrooms. The goal in every commercial dispute is not just to win the legal argument but to reach the best available outcome for the business given the cost, time, and risk that litigation involves.

Pomeranz Law provides practical, business-focused litigation counsel that helps Florida businesses pursue and defend commercial disputes with a clear strategy and a realistic view of what each stage of litigation will cost and accomplish.

• We assess the position honestly before committing to a litigation strategy, identifying the risks as well as the strengths.
• We pursue the most efficient resolution at every stage, without losing sight of what matters if the case goes to trial.
• We move fast when speed matters: particularly in injunctive relief situations where delay means irreparable harm.
• Transparent, practical counsel without the overhead of a large firm.