By Biazzo Law, PLLC June 5, 2026 A federal criminal prosecution arising from a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois ended in extraordinary fashion: the United States dismissed the remaining charges with prejudice after the Court reviewed unredacted grand jury transcripts and identified serious concerns about how prosecutors handled the grand jury. The case, United States v. Rabbitt, et al., involved six defendants initially ch

When an appeal is reversed and remanded, the appellate court has rejected some part of the lower court’s ruling and sent the case back for further proceedings. That does not always mean the case is over, and it does not always mean there will be a new trial. What happens next depends on the appellate opinion, the mandate, the issues decided, the issues left open, the trial court’s authority on remand, and whether the parties seek rehearing, further review, settlement, new mot

If your business has been served with a complaint, the first decision is not simply “fight or settle.” The first decision is procedural: should the business file an answer, file a motion to dismiss, move for a more definite statement, challenge jurisdiction or venue, compel arbitration, remove to federal court, assert counterclaims, or pursue another early response? The answer depends on the complaint, the forum, the deadline, the available defenses, the business objective, a

Yes, emails or text messages can sometimes create, confirm, or modify a business contract in Florida, North Carolina, and federal litigation. The question is not whether the communication was electronic; the question is whether the messages show offer, acceptance, material terms, intent to be bound, authority, and any writing or signature required by law or the contract. A casual email or text may become the most important evidence in a contract dispute. Before sending “appro

A litigation hold letter is a notice directing a business, employee, officer, vendor, or other person to preserve documents, electronically stored information, and physical evidence because litigation is pending or reasonably anticipated. If your business receives or needs to issue a litigation hold, do not ignore it, delete records, rely on ordinary retention policies, or assume only “important” documents matter. In Florida, North Carolina, and federal civil litigation, a li

Yes, your business may be able to recover prejudgment interest if the law, contract, damages award, and timing support it. Prejudgment interest can compensate a business for the time value of money lost before final judgment—but the rules differ in Florida, North Carolina, federal court, contract cases, tort cases, and equitable disputes. The key questions are when the loss occurred, whether the amount can be determined, whether the claim is contractual or noncontractual, whe

Filing too many claims in one lawsuit can make a business case more expensive, less focused, harder to settle, easier to attack, and more vulnerable on appeal. Although alternative pleading is allowed in many civil cases, every claim should have a legal basis, factual support, damages theory, remedy, and strategic purpose. In Florida, North Carolina, and federal business litigation, the strongest complaint is not always the longest complaint. A focused lawsuit with well-suppo

Usually, yes—your business should consider notifying its insurance carrier promptly after receiving a demand letter, lawsuit threat, subpoena, regulatory notice, customer complaint, indemnity demand, or other communication that could qualify as a “claim” under the policy. If your business is preparing to file suit, you should also review insurance before filing because the complaint may trigger counterclaims, defense costs, indemnity issues, cyber exposure, D&O issues, employ

Yes, a Florida business may be able to bring a FDUTPA claim if it is aggrieved by an unfair method of competition, unconscionable act, or unfair or deceptive act or practice in trade or commerce. FDUTPA is not limited to individual consumers, but a business plaintiff still must connect the conduct to trade, commerce, marketplace deception, unfair competition, consumer harm, or commercial injury recognized by the statute. A FDUTPA claim is not the right fit for every bad deal.

Yes, a business can sue for unfair or deceptive trade practices in North Carolina if another person or company committed an unfair or deceptive act in or affecting commerce that proximately caused injury to the business. North Carolina’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act can apply to business-versus-business disputes, not only consumer cases. But not every bad deal, broken promise, contract breach, or hard business tactic qualifies. A strong North Carolina UDTPA claim

Your business should name the defendants who are legally responsible, properly subject to the court’s jurisdiction, connected to the claim, and necessary to obtain complete relief. That may be the contracting company, an individual actor, a guarantor, a successor entity, a transferee, an owner, an officer, a manager, an affiliate, or multiple defendants—but only if the facts and law support naming them. In Florida, North Carolina, and federal business litigation, defendant se

By Biazzo Law, PLLC June 4, 2026 The dismissal of the federal prosecution against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is more than a criminal-law ruling. It is a major constitutional accountability decision about due process, prosecutorial power, immigration enforcement, separation of powers, and the rule of law. In United States v. Abrego Garcia, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee dismissed the indictment after finding that the government failed t

Your business may be able to sue for breach of contract, fraud, or both—but the claims must be supported by different facts, different legal theories, and different evidence. A broken promise is not always fraud, and a fraud claim that merely repackages a contract dispute may be vulnerable to dismissal or narrowing. In Florida, North Carolina, and federal business litigation, the right strategy depends on what was promised, what was false, when the statement was made, whether

By Biazzo Law, PLLC June 3, 2026 The controversy surrounding President Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. has moved beyond ordinary civil litigation. The case began as a civil lawsuit by President Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and The Trump Organization against the IRS and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The complaint alleged that former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn unlawfully accessed and disclosed confidential tax-return i

Yes, your business may be able to recover lost profits in a lawsuit, but only if the lost profits can be proven with enough certainty and tied to the other side’s wrongful conduct. Courts generally do not award lost profits based on speculation, optimism, unsupported projections, or vague claims that the business “would have made more money.” In Florida, North Carolina, and federal business litigation, lost profits often require documents, financial history, expert analysis,

Yes. A business can file a lawsuit and still keep settlement discussions open. In many Florida, North Carolina, and federal civil disputes, filing suit is not the end of negotiation—it is often the step that preserves rights, creates structure, triggers deadlines, and moves the other side toward serious resolution. The key is to litigate and negotiate in a coordinated way. A lawsuit can protect your deadline to sue, preserve evidence, establish a forum, support emergency reli

If the other side is delaying to run out the clock, you should identify the deadline they may be exploiting, preserve evidence, stop relying on informal promises, and decide whether to file suit, seek emergency relief, move to compel, request a case-management order, or pursue sanctions. Delay can be a tactic, but it can also become your problem if a statute of limitations, contract deadline, injunction deadline, discovery deadline, appeal deadline, or evidence issue expires

Sometimes. A business may be able to secure assets before judgment through prejudgment attachment, injunction, receivership, lis pendens, fraudulent-transfer remedies, claim-and-delivery procedures, escrow restrictions, or other provisional relief—but courts do not automatically freeze assets just because a lawsuit has been filed. In Florida, North Carolina, and federal court, the key questions are whether the asset is tied to the claim, whether a statute or equitable remedy

Yes, your business may be able to sue a dissolved, inactive, administratively dissolved, or closed company—but the right strategy depends on what kind of entity it was, why it is inactive, whether it still has assets, whether it is winding up, whether assets were distributed or transferred, and whether you also need claims against successors, owners, members, officers, transferees, or related entities. In Florida, North Carolina, and federal business litigation, “closed” does

The standard of review is the level of deference an appellate court gives to the trial court’s ruling. It matters because the same alleged error may be easy, difficult, or nearly impossible to reverse depending on whether the appellate court reviews the issue de novo, for abuse of discretion, for clear error, for competent substantial evidence, or under another standard. In Florida, North Carolina, federal appeals, and U.S. Supreme Court practice, the standard of review often