Clients who refuse to pay for services rendered are not only frustrating but can represent a real threat to your company's bottom line. Fortunately, creditors have recourse at their disposal. But taking self-help measures is not always the right way to go. Here are...
Business Law
Things to Consider when Starting a New Business
Starting a new business can be exciting. However, it's important not to get so caught up in the excitement of launching a new venture that you neglect the basics. One of the most important decisions involving a new business is choosing a type of business...
Avoiding contract disputes
Contract disputes can bring business operations to a grinding halt. Thankfully, there are ways in which to carefully craft contracts that make such disputes less likely. When looking to draft - or sign - contracts for your business, make sure that contracts follow...
Professional Held Liable for Spoliation in Corporate Dissolution Dispute
Certain professions such as physicians, can under New Mexico law and the law of many other states form professional corporations to operate their the business which governs their professional affairs. In the case of Aduz Healthcare Services, PC, it was determined, by...
Civil Rights Group Expands Suit against State Concerning Education
A couple of months ago it was reported on this blog that two different groups had sued New Mexico’s Public Education Department for violations of the State Constitution of New Mexico. Article XII, Section 1 of the New Mexico State Constitution reads, “A uniform system...
Class Action Filed Against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico’s Parent Corporation
A case filed today against the nonprofit parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico raises the question of whether the company breached its duties to the members of the non-profit institution. A class action lawsuit on behalf of the members of the...
Powers of all Three Branches at Issue in Navajo Water Settlement
Three members of the New Mexico Legislature filed a lawsuit challenging the validity of a settlement allocating a discrete amount of water from the San Juan River to the Navajo Indian nation. Back in 1948 a compact between the states of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and...
Trustee of Alleged “Sham Trust” Slated to Defend Its Operation At Trial
Frequently people facing particular legal problems will establish trusts for the benefit of their children or grandchildren when they fear that, if assets are not set aside for their beneficiaries, there will not be sufficient funds to maintain support of their...
Receivership as an Enforcement Mechanism
It is hardly uncommon that lenders, in some transactions, require a borrower to sign a promissory note or some other agreement to establish the terms under which a loan must be repaid and the consequences if the required amount is not repaid consistently with such...
Use of Protective Order in Litigation to Prevent Fishing Expedition
When a plaintiff or plaintiffs file a civil lawsuit against a company or companies which it claims bears liability for some damages incurred by the plaintiff(s), after the initial filings of the Complaint by the plaintiff(s) and an Answer by the defendant(s), the...
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