Commercial Litigation in Virginia and Maryland

Commercial litigation generally involves two or more businesses in a dispute over money or other property.  Examples of commercial litigation include lawsuits involving: Antitrust Violations; Fraud and Deceptive Trade Practices; Abuses of Trust or Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Debt Collection; Breach of Contract; disputed transactions in real estate and other business assets; Tortious Interference with Contract; and Non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements.  These suits often include requests for emergency relief such as a preliminary injunction.

Business corporations and their customers in the commercial environment require skilled and hard-working litigators to protect their interests.  If you or your company needs assistance in Federal or State court commercial litigation, from commencing suit to moving for injunctive relief, conducting discovery and depositions, filing and arguing motions, to representing you in a civil jury trial, the Virginia & Maryland commercial litigation attorneys of the SRIS Law Group can assist.  The Virginia & Maryland commercial litigation attorneys of the SRIS Law Group are experienced in successfully litigating disputes in Federal and State courts over the Uniform Commercial Code, contract law, commercial collections, secured transactions, transportation law, and many other areas, and will dedicate their resources to your case.

VIRGINIA CASE FOR COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Facts:

The parties entered into a lease agreement for a 20-year period. There was some discrepancy as to when the lease term ended. The lease provided that the tenant had the right to sublet the leased premises to any subsidiary of the tenant. In consolidated cases, plaintiff landlord brought an action against defendant tenant for unlawful detainer. The landlord claimed that the tenant breached a sublease provision of a primary lease and that the primary lease had expired. The tenant claimed that the primary lease term had not expired and that the landlord acted unreasonably and arbitrarily in denying the sublease and that the landlord’s motive was to extract rent concessions.

Issue:

Whether the primary lease term had not expired and that the landlord acted unreasonably and arbitrarily in denying the sublease?

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MARYLAND CASE FOR COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Facts:

The two-count complaint in this case, a putative class action, was filed on February 4, 2009, by plaintiff, Alicia Gomez (“Gomez”), against defendant Jackson Hewitt, Incorporated (“Jackson Hewitt”). The complaint alleged a violation of the Credit Services Business Act (“CSBA” or the “Act”) and a violation of the Consumer Protection Act (“CPA”) arising out of Jackson Hewitt’s arrangement of Refund Anticipation Loans (“RALs”) on behalf of Gomez and other Maryland customers of its tax preparation services. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. When defendant moved to dismiss, no motion for class certification had been filed.

Issue:

Whether the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim should be granted?

Discussion:

This court held that while Md. R. 2-231(c) directed it to determine, as soon as practicable, whether the case could be maintained as a class action, if, as defendant alleged, there was no viable cause of action, then the court could rule on the motion to dismiss before determining whether a class should be certified.

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