For all the talk of big money and big business and their role in national politics, it’s actually relatively rare for national political issues to intersect with the mundane world of commercial law. That changed last week when...
By: Alan J. Schaeffer The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently granted Dunkin’ Donuts Franchising, LLC a preliminary injunction, enjoining a franchisee from using Dunkin’ Donuts’ trademarks, or operating a competing business within 5 miles...
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals recently confirmed the extensive reach of D.C.’s condominium assessment lien statute, D.C. Code § 42-1903.13 (a) (2001), which empowers a condominium association to foreclose its lien when a unit owner becomes...
Tayman Lane Chaverri LLP is pleased to announce that it prevailed at trial on behalf of its client, a minor child from Honduras, who escaped persecution by fleeing the country alone to seek reunification with her birth mother. In...
From paying business expenses out of personal funds, to credit card advances, to cutting a check from a personal account to cover payroll in advance of a progress payment, business owners, particularly owner-operators, often serve as the financing...
Businesspeople ask for binding arbitration provisions to be worked into their contracts in the belief that arbitration is preferable to traditional litigation in terms of speed, cost, and efficiency of dispute resolution. Whether or not that belief proves...
Through our guest blogger program, Tayman Lane Chaverri LLP seeks to bring you fresh perspectives on issues of interest to businesspeople and entrepreneurs. We are pleased to welcome Javier Castro, President and Founder of Westline Commercial Real Estate...
Tayman Lane Chaverri LLP recently achieved a major victory in a civil action it commenced in state court in Montgomery County, Maryland. As a result of the Firm’s efforts, TLC’s client, a stone and tile surfacing contractor focusing...
by Katie Lane ChaverriTayman Lane Chaverri LLP; Washington, DC (reprinted with the permission of the American Bankruptcy Institute; original article may be accessed here: http://www.abiworld.org/committees/newsletters/cftf/vol10num4/blow.html On Feb. 22, 2013, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed...
TLC Law Firm is excited to announce that Super Lawyers and the Washington Post Magazine recognized and listed Katie Lane Chaverri in its 2013 publication as a top attorney in the Washington, DC metro area. Super Lawyers rates...
