Assault
The torts of assault and battery are commonly paired together in the public perception
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Battery
Battery is the twin tort with common law assault.
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Malicious Prosecution
Malicious prosecution applies only to criminal cases—not civil claims.
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
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Abuse of Process
Abuse of process focuses on the wrongful use of process
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
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Intentional Interference with Prospective Business Relationship
The tort of intentional interference with prospective business relationship is very similar to the tort of intentional interference
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
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Intentional Interference with Contract
The tort of intentional interference with contract is another common business tort
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 8, 20202 min read
Conversion, Trover, & Detinue
This article on negligence is part of Vail Law's open-source litigation and legal risk management checklist. Connect with me on LinkedIn....
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 8, 20202 min read
Civil Theft
Civil Theft is a statutory remedy available in Colorado (and many other states)
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 7, 20202 min read
Defamation vs. Free Speech
Defamatory is defined as a statement that “tends to harm the person’s reputation by lowering the person in the estimation of at least a subs
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 7, 20202 min read
Civil Conspiracy
Civil conspiracy is one of the fundamental business torts—and not simply for its sinister moniker.
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 7, 20202 min read
Aiding and Abetting Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Aiding and abetting the breach of a fiduciary duty is very similar to, but not identical to, the claim of civil conspiracy.
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 7, 20202 min read
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Breach of fiduciary duty is the ‘dark horse’ of business torts.
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 7, 20202 min read
Negligent Misrepresentation
Negligent misrepresentation is a business-specific tort that can be extremely useful, as it provides relief where one party has been misled
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 3, 20203 min read
Fraudulent Concealment and Nondisclosure
Nondisclosure and fraudulent concealment are two of the most important business torts for the simple reason that they provide remedies...
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 3, 20202 min read
Fraud (Litigation Checklist)
One of the more common business torts is that of fraud, sometimes also called fraudulent misrepresentation
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 2, 20202 min read
Negligence. (A Litigation Checklist Post)
At its core, the concept of negligence is that every person has a duty to act as an objectively “reasonable” person.
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 2, 20201 min read
Promissory Estoppel
Promissory estoppel is a “quasi-contractual cause of action.” Pinnacol Assur. v. Hoff, 375 P.3d 1214, 1220 (Colo. 2016).
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 2, 20202 min read
Unjust Enrichment
Unjust enrichment is a judicially created, equitable cause of action – it is a “contract implied in law.”
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 1, 20202 min read
Appointment of a Receiver
This article is part of Vail Law's open-source Litigation and Legal Risk Management Checklist. Connect with me on LinkedIn. A receiver is...
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Jeff Vail vail-law.com
Sep 1, 20203 min read
Breach of Contract (Overview)
Contracts are the lifeblood of modern business, and understanding when a contract exists, what obligations each party has under the contract
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