chicago lawyer who helps the little guy fight big company

Racial Division

Are your employment terms, contracts, benefits, credentials, or research grants in Massachusetts being conditioned on your participation in “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” programs?

Cancel Culture

Has anyone tried to get you fired, expelled, or denied tenure in Massachusetts just for something you said? Is your business being boycotted because you support an unpopular cause or group?

COVID-19 Lockdowns

Did the Massachusetts COVID-19 lockdowns prevent you from seeing your loved ones or celebrating important life events? Did the lockdowns financially devastate your business?

Social Censorship

Do you live in Massachusetts and want to fight back against the Big Tech company that banned you for something that you said on or off its platform? Did this ban harm your business, reputation, or emotional well-being?

Propaganda in Education

Is your child’s school district obsessed with race and racism? Are standards and test scores in the district slipping as a result? Are you a college student whose freedom of expression, assembly, or association has been violated on campus?

Political Violence

Have Antifa, BLM, or union thugs come around and smashed up your shop? Are any such groups accusing you of racism and targeting your business for extortion? Are they intimidating others from doing business with you?

Ilya Feoktistov, Esq

Attorney Ilya Feoktistov helps the regular guy fight back against the Big Guy.

What did the Supreme Court rule about small businesses?

The Supreme Court sided with big corporations Thursday when it ruled 5-3 that companies can write contracts that force small businesses to challenge monopolistic practices on an unaffordable individual arbitration basis rather than through class-action lawsuits, effectively killing the ability of small businesses to defend themselves in court against larger predatory ones.

What did Elena Kagan say about the majority opinion?

In her biting dissent aimed squarely at Scalia, she called the majority opinion a “betrayal of our precedents and of federal statutes like antitrust laws.” She observed that the court would never uphold an arbitration agreement that explicitly banned merchants from bringing an antitrust claim, yet that’s effectively what the Amex contract does by compelling merchants to give up the option of class actions in court. She noted that by ignoring several precedents, the majority is providing companies “every incentive to draft their agreements to extract backdoor waivers of statutory rights.” That is, they will use contracts to immunize themselves from laws they don’t like.

Mmurf Law Topic Starter New Member

I've noticed a pattern of large general contractors blaming construction defects on subcontractors- not because it's the subcontractors fault, but because the big company (with their in-house lawyers) knows the subcontractor can't afford to fight them in court.

Mmurf Law Topic Starter New Member

True, Smart thing to do. I've seen some cases drag on for years. It would be hard for anybody to last litigation that long, and contractors need their capital available for projects, not wrapped up in litigation.

mightymoose Moderator

I imagine many of your concerns could be addressed in your contracts when you accept a job. Read them, know what is in them and what isn't.

hrforme Active Member

"They should have some type of public defender system for small businesses (for non criminal cases). Each lawyer should be required to volunteer time to those that can't afford it. "

Tax Counsel Well-Known Member

They should have some type of public defender system for small businesses (for non criminal cases).

army judge Super Moderator

Free stuff, lots of free stuff, paid for by others because ne'er do wells, beggars, and layabouts demand free stuff.