Contract disputes
Breach of Contract Disputes in New York
Contracts are the spine of every business relationship. When one side does not perform, the legal question is not whether you are frustrated — it is whether the failure rises to a breach, what damages it caused, and what the contract itself says about how to resolve the dispute.
Four elements, every time
Under New York law, a breach-of-contract claim requires (1) a valid contract, (2) the plaintiff's performance, (3) the defendant's breach, and (4) resulting damages. Each element has to be supported by documents and testimony. Strong cases are built around clean paper; weak ones rely on memory and assumption.
What you can recover
New York generally awards expectation damages — the amount needed to put the non-breaching party in the position it would have been in if the contract had been performed. That can include lost profits if they were foreseeable and reasonably certain. Most contracts do not allow recovery of attorneys' fees unless they say so, which makes contract review at the drafting stage important.
How we handle it
We start with a focused review of the agreement and the facts, send a precise demand if the case warrants it, and file suit in the proper court when negotiation fails. For commercial matters we typically work on flat-fee or stage-based budgets so cost stays predictable from start to finish.
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