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what is a demand letter and what should you know if you receive a demand letter or you're thinking about sending one these are the questions I'll be addressing today I'm Aaron Hall an attorney representing business owners in Minneapolis Minnesota you can learn more about me at Aaron hall calm and please see the description below for a important disclaimer all right what is it a man letter quite simply it's a letter where a party is demanding something typically it's written by an attorney and typically the letter is demanding a person stop doing something that's illegal or start doing something that they're required to do for example I might send a letter on behalf of my client when my another party in a contract is breaching the contract and the letter would say on behalf of my client we demand that you stop breaching the contract or for example a letter might say we demand that you stop infringing my clients intellectual property rights maybe it's a copyright or a trademark issue so those are a couple examples of a demand letter how long is a demand letter well it could be anywhere from 1 to 4 pages I suppose typically mine are between 1 & 3 pages one page is going to be really simple just saying look we demand that you stop doing something and we're asking them to contact us and try to work things out it would be three or four pages if we articulate the specific legal reasons why they need to comply with the demand letter and maybe it's saying if you don't here's what we're going to do and we're going to seek attorneys fees and court costs and breach of contract damages whatever those details are that we want to communicate in a longer letter here are five things to keep in mind with demand letters a demand letters show is that the sender is serious if a sender of a demand letter has hired an attorney they're clearly spending money to protect their rights and it demonstrates that they're more serious than if they're just emailing or calling and making legal claims themselves second a demand letter is generally seen by the court as a sign of good faith it demonstrates that the parties are trying to work things out instead of going straight to litigation by suing in court third keep in mind that the wording in a demand letter can be used against you that's often why it's written by an attorney because you want to be very careful about what is said in a demand letter as the old saying goes whatever you say can and will be used against you in a court of law fourth sending a demand letter may save you time and money in the long run and that's because if you can avoid litigation which is expensive stressful and distracting a demand letter can help you try to work things...