The Naked Contract: A Business Owner’s Guide to Disputes written by Frederick Gaston, a business attorney in San Diego, California, offers today’s small businessman a valuable tool for avoiding and resolving the disputes that inevitably arise in every business enterprise. A careful and thorough study of business disputes that have mushroomed into costly legal battles over the past 30 years explains why it is so essential to learn how to identify potential disputes before they occur, how best to prevent them from becoming full-blown legal battles, and how best to informally resolve those disputes when they threaten to get out of control.