Sentences with phrase «against directors»

He has particular expertise in disputes between directors, claims against directors for breaches of fiduciary duties and actions involving minority shareholders.

A fit remedy may include a monetary judgment against a director of the corporation.

For example, shareholders will be able to bring a derivative action against directors for negligence even if the directors concerned have not benefited from their negligence.

That's what has made the allegations against its director, writer and star even more headline - grabbing.

The consequences followed by such allegations can trigger a civil or criminal action against directors and officers.

A further line of attack on behalf of an employee is to bring a claim against a director personally.

Our legal team has defended litigation brought against directors and officers employed in all types of public and private companies, including banks and financial institutions.

To maintain an action for a monetary order against a director or officer personally, a plaintiff must plead facts which would justify that kind of order.

She has extensive experience of team move litigation and claims of breach of confidence and breach of fiduciary duties against directors and senior executives.

They could then proceed against the directors under a breach of fiduciary duty action.

Acting on behalf of an entrepreneur in unfair prejudice proceedings against the directors of a tech start - up company.

In some provinces vacation pay can even be recovered against the directors and officers of the corporation, giving them more of an incentive to ensure that you get paid what you are owed.

It is not enough to assert liability against a director simply because of the director's position.

Most of the criminal and civil actions are taken simultaneously against directors and officers.

Therefore any private right of action might well be brought against directors and officers, etc., personally.

She frequently advises and acts in disputes in relation to share purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, the construction of partnership agreements and claims of breach of fiduciary duties against directors.

Richard was singled out as the «Litigator of the Week» by The American Lawyer in February 2009 for his «huge victory for corporate directors» in obtaining dismissal by the Delaware Chancery Court of a derivative suit against the directors of Citigroup.

The Critics» Choice Awards, which will be hosted by Olivia Munn (who came out with allegations against director Brett Ratner and has spoken candidly about the #MeToo movement) will be the first to follow the Globes on Jan. 11 on The CW, with the Screen Actors Guild Awards the next major televised ceremony after that, on Jan. 21 on TNT and TBS.

Pursuing claims against directors on behalf of shareholders where there has been questionable conduct by the directors (known as derivative actions)

A charge against director Michael McGowan, under HSWA 1974, which he had denied, was ordered to lie on file following the company's guilty plea.

Over the weekend, The Los Angeles Times published a story on 38 women who came forward with sexual harassment allegations against director James Toback.

The child actor - turned genre star spoke out loudly against director Michael Bay after the release of ht critical flop Transformers: The Dark of the Moon, criticizing the helmer for his style - over-substance and overall take on the franchise.

Trespass Against Us director Adam Smith will direct story of the Bow MC who rose to the top of the charts

Reportedly, he competed against directors Adam Wingard (The Guest) and Louis Leterrier (Now You See Me) for the job, and franchise star Vin Diesel and his producing partner Neal H. Moritz carefully selected him.

, is a revenge thriller against the Director of the Casino Royale.

Once insolvency proceedings have commenced we act in both funded and speculative cases — on a conditional fee agreement basis («no win no fee»)-- for insolvency practitioners in investigating and bringing proceedings under the Insolvency Act against both directors and third parties.

Kotonou v Secretary of State (Norris J.)[2010] EWHC 19 (Ch)- An appeal against a directors disqualification order.

Though it is unclear if the facts in this case justify legal costs being awarded against the directors personally, some of the aggravating factors listed at the bottom of a piece we posted last March about that concept figure prominently in this case.

The Court accepted that the subcontractor would have been legally entitled to judgment against the director personally for $ 102,932.22 plus interest, plus costs.

Their first test case is in support of a small business owner named Melanie Kohler, one of the first #MeToo women to post allegations of assault against director Brett Ratner.

Five sexual misconduct cases against director have been turned down due to statute of limitations

(5) Re RBG Resources plc (CA)[2003] 1 WLR 586 The Court was entitled to direct that directors of a company should be examined under s. 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 by the liquidators of the company, even though the company (acting by its liquidators) had already commenced proceedings for fraud against those directors.

What is the impact of the Economic Court that was established in 2011 on claims against Directors in Israel?

The defendants brought a motion for summary judgement to have the claims dismissed as against the directors and the holding companies on the basis that they were not employers of the plaintiff and therefore have no place in the action for wrongful dismissal.

The annual Haynes and Boone Securities Litigation Year in Review comments on significant securities - related decisions by the Supreme Court, federal appellate courts and district courts, notes key developments in SEC enforcement, and summarizes significant rulings in state law fiduciary litigation against directors and officers of public companies.

In 1988, amid a widespread religious protest against director Martin Scorcese's film rendition of Nikos Kazantzakis's novel The Last Temptation of Christ, Bright offered to raise donations to reimburse Universal Pictures for its monetary investment - reportedly as high as $ 10 million — if the studio would turn over all copies of the film for them to be destroyed.

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has started hearing on the case filed by former Governor, Peter Odili against the Director General of NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside over allegations of slander and defamation.

A common knock against a director like Mr. Scott is that his movies are all style and no content, as if the two were really separable.

Yes, it's true that I don't care for the Fast and Furious franchise, but by comparison, they're a barrel of monkeys when held up against director Scott Waugh «s misfire.

His passion hasn't always translated into quality entertainment but «going through the motions» isn't a complaint you can lodge against the director.

Just today, Olympic wrestler Mark Shultz, one of the three main figures in the docudrama (and played by Channing Tatum), went on a brutal and somewhat disturbing tirade on Twitter against director Bennett Miller, accusing him of falsifying a large amount of the film, twisting timelines and the nature of the relationship between Shultz and John du Pont (played by Steve Carell), the man who murdered his brother.

But its top contender last year, «The Birth of Nation» — which Searchlight bought for a record $ 17.5 million at Sundance — was derailed after a 1999 rape allegation surfaced against director and star Nate Parker.

Though they've set their sights on the occasional indie or low - budget film (2006 saw Jenny McCarthy's virtually unseen passion project Dirty Love win the most awards, and their fatwa against director Uwe Boll is legendary), their main concern is with the wide releases of the year.

The Royal Court pulled a touring production of the play «Rita, Sue and Bob Too» after harassment allegations against director Max Stafford - Clark.

Complaints lobbied in small doses against the director's past works all seem very applicable here.

The second - day story continues the framing presented by Christopher Knight, who broke the news, that pits Molesworth against director Philippe Vergne in an supposed battle for inclusion: