As a litigator, Craig represents businesses and individuals in employment, commercial litigation,
minority shareholder rights, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, unpaid wages and commissions, trade secrets, non-competition, deceptive trade practices, sales representatives, and unfair competition matters.
For overseas stocks, we restrict our investments to companies with English language reporting, from countries which have had a good history of protecting
minority shareholder rights and with global operations.
Not exact matches
The
rights of
minority shareholders are critical to corporate governance.
«There should not be unequal voting
rights as they could allow management or
minority share owners to override the wishes or best interests of majority
shareholders for personal benefit and compromise accountability, leading to potential entrenchment issues,» Mary Leung, head of advocacy for Asia at CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, said in a statement.
We subtract the fair value of the
minority interest liability from
shareholder value in our DCF model as the
minority interest
shareholders have the
rights to that portion of the cash flows.
Those include interlocking directorships, control residing in founding families rather than in the corporate management, cross-ownership and a general legal disregard for the
rights of
minority shareholders.
Under the conditions of high concentration of ownership and weak legal protection for small - and medium - sized
shareholders in China, the distribution of dividends can be used as a way to limit large
shareholders» ability to expropriate
minority shareholders»
rights or improper government intervention in the listed companies.
When investing outside the US and Canada, investment is limited to countries that respect and protect the
rights of outside, passive
minority shareholders.
Our attorneys protect the
rights of majority
shareholders, officers, directors, managers, and partners against claims by
minority shareholders and third parties.
Our Palm Beach
shareholder oppression attorneys also represent
minority owners that have been denied their
right to participate in, or enjoy financial returns from, a company.
One commentator describes the oppression remedy as «the broadest, most comprehensive and most open - ended
shareholder remedy in the common law world»: S. M. Beck, «
Minority Shareholders»
Rights in the 1980s», in Corporate Law in the 80s (1982), 311, at p. 312.
What
Rights do
Minority Shareholders or
Minority Partners Have?
Legal
Rights of
Minority Shareholders:: Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law
Clifford acts in most types of commercial and insolvency litigation including Pre-emptive remedies,
Minority Shareholder Actions, claims against Directors for breach of duty, claims for Unjust Enrichment or for Breach of Fiduciary duties,
Shareholder Disputes, Partnership Disputes, claims under the Commercial Agents Directive, Directors» Disqualifications, actions for Breach of Confidence and Database
Rights and proceedings to enforce Restraint of Trade Covenants.
Minority shareholders can enforce these
rights without restrictions otherwise imposed by the rule in Foss v Harbottle.
She has extensive experience representing clients in both federal and state courts on complex commercial and business - related litigation matters, including oppressed
minority shareholder and intra-company disputes,
shareholders»
rights and derivative litigation, restrictive covenants, construction litigation, contracts, insurance coverage litigation, and products liability cases.
The common law, with its tradition of protecting property
rights, is generally considered to offer strong protection to the
minority shareholder.
Understandably unhappy with the changes, Alharayeri exercised his
rights as a
minority shareholder and launched a court claim for an oppression remedy.