Sentences with phrase «of shareholder derivative suits»

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The Briscoe Law Firm, PLLC is a full service business litigation and shareholder rights advocacy firm with more than 20 years of experience in complex litigation matters, including claims of investor and stockholder fraud, shareholder derivative suits, and securities class actions.

Melvyn I. Weiss, a lawyer repesenting shareholders in one of the derivative suits, told Federal Bankruptcy Judge Howard Schwartzberg that the sole reason Texaco executives had decided to drop the derivative cases was to protect themselves.

In her 30 + years in practice, she has handled just about every kind of lawsuit you can think of — from shareholder derivative suits to medical device litigation, from disputes about insurance (life, title, commercial general liability) to claims based on federal statutes (RICO, TCPA, ERISA).

Legal counsel for the specific needs of corporations, including incorporation, corporate documents, shareholder or derivative suits, securities and dissolution.

At the trial and appellate levels, he has successfully defended clients in shareholder derivative suits, trademark infringement claims, breach of contract and negligence suits.

Lead counsel for a public healthcare company and its CEO in defense of a securities fraud class action and related shareholder derivative suit.

The year 2017 saw two notable decisions in the area of shareholder derivative and class actions, one granting a corporation's motion to dismiss a derivative suit based on the results of a special litigation committee investigation, the other upholding the denial of class certification on the grounds that the proposed class representative could not adequately represent the class.

He also advises his clients on breach of contract, real estate disputes, business torts, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud claims, products liability, ERISA claims, enforcement of non-competes, and shareholder derivative suits.

Where a shareholder, director, or officer of a close corporation has violated duties to the corporation itself, any shareholder or director may bring a derivative suit on behalf the corporation.

Also won dismissal of related shareholder derivative suit.

«With a proven track record in shareholder derivative suits and securities fraud actions and an intimate knowledge of the appellate courts across Texas and the Texas Supreme Court, Andrew will be a strong asset to our firm and clients,» said Michael Forshey, managing partner of the Squire Patton Boggs Dallas office.

He has litigated a variety of cases in the commercial context, including contract disputes, shareholder - derivative suits, and...

The Estée Lauder Companies — Obtained dismissal of securities litigation and related shareholder derivative suits for the Estée Lauder Companies.

Colleen has represented clients in every aspect of financial litigation, including shareholder derivative suits, change in control litigation, corporate internal investigations, Securities & Exchange Commission investigations and securities litigation.

One of the key protections the common law developed to protect minority shareholders is the derivative suit.

At a time when other jurisdictions are looking to replicate the derivative suit as part of their legal protection for minority shareholders, the UK has decided to codify the law in this area and put the suit on a statutory footing.

Filed by San Francisco - based attorney Jeremiah Hallisey, the legal action is reportedly a «shareholder derivative suit» filed on behalf of Facebook's shareholders against the company's leadership team.