One of the options that unhappy shareholders have is to sue an officer or director of the company they blame for the stock price suffering. This type of litigation is called a derivative lawsuit. Unlike most lawsuits, in which the plaintiff sues on their own behalf, in a derivative suit, the shareholder sues on behalf […]
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The attorney-client privilege is one of the foundational bedrocks of the U.S. legal system. As the client, it allows you to be fully honest with your attorney without fear. That candor helps your lawyer give you useful and accurate advice, and prepare a strategy to deal with your legal matter. When revealing privileged information is
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It is very common for business contracts to contain an arbitration clause. Hoping to avoid the potential expense of trial, companies large and small often insert language into their contracts that requires both sides to take any future disputes over the agreement to arbitration instead of filing a lawsuit. If you have never been through
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Artificial intelligence has arrived in our daily lives. The technology seems to have reached the point at which users can get it to draw pictures, compose songs and write documents based on a few short prompts. (A human wrote this blog post, if you were wondering.) The makers of software like ChatGPT say it can
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There is a solution to every conflict, even complex disputes between businesses. Litigation is always an option, but in many cases, it should be used when all other avenues to resolve the problem have failed. That does not mean your company should give up or give in just to avoid a lawsuit. It means negotiating
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