Sale of Business - Canadian Company - Breach of Contract - Unfair Business Practices
Owner of business which manufactured batteries sold company to Canadian Citizens. Terms of sale required ongoing payments by buyers to client for a number of years. Buyers stopped making payments contending they overpaid for the business. Sued buyers for breach of contract and fraudulent inducement. Case settled for monies owed client, nearly $100,000.00.
Limited Liability Company Ownership - Non-Competition Agreement - Property Management Company
Owner of a limited liability company ("LLC") property management business who had signed a non-compete left the company and established a competing property management business seeking to do business with customers of the company they left. Departed owner brought suit against the company they left claiming they had interfered with an advantageous business relationship of their new company. Defended case for property management business client and brought counterclaim against departed and competing owner for breach of contract, interference with an advantageous business relationship, specific performance, temporary and permanent injunction and an accounting. Obtained settlement for business client which required departed owner to tender their ownership interest without any compensation, no payment of any kind for any reason to be made by client, and a non-solicitation agreement to be signed by departed owner and two other employees who they had taken with them from business client.
Will Contest - Family Owned Business
Patriarch of family owned business, doing business internationally, died leaving equal shares of ownership in the business to his children, some of whom worked in the business and some of whom did not. Brought suit on behalf of child who was not involved in the business challenging the administration of the will, as well other documents related to the board of directors, management of the business and the employment of the child who was the CEO. Obtained confidential settlement satisfactory to client.
Employee - Sale of Business - Non-Compete - Competitor
Animal hospital business client purchased dog grooming business of another party and employed them as part of the agreement for purchase. The employee, former business owner, signed a non-compete but left employment, went to work for a company which owned a chain of veterinary clinics, and solicited former customer of grooming business which has been purchased by business client. Brought suit for business client against former employee and business that she went to work for seeking an injunction, damages for breach of contract and other relief. The matter was settled on confidential terms.
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