Social Media Ideas for Breach Of Fiduciary Duty

Developer wins fiduciary duty fight, loses on proximate cause in development collapse

The breach was real. The payment was zero. One missing link decided it

When a Competitor Steals Your Client: Tortious Interference Explained

You lose a long-time client to a competitor. A key customer suddenly stops returning calls, then signs with the rival across town. A former salesperson lands at a competitor and wa...

BC advisor pays $25,000 after leaving widow's home-buying plans out of her file

WFG Securities advisor filled in DSC fee disclosures only after his client had already signed

What Your Business Partner Owes You Under Illinois Law, and What Happens When He Breaks That Duty

Your partner started a second company. You learned about it from a customer, not from him, and now you notice that the easy jobs still come to your shared business while the lucrat...

Mercer Claims Ex-Employee Took Client Info To New Role

The RIA alleged that the former advisor emailed confidential client lists to a personal account before joining a competitor, resulting in $23 million in lost assets.

Corporate – LLC member prevails on breach of fiduciary claim

Where the jury found an LLC member did not breach his fiduciary duties, but the trial court set that verdict aside, it erred. The member’s conduct was supported by the […] The post...

When the Wrong Done to Your Company Is Yours to Fix: Illinois Derivative Lawsuits Explained

You find it by accident. A vendor mentions a company you have never heard of, and a week of digging shows that your co-owner has been routing the business’s best work through a sec...

Fiduciary-related court case summaries by FISA

The Fiduciary Institute of Southern Africa (FISA) has developed an extensive archive of court case summaries relating to fiduciary matters. The summaries are written by FISA CEO, J...

Patriot Growth sues former producer and rival broker over client defections

The firm alleges ex-producer used confidential client data to move dozens of accounts

Did Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Insiders Breach their Fiduciary Duties to Shareholders?

Shareholders are encouraged to contact the firm to discuss their rights and options at no cost or obligation. We would handle any matter on a contingent fee basis, whereby you woul...

Ohio Advisor Sues Mariner, Claiming Fraud Over Missing $13M Payment

Ohio-based advisor James Hyre claims the firm misled him to obtain his “assets under management at a steep discount through fraud, weaponized termination, restrictive covenants and...

Did Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. Insiders Breach their Fiduciary Duties to Shareholders?

Shareholders are encouraged to contact the firm to discuss their rights and options at no cost or obligation. We would handle any matter on a contingent fee basis, whereby you woul...

Court orders investors to hand over records in $250,000 trust dispute

The compensation deals they cut with the companies are now fair game in court

MJ Companies adds benefits compliance director amid ERISA liability surge

Fiduciary breach lawsuits against employer plan sponsors are rising, and law firm talent is moving to meet the demand

Tortious Interference With a Contract: What You Must Prove in Florida

You had a signed deal in hand. Then a competitor, a former partner, or an outside player got involved, and suddenly your customer or supplier walked away from the contract. When so...

Delaware Court of Chancery Examines Duties of Blockholder Directors

A recent decision from the Delaware Court of Chancery should be in the toolbox of all corporate and commercial litigators. In Guilbeau v. Footprint International Holdco, Inc., C.A....

How to Protect Your Tampa Company from Partnership and Shareholder Disputes

Most successful Tampa companies are built by two or more people who trust each other. That trust is also the single biggest legal risk the business will ever carry. When co-owners...

KeyBank, Investment Advisers Settle Suit Alleging Client Theft

KeyBank affiliate Key Investment Services LLC has agreed to settle its suit accusing two former investment advisers of stealing trade secrets and violating their employment agreeme...

What It Means When Executives or Managers Are Named in a Lawsuit

You always knew the company might face a legal challenge eventually, but you never expected to be named personally, right next to the business you built. For most owners, partners,...

Trusts in Divorce: When Asset Protection Strategies Collide with Equitable Distribution

Court upholds personal costs order against director who swore faulty affidavit

He joined the board after the lawsuit started. The bill still landed on him

Broker Says Ex-Employee Moved 800 Clients To Rival

An insurance brokerage urged a Colorado federal judge Wednesday to block three former employees and a rival from using allegedly stolen trade secrets, saying a senior broker took c...

Law Firm Should Have Been Disqualified From Case After Reviewing Privileged Emails

Guardian Storage Centers, LLC v. Simpson, 119 Cal. App. 5th 509 (2026) After terminating the employment of Julie Simpson (Guardian’s COO), Guardian’s CEO/owner sued Simpson for a v...

Rail Co. Says Seller Broke Deal By Launching Rival Biz

A railroad track design and manufacturing firm told a Florida federal court that the owners of a railroad construction company it acquired set up a competing railroad track company...