Business Litigation Law Blog

An "at-will" employment relationship generally means that an employee can be fired at any time for almost any reason or no reason at all. An employee can be fired because their boss simply doesn’t like them, mistakenly thinks they did something improper, etc. However, there are certain exceptions to this rule. "While an at-will employee may be terminated for no reason, or for an arbitrary or irrational reason, there can be no right to terminate for an unlawful reason... Read More

Where a disgruntled shareholder finds a willing attorney (or vice versa in some cases), the result is often a demand upon the company to file a lawsuit against certain officers and directors. Many times this demand is made only to satisfy a legal requirement before filing a Shareholder Derivative Lawsuit. A Company need not cede to the shareholder’s demand, but such a demand should not be ignored.

The company and the directors and officers targeted by the demand have several... Read More