Shareholders, Shareholder Rights, Business Litigation

Bermuda Court confirms personal right of action of company directors to end wrongful exclusion

Carey Olsen on 7/24/2025

In two notable recent judgments, the Bermuda Supreme Court ruled that a director of a Bermuda company was entitled to an interim injunction prohibiting the company and its other directors from improperly excluding him from...more

Shareholder Access to Privileged Documents: Views From England and the United States

Goodwin on 7/14/2025

In England and the United States, legal professional privilege or attorney-client privilege is considered fundamental to the administration of justice, allowing clients to make confidential, full, and frank disclosure to...more

BVI Court of Appeal Upholds Directors' Right to Inspect Company Documents, Including Litigation Funding Details

Conyers on 6/25/2025

In a recent decision, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Courts’ Court of Appeal reaffirmed the statutory rights of directors under the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (the “BCA”) to inspect company documents, including...more

Proceed with Caution: Strategy Considerations Before Making a Books and Records Demand

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 11/20/2023

The books and records demand often is the opening act in business divorce litigation. The relatively low burden that an owner must meet in order to obtain access to a company’s books and records, and the availability of an...more

Stay Away Settlement Between Closely-Held Corporation and Dissident Shareholder Goes Away Upon Shareholder’s Death

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 9/27/2021

Business divorce has a way of drawing quick and often lopsided battle lines. Many disputes in closely-held companies feature one outspoken owner feuding with a united group of the remaining owners over management or...more

Litigating Minority Shareholder Rights - Presentation

Winstead PC on 9/8/2021

David F. Johnson presented his paper “Business Divorce: Minority Shareholder Rights In Texas” to the State Bar of Texas’s Business Disputes Course on September 2-3, 2021. This presentation addressed shareholder oppression...more

Another Door Closes to Federal Court in Judicial Dissolution Cases

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 1/13/2020

Not for the first time, I find myself intrigued by the federal courts’ resistance to hearing state law claims for judicial dissolution of business entities where subject matter jurisdiction otherwise exists based on diversity...more

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