This case involves a bank that engaged a law firm to prepare loan documentation for a multi-million dollar loan. Although the law firm claimed to have expertise in providing legal services regarding banking, commercial loan documentation, and bankruptcy, the firm made a basic…
This industrial loan case involves a lawsuit against an attorney who represented a lender. The lender was making a loan to be secured by several properties. After the loan was made, the borrower defaulted and it was learned that the borrower…
This case involves a commercial dispute between two major pharmaceutical companies with regard to a patent license. An expert with career experience in licensing databases and other public resources was sought to comment on licensing practices in the pharmaceutical industry.
This international business case involves a private equity fund that acquired 100% of the shares of a portfolio company that produced copper and brass. The private equity fund had no offices or employees and was managed by its general partners. The…
This web analytics case involves a venture capital company that made investments in a start-up company that provided a cloud-based marketing data analytics service. When considering its decision to invest in the company, the venture capital firm relied on representations that…
This case involves a defending company that had a board who have entrenched themselves in the positions by enacting a “poison pill” agreement that prevents any takeover of the company by shareholders. One of the shareholders attempted to vote out…
This commercial law case takes place in Florida and involves an individual who was hired as a business development manager for a major technology corporation. The new hire generated significant new business for the firm by expanding existing product lines into new…
This case involves a nationwide TV ratings company. A customer of the ratings company had used the company’s ratings in operating a local television station in Ohio. The customer claimed that the ratings company’s method for surveying households had cut…
This international business case involves an inappropriate partnership formed between a senior executive of a large wholesale company and a retailer in Oregon. The Defendant in this case is the former CEO of a large fabric wholesaler who discovered that another senior…
