This case involves a man who was injured while painting the walls of a self-described “sustainable urban lifestyle” retail store. He and his company had been hired as a sub-contractor to paint the store, which was undergoing extensive renovations to install solar panels and make the entire retail operation energy independent. While painting the store, several of the steel shelving units collapsed on the man. It is alleged that when these shelves were moved by employees of the retail store or other contractors, they were never inspected to ensure adequate safety and lock-in mechanisms. The shelves were not properly fastened and when they collapsed on the painter they caused significant injury. The plaintiff requires an expert who has formerly served as a manager or safety manager of a large, big box retail store.

Retail Store Shelving Collapses on Sub-Contracted Painter

This case involves a renewable products company that alleged it would be able to provide sustainable alternatives to a broad range of petroleum-sourced products, from new sources of natural energy and solar panel designs to inventive replacements for traditional fuel-cell models. The company in question then had an IPO, resulting in a large rush of investment. However, it was quickly determined that the company was unable to deliver several of its core products in a time frame and scale that the company had promised investors. As a result, the company’s stock rapidly lost value, causing several investors to sue for material misrepresentations allegedly made by the company before its IPO.

Alternative Fuel Expert Witnesses Comment on Misrepresentations by Novel Bio Fuel Producer

This case has to do with the circumstances surrounding the departure of the former general counsel of an energy company and the legal ethics surrounding his departure and his subsequent activity, starting his own solar panel energy company in Louisiana.

After having worked and provided legal advice to a solar panel energy company for three years, this general counsel left to start his own alternative energy company, which was designed to become a direct competitor to his former employer, with a business model that was nearly identical to that employer.

His original employer has claimed that he misused the opportunity and the position of trust they put him in as general counsel for their energy company, by acquiring and using proprietary information from their company to start his own. As general counsel, he had direct contact with company executives and access to a lot of proprietary information, such as business plans, financial records and much more and proceeded to use that to start his new company. His former company asserts that, because a lot of the information he used to build his new company belonged only to their company, his new company is not legitimate. They claim that he had a fiduciary duty not to use that proprietary information for his own benefit, or to their detriment. In essence, by creating his own energy company, he did both, according to the company.

General Counsel Allegedly Violates Professional Ethics Rules and Fiduciary Responsibility

This case involves the unpaid construction of a solar panel facility in Washington state. The facility and its solar panel modules experienced damage due to a snowstorm several months after the construction of the commercial utility project began. After the facility was repaired, the facility elected not to pay the construction company in full due to alleged construction and workmanship issues. The construction company then sued the facility for lack of payment and the owner of the facility countersued regarding alleged workmanship issues. An expert in solar panels installation and tracker systems was sought to comment on the process, including transportation, delivery, handling, and installation.

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