What to Do When a Shareholder Dies

By Melinda Garcia | Published May 23, 2017 | Posted in Business, Business Partnerships | Tagged Tags: beneficiaries, repurchasing shares, shareholder agreements, shareholder disputes, shareholders | Comments Off on What to Do When a Shareholder Dies

When a shareholder of your corporation dies, it can spark a lot of questions, such as who gets his or her remaining shares? If a relative inherits them, can you control to whom they go and that person’s subsequent role within the corporation? Can existing shareholders buy out the deceased shareholder’s shares? At Garcia & Read More

Can an Employee Take Your Company’s Trade Secrets to a Competing Business?

By Amanda Rydza | Published May 17, 2017 | Posted in Employment Issues, Employment Law, NDA, Risk Management, Trade Secrets | Tagged Tags: Anthony Levandowski, trade secret act, Trade Secrets, Uber, Waymo | Comments Off on Can an Employee Take Your Company’s Trade Secrets to a Competing Business?

On February 23, 2017, Waymo, LLC (owned by Google’s parent company), filed a lawsuit against Uber Technologies, Inc., Ottomotto LLC, and Otto Trucking, LLC. The basis of Waymo’s lawsuit is for violation of the defense of trade secret act. The three main questions raised by this lawsuit are: 1) Can an employee take a company’s Read More

Retail Giant Nike Not Immune to California’s Wage and Hour Laws

By Melinda Garcia | Published May 16, 2017 | Posted in Employee Rights, Employment Issues, Labor Law, Wage & Hour | Tagged Tags: California labor laws, employment law, Nike, wage & hour laws | Comments Off on Retail Giant Nike Not Immune to California’s Wage and Hour Laws

The most recent lawsuit brought against retail giant Nike proves that no company, no matter how big or small, is immune to California’s labor laws. This past week, Nike was handed a wage and hour lawsuit in California. A former employee is responsible for bringing the suit against the athletic-wear powerhouse. According to Omran Hamid, Read More

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