Practice areas
Corporate directors and officers of corporations owe fiduciary duties of care, good faith, and loyalty to corporations and their shareholders. When directors and officers breach their duties, shareholders have the right to be made whole. We work closely with our clients to help them recover from breaches of fiduciary duty.
Unless they follow strict guidelines, directors, officers, and controlling shareholders are prohibited from engaging in self-dealing transactions with the companies they manage or control. Where directors, officers, and controller ignore these restrictions, we work hard to ensure that the interests of our clients and other minority shareholders are protected.
Company insiders are prohibited from using material, nonpublic information for their personal benefit. We use our legal training and investigative experience to uncover insider trading and litigate to not just recoup illicit profits, but also push for governance reforms to prevent insider trading in the future.
Sometimes investors are victimized by pure and simple fraud. Fraud can result in substantial monetary losses to shareholders and other investors. When shareholders have been harmed by fraud, we work hard on their behalf to recover their lost money and hold those responsible accountable.
Directors and executives may attempt to take advantage of their positions to pay themselves excessive compensation. When this occurs the company and its shareholders are harmed in the amount of the excess payment. We have the skills and experience to recognize when corporate insiders have over-compensated themselves and take action to recover the excessive compensation.
Companies are required to make public disclosures to keep their shareholders fully informed. When making these disclosures, companies must meet specific legal and regulatory requirements that they disclose all important information. When companies fail to do this, they violate the law by denying shareholders an informed vote. We routinely counsel shareholders on the appropriate steps to take when a company fails to disclose required information.