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Business Litigation Articles
What is a Fiduciary?
What is a Fiduciary? The majority or controlling shareholder in a close corporation owes his or her other co-shareholders fiduciary duties. A fiduciary is defined at common law as a person having a duty, created by his undertaking, to act primarily for th...
Minority Business Ownership in a Small Business: A Dream Fulfilled or a Nightmare Created?
SEQ CHAPTER h 1 Minority Business Ownership in a Small Business: A Dream Fulfilled or a Nightmare Created? A big part of the American Dream is to own a business. To achieve this dream, many owners start a business with one or more “partners” who ar...
Piercing the Corporate Veil
Piercing the Corporate Veil The principle that shareholders, officers, and directors of a corporation are generally not liable for the debts of the corporation is ingrained in Ohio law. Dombroski v. Wellpoint, Inc. The corporate form is useful primarily b...
