Mass corporation liable for unauthorized guarantee due to shoddy corporate paperwork and inaction after learning. People’s United Bank v B&B Fire Protection Inc. Mass App… Read More »Lack of Respect for Corporate Formalities Puts Company on the Hook for Guarantee
Where arbitration has been agreed to, no claims reach court. Courts are constantly called upon to describe the boundaries of this absolute exclusion. In a… Read More »Arbitration Pulls in Corporation That Didn’t Exist When Principals Agreed to Arbitrate
Corporations and LLC’s are considered to be legal individuals, and while people can go to court without a lawyer and represent themselves (pro se), the… Read More »Does a Corporation or LLC Need a Lawyer in Massachusetts’ Courts?
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court had to decide attorney client privilege in a messy quarrel over a closely held business where corporate counsel refused to participate… Read More »Some Privilege – Corporate Counsel to a Close Corporation Owned By A Bickering Family