by Staff of the Firm | May 3, 2016 | Business Management, New York Law Update, Personal Liability, Uncategorized
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (“PSP”) was a Canadian corporation that invested the pension assets of various Canadian public employees.[1] Between 2012 and 2013, PSP invested with investment advisor Saba Capital Management, L.P. (“Saba”). At some point, PSP...
by Staff of the Firm | Apr 26, 2016 | Business Management, New York Law Update, Personal Liability, Uncategorized
As you know, we often focus on issues related to personal liability on this blog. In our multi-post blog series on personal liability of business owners, for example, we discussed types of business entities designed to protect business owners from business debts and...
by Staff of the Firm | Apr 7, 2016 | Business Management, Uncategorized
On appeal, the court explained what constitutes “minimum contacts” so as to justify a court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction.[1] Because BRF did not have continuous and systemic contacts with Maryland, Perdue had to show that BRF “purposefully...
by Staff of the Firm | Mar 31, 2016 | Business Management, Uncategorized
A recent federal circuit case, Perdue Foods LLC v. BRF S.A., deals with the issue of personal jurisdiction– the power of a court over the parties in the case.[1] The case involved Perdue Holdings, Inc. (“Perdue”), an international food company based in...
by Staff of the Firm | Jan 28, 2016 | Business Management, New York Law Update, Uncategorized
Acquiring another company is a common way to expand a business. The potential advantages of a strategic acquisition are numerous—it can add value to the combined entity by eliminating redundancies in operational costs, diversifying (if adding a new line of business),...
