Shareholder Rights
Bob McGaughey is the author of the Oregon Corporate Law Handbook and the
Washington Corporate Law Handbook. He has served on OSB committees drafting
part of the Oregon Business Corporation Act, including the statute dealing with
shareholder oppression actions.
We handle cases involving:
- Stockholder oppression
- Breach of fiduciary duty claims
- Derivative claims
- Business appraisals
- Piercing corporate veil
- Inspection of corporate records
- Stock option disputes
- Investment fraud
LLC Member Disputes
We handle disputes between members of limited liability companies involving:
- Breach of fiduciary duty
- Expelling members
- Accounting
- Dissolution
- Investment fraud
Partnership Claims
We handle disputes among partners involving:
- Breach of fiduciary duty
- Accounting
- Fraud
- Dissolution
Closely Held Family Business Claims
We represent owners of family business:
- Family business disputes
- Stockholder, partner & LLC member disputes
Shareholder Oppression
We handle claims between the owners of closely held corporations involving:
- Oppressive and illegal conduct claims
- Breach of fiduciary duty claims
- Stockholder derivative claims
- Claims following mergers, squeeze-outs & freeze-outs
- Appraisal proceedings
Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits
- We litigate stockholder derivative claims
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Represent business owners in lawsuits and arbitrations arising out of the
breach of duty owed by one business owner to the other
- Represent stockholders in family corporations, LLC members, limited
partners and general partners in breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits
- Tried a 2-week trial in Clark County arising out of partnership break-up,
breach of fiduciary duty and valuation of business assets
- Tried a 2-week jury trial in Multnomah County over the breach of fiduciary
duty among members of a limited liability company
- Arbitrated a 5-day dispute involving claims for breach of fiduciary duty in a
limited liability company
