Directors and officers occupy positions of trust in relation to the corporation and its shareholders, and are presumed to act in good faith and exercise honest judgment in the lawful and legitimate furtherance of corporate purposes.\u00a0 The most common claims we prosecute are claims for (i) breach of fiduciary duty, (ii) usurpation of corporate opportunities and self-dealing, and (iii) waste of corporate assets.\u00a0 In connection with prosecuting these claims, we litigate coverage matters related to directors\u2019 and officers\u2019 liability insurance policies.<\/p>\n
Claims against officers and directors may be direct or derivative.\u00a0 Shareholders may bring direct claims against corporate directors and officers for injury to the shareholders, and under certain circumstances, may petition to dissolve the corporation.\u00a0 Shareholders may also bring a class action for direct claims against the directors and officers, where the directors and officers have taken actions that affect shareholders with common characteristics.\u00a0 Unlike these direct claims, shareholders may also sue derivatively, c'est \u00e0 dire<\/em>, au nom de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 pour pr\u00e9judice subi par la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Ici, les cr\u00e9ances appartiennent \u00e0 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 \u2013 et non aux actionnaires. Les litiges d\u00e9riv\u00e9s sont une esp\u00e8ce unique de litiges d'entreprise et sont soumis \u00e0 des r\u00e8gles sp\u00e9ciales de proc\u00e9dure et de statut.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Les administrateurs et les dirigeants occupent des postes de confiance vis-\u00e0-vis de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et de ses actionnaires et sont pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s agir de bonne foi et exercer un jugement honn\u00eate dans les conditions l\u00e9gales\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":142,"template":"","practiceareas_category":[747],"class_list":["post-5604","practiceareas","type-practiceareas","status-publish","hentry","practiceareas_category-business-litigation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practiceareas"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"practiceareas_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas_category?post=5604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}