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At Jones
Hawkins & Farmer, our Nashville, Tennessee business and commercial dispute
practice has included, cases such as the following:
Noncompetition Agreement Cases
Representation
of individuals in the following businesses who challenged the enforceability
of noncompetition agreements:
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Physicians
● Stock
Brokers
● Sales
Representatives (medical supplies, insurance, financial services networks,
and others)
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Environmental Clean-Up Contractors
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Property Managers
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Sellers of Businesses
“Business Divorces” (Disputes Between Separating Business Owners)
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“Squeeze-out Merger” Litigation
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Disputes under Partnership Agreements, Shareholders’ Agreements, and
Operating Agreements
● Claims
of fraud, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of
contract by shareholders,
partners, or members of businesses
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Terminations or expulsions of partners, shareholders, members, and officers
by controlling owners
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Business owner break-ups
Business Valuation Cases
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Appraisal actions by dissenting shareholders in squeeze-out merger and asset
sale transactions
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Divorces (assisting domestic relations counsel with business valuation
issues)
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Break-ups under partnership agreements, shareholders’ agreements, and
operating agreements
Sale
of Business Disputes
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Claims based on warranties in asset purchase agreements and stock purchase
agreements
● Claims
of fraud, misrepresentation, and failure to disclose material facts
Corporate Governance
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Shareholder derivative actions
● Breach
of fiduciary duty actions against directors, officers, controlling
shareholders, and other
controlling persons
Investor Actions
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Securities fraud litigation under federal and state statutes
● NASD
and AAA arbitration cases with claims of fraud, misrepresentation, and
failure to disclose
material facts in connection with sales of securities and
other investment products
● NASD
and AAA arbitration cases involving unsuitable investments, churning,
unauthorized trading
by stock brokers
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Viatical settlement contract fraud claims
● Fraud,
misrepresentation, and failure to disclose material facts by insurance
agents in the sale of
investment products
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Actions to collect margin account debts
Entertainment Industry Cases
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Dispute over rights to historic recordings by major country artist
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Dispute over rights to singer’s album cover artwork
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Copyright infringement cases
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Recording contract disputes
Hospitality Industry Cases
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Collection of unpaid charges owed to convention hotel by convention groups
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Actions for breaches of contracts to hold group meetings at convention hotel
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“Attrition” damages action for group’s failure to utilize all rooms reserved
at convention hotel
Unfair
Competition
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Claims against competing former employees,
officers, or agents who had not signed noncompetition
agreements
● Misuse
of confidential information and trade secrets
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Commercial use of recorded musical performances not subject to copyright
protection
For more
information about our Davidson County business and commercial dispute
practice, or to schedule an appointment to speak with a
lawyer about your
case, contact Jones Hawkins & Farmer, PLC today.
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