The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
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Chapter 18, Problem 4BCP
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Case summary: Person G, director of company K, opened her own company SA and used the employees, premises, customer relationships, credits of K to the advantage of S. In return K paid merely 1 percent of SA’ total sales to K.
To find: Breach of fiduciary duties by G in the given case.
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