Commercial litigation starts usually starts off as a dispute among shareholders or partners of a small company or partnership. These clients almost always have one thing in common--- that they did not get appropriate legal work done at the inception of a business relationship with friends, family or third parties that they thought they “knew”.
 
The start of a new business venture is exciting and this excitement sometimes spurs people into thinking that they should just get the actual business venture started and the rest will take care of itself. The “rest” that they don’t want to deal with is the hardest, most tedious part.

The fun part is making money and starting the venture when the ideas are flowing and celebration is in the air! However, it is precisely when a venture starts making money that greed, envy, control issues and other nasty problems begin to surface.

So how to deal with a partner who will not account for the money, refuses to give you the books and records, or worse, says that these concern other investors and therefor all is confidential? Well, unless there are real parameters built into the governance documents, signed by all the business venture owners, the answer is expensive litigation.

What should I do now?

Hire The Spencer Law Firm and allow us to protect your business in any disputes you have against your other partners or shareholders.