The buyer wanted to acquire the seller’s business. The seller was interested in selling its assets to the buyer but was worried about the buyer’s ability to finance the purchase price; especially since a large portion of the purchase price…
The buyer wanted to acquire the seller’s business. The seller was interested in selling its assets to the buyer but was worried about the buyer’s ability to finance the purchase price; especially since a large portion of the purchase price…
On October 16, 2007, the seller sold his tax preparation, accounting, and financial management practice, including his client list, trade name, and an office lease in Hicksville (Long Island, New York) to the buyer. The purchase agreement provided that the…
In August 2013, the buyer acquired the global internal audit and consulting subsidiary of the seller, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement. The agreement required the buyer to pay seller 50% of certain tax benefits that the buyer will receive…
This case arose from the unsuccessful sale of a Houston-area information-technology company which will be referred to as the target. The target’s seller agreed to sell his target stock to another Houston-area information-technology company, which will be referred to as the…
This is the story of a court ordering the owner of a seller of a business to comply with the noncompetition covenant given by the owner to the buyer. Non-relevant facts have been simplified to illustrate the lesson of this…
This is the story of a buyer of the assets of two restaurants who finds post-closing sales are 60% of the restaurants historic performance as shown on the financial statements provided to the buyer by the seller. Non-relevant facts have…
In 2012, ADT (the largest security company in the United States and Canada) filed a complaint against the seller that alleged violations of the federal trademark laws. ADT claimed that the seller made false statements to customers of ADT to…
This lawsuit stems from a dispute over an April 9, 2012 asset purchase agreement between the buyer and seller. Pursuant to the agreement, the buyer purchased a set of assets from the seller, including the design of the seller’s exercise equipment. The…
The seller produced washer products. A medical device manufacturing company wanted the seller to make it an ultrasonic medical device washer product. The seller did not have the money to produce it. So, the customer, which we will call the…
In this case, the buyer is a security system installation, servicing, and monitoring company with residential and commercial customers. In November of 2016 it purchased the assets of the seller which was in the business of providing central station monitoring…
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