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No fraud in alleged buyer’s financial misrepresentations concerning buyer’s equity received by seller of company

Seller was two related companies, one, a provider of litigation support and e-discovery services and the other, a provider of temporary legal staffing to law firms and corporations. Seller along with Seller Affiliate, a related company providing various litigation support

Posted in due diligence, fraud in business sale, material, receipt of buyer equity or security, receipt of buyer equity or security, reliance

Court said it may be reasonable for business buyer to rely on seller oral representation about competition

Target, based out of the Kansas City area, provides movie theater digital marketing/advertising and movie theater concessions. Sellers were the owners of Target. Buyer is a Texas capital investment limited liability company. In early 2015, Sellers circulated a solicitation seeking

Posted in anti-reliance clause, due diligence, extra-contractual fraud, negligent misrepresentation, reliance

Sellers of company receiving stock of buyer could not sue buyer’s owners for federal securities fraud omissions committed during negotiation

This dispute stems from a written purchase agreement between Sellers and Buyer. Under this agreement, Sellers sold their interest in their technology consulting company, Target, to Buyer. In the summer of 2012, Sellers began marketing their company for sale. Shortly

Posted in anti-reliance clause, fraud in business sale, full disclosure rep, reliance

Buyer of business can’t stop release of escrowed funds to seller, because buyer did not follow the escrow agreement’s notice provision

Seller held a number of consumer debt accounts in Puerto Rico. Seller first approached Buyer about a possible sale of Seller’s debt accounts sometime in 2013 and, later that year, the parties entered into discussions. The accounts consisted of auto loans,

Posted in escrow, fraud in business sale, notice provision, reliance

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