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Portland Business Lawyers and Clients Watch the Opening of the 2010 Oregon Business Plan Leadership Summit
Posted by: Ben Stoller
December 13, 2010

The 2010 Oregon Business Plan Leadership Summit kicks off today at the Oregon Convention Center.  We will be watching the reports out of the conference and keeping our Portland business law clients up to speed on the developments.

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The Duty of Loyalty and the Law of Corporate Opportunities
Posted by: Phil Nelson
December 08, 2010

It sometimes comes as a surprise to my business clients that a number of legal duties and obligations among business partners and owners aren't found in any contract or written document. I previously blogged about one such duty: the duty of good faith and fair dealing and the law of shareholder oppression. Another major source of law governing the conduct of partners and owners of businesses - and consequently a major source of business litigation - is found in the duty of loyalty and the law of corporate opportunities.

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