In this lawsuit a company, which had been our clients’ customer and its owner accused our clients of conspiring to defraud them, embezzling bank funds, stealing equipment, and interfering with the customer’s business for the purpose of taking over its customers and sales. The former customer and its owner claimed damages exceeding $1,000,000. In reality,
Our client developed and very successfully marketed a downhole tool used in completion of oil and gas wells. A competitor, which is a much larger company, sued our client claiming that the design and specifications for the tool were in fact the competitor’s design and specifications. The competitor sued our client for misappropriation of trade
Our client paid a fee to a company that was to provide certain services. The contract stated that the fee would be refunded if certain specified goals were not met by certain dates. When those performance goals were not met, our client gave notice as required by the contract and requested the promised refund several
