On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Unfair competition can occur in many different scenarios. Since the term unfair competition is so wide ranging, almost any action a business takes to prevent competition with anther business may be considered unfair competition. Generally, prohibited actions that allow a company to prevent fair […]
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Monday, June 4, 2012. His career started when he was only 19 years old. He left his parents’ house in Chicago and struck out on his own, landing in Palo Alto, California as a participant of AOL’s Imagine K12 — an initiative organized to encourage entrepreneurs […]
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Sunday, May 13, 2012. California-based Wells Fargo & Co. continues its fight to reclaim legitimacy in the wake of another new federal investigation. In announcing earlier this week that federal prosecutors had brought new claims, a spokesperson emphasized that Wells Fargo would “continue seeking to demonstrate […]
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, May 11, 2012. The housing crisis continues to be an area of controversy for California’s corporations. Earlier this week, San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. announced that federal prosecutors from the Department of Justice may seek penalties against it based on alleged violations of fair-lending […]
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. In corporate America, it’s easy to forget the little guy, but this story illustrates that even a single shareholder can assert his rights. A single Yahoo shareholder discovered that Yahoo’s Chief Executive, Scott Thompson, had misrepresented certain details of his academic credentials on his […]
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, May 4, 2012. Business mergers and acquisitions happen all of the time. Depending on the size of the business and other business specific details, the planning that goes into mergers and acquisitions requires a lot of attention to detail and careful thought. Even though a lot of […]