"Causation," the connection between an employee's protected activity and an employer's adverse action, is at the center of retaliation claims.
For business partners, seeing the signs of an impending business divorce before conflict reaches critical mass can be the key to protecting their own interests as well as those of the company.
A franchisor and a franchisee's landlord both benefit when the franchisor is given an opportunity to cure a tenant default, but the devil can be in the details.
Franchisors and landlords both benefit when the latter is required to notify the former of a franchisee lease default.
An "adverse action" against an employee that could support a claim of retaliation can include actions far more nuanced and subtle than termination, as well as acts outside of the workplace.
There are steps lenders can take when the enforcement of municipal nuisance ordinances threatens their rights in an abandoned or neglected property.