Tortious Interference With Contracts, Business Relations, and Economic Advantage: Proving and Defending Claims
Navigating the Complexities of Claims Alleging Intentional and Improper Business Disruption
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE course will examine proving and defending tortious interference with contract, tortious interference with business relations, and tortious interference with economic advantage. These claims arise when a person intentionally disrupts a formal agreement between two parties or when a third party takes unlawful action against the plaintiff's business to deliberately drive business away or cause another party to not enter into a business relationship with the plaintiff.
Outline
- Establishing the various tortious interference claims
- Affirmative defenses to tortious interference claims
- Damages and other remedies, including preliminary injunctive relief
- Factors courts consider in deciding cases
- Interplay with the competition, employment, and defamation claims
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What must plaintiffs prove to establish a tortious interference claim?
- What are the potential defenses to defeat tortious interference claims?
- Can preliminary injunctive relief be obtained for tortious interference?
- What economic damages are available to prevailing plaintiffs in tortious interference cases?
- How do tortious interference claims overlap with related employment, unfair competition, and defamation claims?
Faculty
Stephen D. Riden
Partner
Beck Reed Riden
Mr. Riden is a commercial litigator who represents corporate and individual clients in a wide array of disputes across... | Read More
Mr. Riden is a commercial litigator who represents corporate and individual clients in a wide array of disputes across the country. He has extensive experience litigating business disputes involving breach of contract, fraud, unfair competition, trade secrets, and noncompete agreements. Mr. Riden also has substantial experience representing owners involved in intra-corporate disputes.
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Sarah Tishler
Senior Counsel
Beck Reed Riden
Ms. Tishler is a commercial litigator whose practice focuses on complex business disputes in state and federal courts,... | Read More
Ms. Tishler is a commercial litigator whose practice focuses on complex business disputes in state and federal courts, including intellectual property, breach of contract, and fraud claims. Her experience also includes regulatory investigations, international arbitration, securities litigation, shareholder litigation, class-action litigation, and pre-transactional advising. Ms. Tishler has obtained favorable results for clients at trial, through motion practice, and in out-of-court settlements. She has appeared before state and federal courts, the United States Supreme Court, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Ms. Tishler's pro bono practice focuses on immigration and civil rights matters.
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