"Holding All The Cards" And Fiduciary Duty Claims

It is hard to base your case on a breach of fiduciary duty when there is a contract in place between the parties.  Contracting parties owe no special duties to each other beyond the terms of the contract.  Branch Banking & Tr. Co. v. Thompson, 107 N.C. App. 53, 61, 418 S.E.2d 694, 699 (1992). But the NC Business Court twice in January allowed fiduciary duty claims to survive when the relationship between the parties was based on a contract.  The cases are Austin v. Regal Investment Advisors, 2018 NCBC 3 and Can-Dev, ULC v. SSTI Centennial, LLC, 2018 NCBC 9. Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claim Against Investment Advisor Gets Past Motion To Dismiss The Plaintiffs in the Austin case, who had invested funds with the Defendants acting as their investment advisors, sued when the individual Defendant (Barnes) persuaded them to invest in a sketchy venture.  A key claim against the investment advisors was for breach of fiduciary duty. You probably think…

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