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What's the Scope of the Fiduciary's Duty?
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What's the Scope of the Fiduciary's Duty?

Discussions of the scope of a fiduciary duty often consist of vague generalities -- duty of loyalty, duty of care ... So what do they mean exactly? That's a hard question to answer, hence the generalities.

You can drill down into examples, which are highly context dependent. If you are the president of an online gaming company, the specifics of your duties are different than if you are a partner in a real estate venture. The president owes duties to the Company -- but what are his duties to an individual shareholder? The answer is much different if the Company is publicly traded and there are tens of thousands of shareholders than if it is closely held and there are four.

Because the president of the gaming company is in the online gaming business, his duties will include a duty not to take advantage of opportunities to compete with his Company. The real estate partner could start up a gaming company without violating his duties to his real estate partners. T he Company president could invest in real estate without violating any duties. Reverse those situations, however, and both might be in hot water.

To whom the fiduciary owes the duty will affect the scope of the duty. I actually deposed a trustee the other day who asserted under oath that he owed no duty to his trust beneficiary, but instead owed it to himself and his closely held company. I guess he feels he owes himself a duty of the highest loyalty and care, and so when there's a conflict between his interests and the trust beneficiary's, his duty to himself is the trump card. No, wait, that is 100% backwards and contrary to every decision on point ever that I'm aware of. Guess I'm in pretty good shape on that case.

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Corrobullae diem em definitas est no lostra kemo?

Ipso facto nasi gorum spiritus gh. Dominum farse no lostrum veni vedi lo dentim est te veritae. Wen utoribus non est disputandum de marinae et lorum do finitas endam findum requiem. Wen utoribus non est disputandum de marinae et lorum do finitas endam findum requiem. Ipso facto nasi gorum spiritus gh. Dominum est te veritae.