Dweck V. Nasser Case Study

On June 13, 2008, Gila Dweck filed a motion to enforce against Albert Nasser, stating that Nasser refused to bind by an agreement to settle the dispute in Kids International Corporation. The plaintiff Gila Dweck owned 30% of Kids International Co., and was acted as the president and chief executive officer for Kids. The defendant Alberto Nasser, on the other hands, “controls 52.5% of Kids’ equity” (Dweck v. Nasser 2008). The dispute between the two parties started in 2005 when the defendant found that “the plaintiff was allegedly operating competing businesses out of Kids’ offices in New York” ( Dweck v. Nasser 2008). Later in March, the plaintiff was fired from her position as president of the Kids by Nasser. As a result, the plaintiff filed …show more content…
Nasser 2008). The case went on until both parties began to negotiate a settlement in 2007. In this settlement discussions, the plaintiff retained William B. Wachtel as her lawyer, and the defendant hired Kurt Heyman as attorney of record. However, instead of facilitating with Heyman, Wachtel got in touch with Amnon Shiboleth, a “close friend, business associate, and primary attorney for over 20 years”( Dweck v. Nasser 2008) of the defendant, because Shiboleth was more familiar with the dispute. The settlement negotiation went on without any progress because of defendant’s objections. However, in August 2007, the defendant decided he wanted to settle the case, and told Heyman that he had asked Shiboleth to “get it done,” and Shiboleth confirmed this request to Heyman. On November 19, a settlement document that met the defendant’s demands was sent to Nasser and Shiboleth, after various drafts were distributed. Same day afternoon, after “secured Nasser’s final consent to the agreement” (Dweck v. Nasser 2008), Shiboleth informed Wachtel that the case was settled and that the defendant will sign the