Does a director's unfettered access to corporate books and records leave the corporation unprotected?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Chantiles v. Lake Forest II Master Homeowners Assn., 37 Cal.App.4th 914, 45 Cal.Rptr.2d 1 (Cal. App. 1995):
Nor does a director's unfettered access to corporate books and records leave the corporation unprotected. Any number of tort theories may be used to redress a misuse of information gleaned via an improperly motivated inspection. (Hoiles v. Superior Court,
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