{"id":2140,"date":"2026-02-28T06:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2026-02-28T07:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T07:00:40","slug":"case-study-mediation-to-resolve-a-co-founder-deadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/case-study-mediation-to-resolve-a-co-founder-deadlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Case study: Mediation to resolve a co-founder deadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2140\" class=\"elementor elementor-2140\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8f37b0 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8f37b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0363912 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0363912\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-631e875 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"631e875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two co-founders clashed over exit obligations, solicitation, and IP ownership.<br \/><br \/><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Deadlock on IP assignment, exit clarity, and poaching resulting in litigation risk.<\/p><p><strong>Approach:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Neutral framing:<\/strong> Recorded settlement with neutral terms of exit, non-disparagement and transition.<\/li><li><strong>IP Protection:<\/strong> Allocated IP to the continuing member and company.<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Outcome:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Clarity restored:<\/strong> Roles and ownership stabilized; business continuity maintained.<\/li><li><strong>Litigation avoided:<\/strong> A pre-agreed resolution path reduced future conflict costs.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two co-founders clashed over exit obligations, solicitation, and IP ownership. Challenge: Deadlock on IP assignment, exit clarity, and poaching resulting in litigation risk. Approach: Neutral framing: Recorded settlement with neutral terms of exit, non-disparagement and transition. IP Protection: Allocated IP to the continuing member and company. Outcome: Clarity restored: Roles and ownership stabilized; business continuity maintained. Litigation avoided: A pre-agreed resolution path reduced future conflict costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2140"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2151,"href":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions\/2151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shivlawhouse.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}