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You Get What You Get, and You Don’t Get Upset: First Department Boots Limited Partner’s Claims Based on Plain Terms of Limited...

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Posts about limited partnerships on this blog are far eclipsed by discussions on just about any other form of business entity because, as we’ve noted in the past, limited partnerships are generally on the decline....more

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Crossing the Hudson: Recent Business Divorce Decisions from Yonder States

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Folks who’ve been following this blog for years know that periodically I like to venture beyond New York’s borders to find and report on interesting decisions from other states in business divorce cases....more

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Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint Meets Business Divorce

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For most business divorce litigants, a dispositive win on the merits, even in a summary proceeding, can take years. Appraisal proceedings following a cash-out merger, for example, may involve multiple years of difficult...more

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A Fresh Take on Partnership to LLC Conversions

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A rarely litigated provision of the New York Limited Liability Company Law (the “LLC Law”), Section 1006, authorizes the conversion of a general or limited partnership to a New York LLC through a statutorily-prescribed...more

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Portrait of a Mangled Business Divorce

Business divorce can be messy, as reflected by many of the cases covered here at The LLC Jungle. Two issues that frequently arise during the dissolution of an LLC are: 1. the statutory buyout procedure, and 2. claims for...more

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Summer Shorts: Business Divorce Cases From Across the Country

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Welcome to this 11th annual edition of Summer Shorts! This year’s edition features brief commentary on half a dozen business divorce cases of interest from across the country. ...more

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General Partner Breached Implied Covenants in Partnership Agreement, but Plaintiff’s “Apples-to-Oranges” Calculation Dooms Bid for...

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In most of the business valuation cases that I’ve litigated, it’s not long before one side accuses the other’s valuation expert of mixing apples and oranges.  And at the risk of endorsing the overused expression, it’s easy to...more

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Limited Partnerships and the Self-Fulfilling Dissolution Petition

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If a written limited partnership agreement contains detailed provisions governing partner withdrawal and dissolution, can a court nonetheless look to the statutory “default rules” in the Revised Limited Partnership Act (the...more

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Death of Limited Partner Disarms Derivative Action

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I’ve yet to see him make a court appearance, and hope I never do, but the Grim Reaper sure has a knack for disrupting business divorce litigation involving LLCs and limited partnerships....more

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Summer Shorts: LLC Minority Member Oppression and Other Decisions of Interest

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It’s that time of year again, when I offer some lighter fare for poolside consumption consisting of summaries of a few recent decisions of interest involving disputes between business co-owners....more

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How to Initiate a Fair Value Appraisal Proceeding – a Dissenter’s Checklist

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Over the years, we’ve written a lot about limited partnership, corporation, and LLC “fair value” appraisal proceedings....more

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What is Business Divorce?

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Most times, a business divorce is exactly what you think it is: a legal proceeding in which two or more business partners sever their business relationship. While on its face it is “just business,” the business divorce often...more

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