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Battle for Company Control Turns on Conflicting Copies of Operating Agreement Amid Accusations of “Old-Fashioned Forgery”

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“This case (and its many state-court siblings) has a tortured history,” is the opening line in Judge Subramanian’s decision. The “siblings” are five or so related lawsuits filed in New York State Supreme Court beginning in...more

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Ambiguous Agreement, Clear Consequences

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This first post of 2024 brings the New York Business Divorce Blog into its eighteenth calendar year of weekly commentary on disputes among co-owners of closely held businesses. This year, let business owners and their...more

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Proceed with Caution: Strategy Considerations Before Making a Books and Records Demand

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The books and records demand often is the opening act in business divorce litigation. The relatively low burden that an owner must meet in order to obtain access to a company’s books and records, and the availability of an...more

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Bad Things Can Happen When You Steal a Business from a Minority Co-Owner

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Occasionally, we come across court cases in which the majority owners so egregiously mistreated their minority co-owners that it’s difficult not to write about it — if only as a lesson in what not to do to separate oneself as...more

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Clash of Valuation Visions: Appraisal Proceeding Over Manhattan Eyeglass Shop Goes the Distance

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The authors of this blog have a special affinity for fair value appraisal proceedings.  The narrow hearings—where the sole issue before the court is the fair value of an owner’s interest in a business—require attorneys and...more

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Business Divorce, Brooklyn Style

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The pictured architectural rendering of the sunlit Kings County Supreme Courthouse at 360 Adams Street, completed in 1957, doesn’t quite capture the reality of its dour, hulking presence in downtown Brooklyn. Its design...more

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Three Strikes You’re Out: Sebrow Revisited

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A year and a half ago, we blogged about a decision in which Bronx County Supreme Court Justice Llinet M. Rosado ruled that a shareholder’s alleged stock transfer through a bequest in his last will and testament was...more

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When It Comes to Transfers of Ownership Interests, Where There’s a Will There’s Not Always a Way

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My partner Frank McRoberts recently posted about two New York cases, one involving an LLC and the other a close corporation, in which the courts resolved conflicts between, on the one hand, provision in the...more

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How to Resolve Competing Estate Plans of an LLC Owner with a Double Life

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Corporate shareholder and LLC operating agreements routinely contain provisions addressing the transfer of equity interests upon the death of an owner of a closely-held business. Such provisions are vital for succession...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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