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New York LLC Caselaw’s Greatest Hits

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I recently had the privilege of speaking to an audience of judges of the New York Supreme Court Commercial Division at Fordham Law School’s Eileen Bransten Institute on Complex Commercial Litigation. Naturally, the topic was...more

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Legal Déjà Vu: The Law of Preclusion and Re-Litigation of Standing-Based Dismissals

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Dismissals for lack of standing are routine in business divorce cases. Examples abound on this blog. Litigation over standing to sue takes an outsized role in business divorce cases for many reasons....more

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This Is Not Your Father’s Brady Bunch

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If ever there was a ticking time bomb of a family-owned, closely held business more likely to result in business divorce litigation than the one in Matter of Brady v Brady, 2021 NY Slip Op 02705 [4th Dept Apr. 30, 2021], I...more

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Civil RICO: A Blunt But Elusive Tool in Business Divorce Cases

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What do business divorce litigants have in common with the frill-necked lizard? At the outset of confrontation, they both use in terrorem tactics in an attempt to force their adversary into rapid submission....more

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A Trio of Recent Business Divorce Decisions by Manhattan Commercial Division Judges

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The COVID-19 pandemic kept New York’s courthouses dark the last few months, but it didn’t slow down the output of decisions by Commercial Division judges. If anything, the pause of new case filings and non-emergency motions...more

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Another Door Closes to Federal Court in Judicial Dissolution Cases

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Not for the first time, I find myself intrigued by the federal courts’ resistance to hearing state law claims for judicial dissolution of business entities where subject matter jurisdiction otherwise exists based on diversity...more

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“Food Fight” Sequel Ends Badly for Ousted Sibling

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A little over three years ago I reported on the first round of a fascinating “food fight” among four siblings, each of whom is a 25% shareholder of a Brooklyn-based, second-generation food distributor known as Jersey Lynne...more

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