It’s the second anniversary of New York Business Divorce, and what better way to celebrate the occasion, and the New Year, than a look back at 2009’s top-10 business divorce cases.
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NY Business Divorce Adds Case Alerts via Twitter
There’s a new twitter module in the sidebar of this blog. The module displays my most recent tweets and provides a link for anyone who’d like to follow me. My tweets will be devoted primarily to short descriptions of, and links to, newly released court decisions of interest to business lawyers and other professionals.
For some time I’ve been following the twitter phenomenon from afar, with a special
Two-Member LLC Operating Agreement Contains Recipe for Dissension and Litigation
Case law involving judicial dissolution of LLCs is still in its infancy. A recent Delaware Chancery Court decision takes another small developmental step, while also highlighting the need for operating agreement buy-sell provisions that stand a reasonable chance of avoiding business divorce litigation. It’s in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Application of Statute of Frauds to Oral LLC Operating Agreements
In an important ruling yesterday, the Delaware Supreme Court upheld application of the statute of frauds to oral LLC operating agreements. Today’s posting links to Professor Larry Ribstein’s analysis.
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Bankruptcy Court’s Ruling Does Not Establish “Floor” Value in Subsequent Stock Appraisal Proceeding
An interesting new decision by Queens County Justice Peter Kelly in a stock valuation proceeding wrestles with issue preclusion stemming from a bankruptcy court’s rejection of a proposed settlement involving the petitioner’s shares. This week’s New York Business Divorce explains.
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Interview with Law Professor Larry Ribstein on his New Book, “The Rise of the Uncorporation”
Law Professor, prolific author and ABA Top-100 blogger Larry Ribstein is a superstar in the world of LLCs and other unincorporated business entities. This week’s New York Business Divorce presents an interview with Professor Ribstein on the subject of his new book, The Rise of the Uncorporation, which is must reading for anyone interested in this area of the law.
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