This week’s New York Business Divorce features Part One of a two-part online interview with law professor Benjamin Means, who has written a number of scholarly articles on shareholder oppression, and whose most recent article, called Non-Market Values in Family Businesses, applies Ben’s critical analysis to the special considerations attendant to oppression actions and conflict resolution within family-owned businesses. You won’t want to miss it!
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January 2013
Is Time on Your Side in Dissolution Case?
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Posted in Dissolution Basics
Time is a factor in every litigation, but especially in dissolution cases where the business dynamic and ongoing management conduct can dramatically affect the course and outcome of the case. This week’s New York Business Divorce offers some thoughts on the issue. …
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Delaware Case Provides Drafting Lesson for “Phantom” Income Provision in Buy-Out Agreement
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A recent Delaware Chancery Court decision teaches an important lesson for drafters of buy-out agreements involving pass-through entities and taxes on “phantom” income allocated to a former owner. Learn more in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Some Winter Case Notes
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This week’s New York Business Divorce features brief summaries of a handful of noteworthy court decisions that escaped my attention last year, including a pair of decisions involving deadlock and oppressed minority shareholder disputes, and another pair of decisions involving receivership applications.
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