February 2014

In this week’s New York Business Divorce, the curious case of Lowbet Realty makes its second appearance on the occasion of a new decision this month by Justice Carolyn Demarest addressing the fallout from an unauthorized sale of the corporation’s real property after the commencement of a dissolution proceeding, and the victimized shareholder’s effort to have the sale rescinded under Section 1114 of the Business Corporation Law. Don’t miss it!
Continue Reading The Dissolution Court’s Broad Powers to Void Post-Filing Conveyances

Appraisal experts provide critical testimony in valuation proceedings. Court rules govern pretrial expert disclosure. In this week’s New York Business Divorce, you can bone up on the disclosure requirements and read about cases in which the parties paid a price for failing to comply with disclosure requirements. …
Continue Reading The High Price of Bungled Expert Disclosure in Valuation Cases

In this week’s New York Business Divorce you’ll read about two recent cases in which New York courts decided disputes between members of Delaware LLCs over the interpretation of provisions — one dealing with a distribution waterfall and the other with compulsory buyback of membership interests — found in highly sophisticated operating agreements. …
Continue Reading Waterfalls and Compulsory Buybacks: New York Courts Decide Disputes Involving Sophisticated Delaware LLC Agreements

Unlike many states including Delaware, whose statutes authorize oral LLC agreements, New York’s LLC Law mandates a written operating agreement. A recent decision by the Appellate Division, First Department, permitting a claim based on an alleged oral LLC agreement to go forward, prompts examination of the pros and cons of oral LLC agreements, in this week’s New York Business Divorce. …
Continue Reading The Oral LLC Agreement: Boon or Bane?