This week’s New York Business Divorce examines an interesting appellate ruling from Colorado denying enforcement of a non-compete against a shareholder-employee of a medical practice who dissented from a merger and demanded payment for the fair value of his shares.
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March 2018
The Cash-Out Merger Solution to the Problem Minority Owner
By Franklin C. McRoberts on
Posted in Expulsion and Removal, Freeze-Out Merger
Are you in business with, or advising a business with, a disruptive minority partner, shareholder, or member? What can you do about it? In this week’s New York Business Divorce we consider one option – the “cash-out” or “freeze-out” merger.
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Appeals Court Reinstates Derivative Claims Dismissed for Conflict of Interest Where Parties’ Relationship Not “Especially Acrimonious”
By Peter A. Mahler on
Last year, in Pokoik v Norsel Realties, the trial court cited the plaintiff’s “litigious nature” and personal animus in dismissing his derivative claims based on conflict of interest. You’ll be interested to learn in this week’s New York Business Divorce that an appellate panel last week reversed the decision and reinstated the claims based on its finding that the parties’ relationship was not “especially acrimonious.”…
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One 50% Shareholder Wants to Sell or Liquidate the Business. The Other Wants to Keep It Going. Is That Deadlock?
By Peter A. Mahler on
50/50 shareholders disagree whether to liquidate the business or continue it. Is that enough for a deadlock dissolution petition? Find out in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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