You won’t want to miss this week’s New York Business Divorce featuring a recent decision in which the court found minority shareholder oppression based on “disrespectful and unfairly disproportionate treatment of a female shareholder by the male majority in a closely held corporation.”
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January 2019
A Fresh Take on an Old Doctrine – The “Adequate, Alternative Remedy” to Dissolution
By Franklin C. McRoberts on
When shareholders enter into a written agreement governing the terms for a buyout of their stock, to what extent must courts hold a hearing to determine if the agreement provides an “adequate” alternative to dissolution? In this week’s New York Business Divorce, a Manhattan appeals court considers this important question in the context of an epic, 12-year litigation over the value of shares of stock in a Bronx funeral home.
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Another Reason Not to Use Fixed Price Buy-Sell Agreements
By Peter A. Mahler on
If someone proposes to you a fixed price buy-sell agreement, run the other way, but not without first reading this week’s New York Business Divorce. …
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Business Divorce Epilogues
By Peter A. Mahler on
The New York Business Divorce blog has covered hundreds of cases over the past 11 years. This week’s post revisits three of them, two of which were recently resolved, one of which is still going strong, and all of which made the list of Top Ten business divorce cases in years past. …
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