Read about the accounting principles, methodologies, and standards that apply in business valuation proceedings in this week’s New York Business Divorce – the final installment of a three-part series.
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Basics of Valuation Proceedings – Litigating an Appraisal from Start to Finish – Part 2
In this week’s New York Business Divorce – the second in a three-part series – learn about the legal rules and principles governing partnership, corporation, and limited liability company appraisal proceedings.
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Basics of Valuation Proceedings – Litigating an Appraisal from Start to Finish – Part 1
In this week’s New York Business Divorce – the first in a three-part series about the statutory triggers, legal rules, and accounting principles of business valuation proceedings – learn about the routes business owners can take to an appraisal proceeding.
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A Trip Down Business Divorce Lane with Recently Retired Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich
In this week’s New York Business Divorce, we salute recently-retired Commercial Division Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich with a collection of some of her most noteworthy decisions in the area of business ownership disputes.
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Corporate Frankenstein “Partnership to Form a Corporation” Lives Another Day
Is is a partnership? Or is it a corporation? Can an entity be both at once? Find out in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Operating Agreement Dooms Derivative Claims by Deceased LLC Member’s Estate
May the executor of a deceased LLC member’s estate sue derivatively on behalf of the LLC? Find out in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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The Cash-Out Merger Solution to the Problem Minority Owner
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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The LLC Equitable Buyout: Past, Present, Future
In less than a decade the LLC “equitable buyout” doctrine went from non-existent to settled law in New York. How did it happen? What happens next? Read on in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Rare Partnership Dissolution Decision Applies Deadlock Standard to Dissolution Under Partnership Law
Is there a meaningful difference between the deadlock standard for judicial dissolution under the Partnership Law and the Business Corporation Law? Perhaps. Read on in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Delaware Contractarian Principles Prevail in Appeal Over Deceased Ace Hotel Founder’s LLC Interest
It’s better to burn out than to fade away. But what happens when death converts an LLC interest from full membership rights to mere assignee status? Read on in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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