This week’s New York Business Divorce revisits the Eastland Food v Mekhaya case, focusing on last month’s Maryland Supreme Court’s split decision on whether the minority shareholder has a direct claim for breach of fiduciary duty based on alleged disguised distributions taken by the controlling shareholders.
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When Is It Too Late to Sue for Shareholder Oppression?
If an oppressed, frozen-out minority shareholder is going to sue for judicial dissolution, chances are they’re going to do it within the applicable six-year statute of limitations. This week’s New York Business Divorce examines a recent decision where the shareholder claiming oppression waited at least 10 years to sue.
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Summer Shorts: Equitable Contribution, Stock Redemption, and Other Recent Decisions of Interest
This weeks New York Business Divorce proudly presents the 13th annual edition of Summer Shorts featuring brief commentary on five recent decisions of interest in business divorce cases in the New York courts.
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Take the Business Divorce Pop Quiz!
Test your business divorce chops with a pop quiz in this week’s New York Business divorce featuring a series of questions involving cash-out mergers, fiduciary duty, and judicial dissolution of LLCs and close corporations.
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Recent Decisions Enforce LLC Member’s Right of First Refusal, Restrict Partnership Accounting, and Allow Damages Claim for Breach of Oral Shareholders Agreement
This week’s New York Business Divorce offers a trifecta of sorts, offering summaries of three recent decisions, one involving an LLC, another a partnership, and another a close corporation.
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Fair Value Awards: A Matter of Interest
This week’s New York Business Divorce looks at an oft neglected issue with potentially large financial consequences in statutory fair value appraisal proceedings: interest on the fair value award.
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Operating Agreement Trumps Postnup in High Stakes Battle Over Transfer of LLC Interest
Postnup agreement clashes with LLC agreement’s transfer restrictions in this week’s New York Business Divorce featuring a querelle de famille among the French heirs to the Bic pen fortune.
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The Pathology of Deadlock Dissolution
This week’s New York Business Divorce undertakes a post-mortem of sorts on a case involving the judicial dissolution of a pathology medical practice with 50/50 shareholders.
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When Do Disguised Dividends Add Up to Minority Shareholder Oppression?
There’s surprisingly little case law addressing disguised dividends as a basis for finding oppression of minority shareholders. This week’s New York Business Divorce looks at a recent Maryland court decision that does exactly that.
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Winter Case Notes: Punitive Damages Awarded for Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Other Recent Decisions of Interest
This week’s New York Business Divorce offers its annual Winter Case Notes with synopses of three recent, noteworthy decisions by New York courts.
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