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The death of a shareholder amidst a deadlock dissolution proceeding turns the case upside down, as explained in a decision last month by Justice Vito M. DeStefano granting the petitioner’s request to discontinue the proceeding. Check it out in this week’s New York Business Divorce. …
Continue Reading A Doozy of a Discontinuance in Deadlock Dissolution Case

Surviving a dismissal motion in LLC dissolution cases can be affected by the form of the suit, i.e., whether brought as a special proceeding or as a plenary action. Find out more, and see how a dismissal motion played out in a recent decision by Manhattan Justice Ellen Coin, in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
Continue Reading Surviving a Motion to Dismiss in LLC Dissolution Cases

In this week’s New York Business Divorce, find out how Justice Vito DeStefano ruled when asked to dismiss a damages suit by a minority shareholder against the majority shareholder, brought years after the minority shareholder abandoned a prior dissolution proceeding in which the majority shareholder elected to purchase.
Continue Reading Buy-Out Interruptus: Court Okays New Suit Five Years After Unconsummated Election to Purchase in Prior Dissolution Case

This week’s New York Business Divorce offers short summaries of three recent decisions of interest by Commercial Division Justices Melvin Schweitzer, Carolyn Demarest, and Marcy Friedman in which the courts addressed interesting issues concerning shareholder standing to seek removal of a director and dissolution of a wholly-owned subsidiary; venue in dissolution proceedings; and application of CPLR 205’s savings provision to the statute of limitations in a dissolution case.
Continue Reading Summer Shorts: Director Removal and Other Recent Decisions of Interest

Rules of procedure can be a minefield for any litigation, including judicial dissolution proceedings. This week’s New York Business Divorce features a compilation of 10 of the most common procedural mistakes in business divorce cases. …
Continue Reading 10 Ways to Screw Up Your Business Divorce Case

Disputes over procedural issues are no less common in dissolution proceedings — and with consequences no less important — than in other types of civil litigation. This week’s New York Business Divorce samples a number of recent court decisions highlighting an array of procedural issues that come up in dissolution cases.
Continue Reading A Potpourri of Procedural Issues in Dissolution Cases