When 50-50 business partners have a falling out, the ensuing battle for the high ground can lead one of them to take hostile action in the company’s name without the other’s consent. A new decision on the subject by Justice Kenneth Fisher launches this week’s New York Business Divorce.

Continue Reading Caplash Redux: 50% Member Cannot Hire Lawyer to Represent LLC in Dispute with Other 50% Member

This week’s New York Business Divorce examines an intriguing case involving an LLC whose operating agreement required a member to transfer his interest to the other members because of his filing of a divorce action against his wife. When the divorcing member refused to do so, he bought himself a second divorce litigation, of the business kind.

Continue Reading LLC Member’s Marital Woes Lead to Loss of Membership Interest