Even a comedy club is not exempt from the grip of a acrimonious business divorce, as you’ll learn in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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No Laughing Matter: Deadlock Dissolution Petition Targets Legendary NYC Comedy Club
Death of Limited Partner Disarms Derivative Action
This week’s New York Business Divorce features an interesting decision holding that personal representatives of an estate lack standing to maintain a derivative action on behalf of a limited partnership, commenced by the decedent while alive.
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Court Takes Ambiguity Off the Menu of Restaurant’s LLC Agreement
The restaurant business is tough enough without squabbling between co-owners. This week’s New York Business Divorce examines a recent case in which LLC members had a falling out over the ownership of a restaurant’s trademark and other disputes.
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LLC Survives Member’s Death. Dissolution Petition Doesn’t.
Last week, the Appellate Division affirmed an order dismissing an unusual LLC dissolution petition based on the death of one of its members — 11 years earlier. Get the full story in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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A Fond Adieu to Two Giants of the Manhattan Commercial Division Bench
In this week’s New York Business Divorce, a tip of the hat to retiring Justices Eileen Bransten and Charles E. Ramos with a look back at some of their more memorable business divorce rulings.
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