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Can the Company Pay My Legal Fees?

By Franklin C. McRoberts on October 28, 2019

Posted in Advancement and Indemnification

Business divorce litigants ask all the time, “Can the company pay my legal fees?” In this week’s New York Business Divorce, the first in a two-part series, we take a look at ways in which closely-held business owners and managers may defend themselves with funds advanced or indemnified by the business.
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The Accidental Pro Bono Business Divorce Lawyer

By Peter A. Mahler on April 22, 2013

Posted in Attorney's Fees, Deadlock

The lawyer who appeared for the corporation in Matter of Boucher, decided last week by a Brooklyn appellate panel, learned the hard way that courts will not allow one 50% shareholder to use corporate funds to resist dissolution sought by the other 50% shareholder. It’s in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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