Some business divorce cases are about money. Others are about control. Today’s case, Homapour v 3M Properties LLC, 2026 NY Slip Op 04371 (1st Dept 2026), is about both.
As we often see with second and third generation closely-held family businesses, the informal trust and family hierarchy that may have helped build the enterprise
This week’s New York Business Divorce features the “double whammy” of a fight over ownership of a highly successful dental practice, spiced with allegations of illegal kickbacks for patient referrals, intertwined with an acrimonious matrimonial divorce between the two litigants.
Continue Reading Divorcing Husband Not Smiling Over Court’s Rejection of Ownership Interest in Wife’s Dental Practice
The equitable remedy of constructive trust comes to the rescue of a minority shareholder in a family-owned business in Quadrozzi v. Estate of Quadrozzi, decided last week by the Appellate Division, Second Department. It’s in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
Continue Reading Case Illustrates Power of Constructive Trust to Establish Stock Ownership