Under the Business Corporation Law, must a court-appointed receiver sell at public auction realty owned by a dissolved corporation, or may the receiver offer the property in a privately negotiated sale? That’s the question presented in Matter of Darvish decided this month by Manhattan Commercial Division Justice Melvin Schweitzer. It’s in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
…
Continue Reading Liquidation of Real Estate Holding Company: Public Auction or Private Sale?

A recent decision by Manhattan Commercial Division Justice Melvin Schweitzer in a corporate dissolution case called Matter of Darvish breaks new ground with respect to the disproportionate assessment against the shareholders’ distributive shares of a court-appointed receiver’s legal fees. It’s in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
…
Continue Reading Court Charges Receiver’s Legal Fees in Corporate Dissolution Against 50% Shareholder’s Distributive Share Based on Misconduct