Justice Saliann Scarpulla’s recent decision in MFB Realty LLC v Eichner highlights statutory and contractual restrictions surrounding the scope of the rights transferred when LLC interests are assigned. Learn more in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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How Good is Your Operating Agreement’s Anti-Assignment Clause?

A decision last month by Justice Robert Bruno foiled a convicted felon’s attempt to assign to his wife his 50% membership interest in two realty holding LLCs. Find out more in this week’s New York Business Divorce. …
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Death of an LLC Member

In a noteworthy decision last month, Justice Orin Kitzes ruled that the executor of a deceased LLC member’s estate lacked standing to assert derivative claims against the LLC’s managers. Find out why, in this week’s New York Business Divorce. …
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Avoiding the Pain of Achaian, or How Not to Draft LLC Membership Transfer Provisions

A recent and controversial decision by the Delaware Chancery Court highlights the need for counsel drafting multiple-member LLC operating agreements to focus attention on whether, and if so the circumstances under which, a member may transfer its membership interest, including economic and voting rights, to another existing member with or without the other members’ consent. Learn more about this important case law development in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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