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Roller Coaster Ride: Interlocutory Appeals in Business Divorce Cases
By Franklin C. McRoberts on
Posted in Uncategorized
In New York civil practice, appeals from non-final orders, called interlocutory appeals, have the awesome power to transform a case before its conclusion, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, and vice versa. Read about one such instance in this week’s New York Business Divorce.…
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Breach of Fiduciary Duty: A More “Lenient Standard” for Damages?
By Franklin C. McRoberts on
Posted in Co-ops and Condos, Derivative Actions
A torturously prolonged, 28-year litigation culminates in an important appellate decision affording plaintiffs suing for breach of fiduciary duty a more “lenient standard” for proving damages. Will other appeals courts do the same? Read about it in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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A Potent Combo: Misappropriation of Corporate Opportunity Meets Faithless Servant
By Franklin C. McRoberts on
Posted in Derivative Actions, Family-Owned Businesses
In this week’s New York Business Divorce, read about the potent convergence in a recent decision of two common-law fiduciary duty principles: the corporate opportunity and faithless servant doctrines.…
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Business Divorce and Restrictive Covenants
By Franklin C. McRoberts on
Posted in Partnerships, Restrictive Covenants
In this week’s New York Business Divorce, we take a foray into the law of employment and restrictive covenants inspired by a recent decision from New York County Commercial Division Justice Robert R. Reed rejecting a challenge to the enforceability of non-solicitation covenants in the limited partnership agreements of investment banking powerhouse Parella Weinberg Partners.
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Faithless Servant in Business Divorce Cases
By Franklin C. McRoberts on
Posted in Family-Owned Businesses, Federal vs. State Court
In this week’s New York Business Divorce, read about the faithless servant doctrine as it expands from the law of agency and employment to business divorce. …
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