Fat Cow

Two Cases. Two Mammoth Fee Awards. Coup de Grâce or Pyrrhic Victory?

By Franklin C. McRoberts on April 1, 2024

Posted in Attorney's Fees, Derivative Actions

In this week’s New York Business Divorce, read about the grand finale conclusion of two important cases previously featured on this blog, with massive affirmed attorneys’ fee awards in both, one by statute, one by contract. …
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Gordon Ramsay’s The Fat Cow: Dishing Up Damages and Dissolution

By Franklin C. McRoberts on May 31, 2022

Posted in Derivative Actions, Dissolution Basics

They say revenge is a dish best served cold. In this week’s New York Business Divorce, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay serves his former business partner a cold dish in the form of a large post-trial judgment in a case seeking dissolution and derivative damages on behalf of two out-of-state entities formed to operate defunct Ramsay restaurant “The Fat Cow.”…
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