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A recent decision by the Appellate Division, First Department, in Frame v. Maynard authorizes the imposition of so-called Rothko damages against a general partner who breaches fiduciary duty by misrepresenting the value of partnership assets when buying out the limited partners’ interests. Learn more in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Continue Reading Rothko Damages Awarded for General Partner’s Undervalued Buyout of Limited Partners’ Interest in Realty Company

Two notable decisions handed down the same day last week by the Appellate Division, First Department, address claims against managers of Delaware LLCs for breach of fiduciary duty. The plaintiffs scored in one and struck out in the other. It’s in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Continue Reading One Hit, One Miss: NY Courts Decide Fiduciary Duties of Delaware LLC Managers

In this second installment of a two-part series, New York Business Divorce examines recent First Department decisions clarifying the standards for overcoming general releases given in the context of transactions with fiduciaries in closely held business entities, where the plaintiffs allege that the fiduciary fraudulently induced them to enter into the transaction. This week’s focus is on a case whose name should be familiar to regular readers of this blog, Arfa v. Zamir, 2010 NY Slip Op 06070 (1st Dept July 13, 2010).
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Continue Reading Recent Appellate Rulings Clarify Standards for Challenging Releases Given to Fiduciaries of Closely Held Business Entities: Part 2

This week and next, New York Business Divorce examines two recent First Department decisions clarifying the standards for overcoming general releases given in the context of transactions with fiduciaries in closely held business entities, where the plaintiffs allege that the fiduciary fraudulently induced them to enter into the transaction. This week’s focus is on Centro Empresarial Cempresa S.A. v. America Movil S.A.B. de C.V., 2010 NY Slip Op 04719 (1st Dept June 3, 2010).
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Continue Reading Recent Appellate Rulings Clarify Standards for Challenging Releases Given to Fiduciaries of Closely Held Business Entities: Part 1

Stock valuation junkies can get their fix in this week’s New York Business Divorce, as it revisits the issue of discounts for BIG — as in built-in capital gains taxes — in the appraisal of C corporation shares under the fair value standard, prompted by a decision last week by a Manhattan appeals court in a case called Matter of Mandelbaum.
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Continue Reading Dissenting Shareholder Stock Appraisal Triggered by Freeze-Out Merger Raises Issue of Post-Merger Tax Consequences for C Corporation with Built-In Gains

The hydra-headed Ficus Investments litigation is the gift that keeps on giving, at least to students of business divorce. This week’s New York Business Divorce highlights the latest appellate decision in the case, in which the court reversed an order dissolving the limited liability company that managed the mortgage business at the center of the melee.
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Continue Reading Dispute Over Authenticity of Operating Agreement Leads to Reversal of Order Summarily Granting LLC Dissolution

The Appellate Division, First Department, has ruled consistent with Delaware law that an LLC manager’s right to indemnification of legal expenses in winning dismissal of one action need not await resolution of a second action raising the same claims. This week’s New York Business Divorce explains.
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Continue Reading Following Delaware Precedent, New York Appeals Court Rules that Indemnification of LLC Managers for Successful Defense in First Action Need Not Await Resolution of Second, Related Litigation

A decision last week by the Second Department highlights a split of authority among New York’s intermediate appellate courts whether New York courts have subject matter jurisdiction over petitions to dissolve foreign business entities. Learn more in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Continue Reading Appellate Rulings Clash Over Subject Matter Jurisdiction to Dissolve Foreign Business Entities

In the aftermath of last year’s Court of Appeals decision in Tzolis v. Wolff, giving LLC members a common law right to bring derivative actions, the Appellate Division, First Department, recently faced the question: Does Tzolis mandate recognition of an LLC member’s common law right to compel an equitable accounting of the LLC’s business affairs? See how the court answered in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Continue Reading Court Adds Accounting Remedy to LLC Members’ Arsenal