In this week’s business divorce follies, an imprecisely-drafted notice of default and cure letter leads to a stunning defeat for a group of limited partners who tried to remove a limited partner “for cause” under the partnership agreement.
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The Flexible “For Cause” Standard for Director and Officer Removal

By Franklin C. McRoberts on
Posted in Derivative Actions, Expulsion and Removal
In this week’s New York Business Divorce, we consider a first-in-a-generation appeals court decision affirming a lower court’s removal of a corporate officer “for cause.”…
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Pizza Chef with Bigger Piece of LLC Pie Allowed to Terminate Minority Member’s Employment
Pizza’s on the menu in this week’s New York Business Divorce, or at least a dispute between co-members of an LLC that owns a popular Manhattan pizzeria. Just don’t look for any extra cheese on Justice Sherwood’s recent decision in Manzella v. Caporuscio, authorizing the majority member to terminate the minority member’s employment.
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