A noteworthy decision by Justice Stephen A. Bucaria in Carrillos v Gomez, in which he ordered a shareholder buy-out at fair value in the absence of a dissolution petition, is featured in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
Continue Reading First a Judicial Nudge, Then a Push to the Buy-Out in Shareholder Dispute
Can majority members of an LLC withdraw a dissolution claim, over two years into the case, for the purpose of enforcing against a minority member the LLC agreement’s non-compete provision which, by its terms, lapses upon dissolution? Find out in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
Continue Reading Court Rebuffs Dissolution Withdrawal in Denying Enforcement of Non-Compete
Over the last year or so Nassau County Commercial Division Justice Stephen Bucaria has issued a series of decisions in disputes among co-owners of close corporations and LLCs applying the ancient rule of partnership law prohibiting courts from adjudicating such disputes except when dissolution or a final accounting is sought. Learn more about this intriguing development in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
Continue Reading Squabbling Partners with Piecemeal Adjudications Need Not Apply