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“Beauty Bar” Case Highlights Conflicted Legal Representation in Dispute Among LLC Members

By Peter Mahler on September 12, 2011

Posted in Attorney Disqualification, Derivative Actions

A recent decision by Kings County Justice Carolyn Demarest ordered disqualification of plaintiffs’ lawyer in litigation among co-owners of a limited liability company, finding a non-waivable conflict of interest between two groups of complaining members. Learn more in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Disqualification of Counsel in Business Divorce Proceedings

By Peter Mahler on February 28, 2011

Posted in Attorney Disqualification

The rough and tumble of business divorce meets attorney ethics in this week’s New York Business Divorce which highlights a pair of decisions by Justices Elizabeth H. Emerson and Timothy S. Driscoll involving the issue of attorney disqualification in judicial dissolution proceedings of closely held businesses.
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