New York courts generally will apply a discount for lack of marketability in valuing the shares of closely held corporations in buyout proceedings triggered by judicial dissolution. Whether the discount applies only to goodwill, or to the entire enterprise value, may depend on which court you’re in. Find out more in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Second Department
LLC Members May Bring Derivative Suits
By Peter A. Mahler on
Read about a decision issued today by New York’s highest court, upholding the right of LLC members to bring derivative lawsuits on behalf of LLCs.
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Lawyers Suing Lawyers
By Peter A. Mahler on
A decision last week by New York’s highest court may have registered an uptick on the public’s schadenfreude meter, at least among the portion of the public who hold the legal profession in low esteem and who therefore might enjoy the sight of internecine warfare among splitting partners of a law firm.
In Ederer v. …