In this week’s New York Business Divorce, we discuss a recent decision serving as a reminder to corporate shareholders planning to bequeath their shares of stock to ensure no contracts prohibit them from doing so, lest they leave behind a very disappointed beneficiary.
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A Fresh Take on an Old Doctrine – The “Adequate, Alternative Remedy” to Dissolution

By Franklin C. McRoberts on
When shareholders enter into a written agreement governing the terms for a buyout of their stock, to what extent must courts hold a hearing to determine if the agreement provides an “adequate” alternative to dissolution? In this week’s New York Business Divorce, a Manhattan appeals court considers this important question in the context of an epic, 12-year litigation over the value of shares of stock in a Bronx funeral home.
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